The Role of Turkish Drones in Azerbaijan’s Increasing Military Effectiveness: An Assessment of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War

2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (Fall 2021) ◽  
pp. 169-191
Author(s):  
Hülya Kınık ◽  
Sinem Çelik
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Military Effectiveness ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Military Support ◽  
To Come ◽  
Global Agenda ◽  
Changing Role

This study focuses on Turkey as a rising drone power in the international arena in recent years. In this context, the article will scrutinize the case of the Second Nagorno-Karabakh War, which broke out on September 27, 2020. The Nagorno-Karabakh conflict, one of the frozen problems in the Caucasus region, was ended in favor of Azerbaijan less than two months later. Turkey took on a game-changing role in the region by supplying its ally Azerbaijan with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) for use in the conflict, and significantly contributed to Azerbaijan’s victory. Turkey’s political, diplomatic, and military contributions to Azerbaijan will likely be discussed on the global agenda for years to come; this study will contribute to the literature on the role and impact of Turkey’s military support, especially its drones, on Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh victory.

scholarly journals Trust Mediating Reliability–Reliance Relationship in Supervisory Control of Human–Swarm Interactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1237-1248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aya Hussein ◽  
Sondoss Elsawah ◽  
Hussein A. Abbass
Keyword(s):  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Mediation Analysis ◽  
Supervisory Control ◽  
Predictive Power ◽  
Behavioral Responses ◽  
Mediating Role ◽  
Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Trust In Automation ◽  
The Relationship

Objective This work aims to further test the theory that trust mediates the interdependency between automation reliability and the rate of human reliance on automation. Background Human trust in automation has been the focus of many research studies. Theoretically, trust has been proposed to impact human reliance on automation by mediating the relationship between automation reliability and the rate of human reliance. Experimentally, however, the results are contradicting as some confirm the mediating role of trust, whereas others deny it. Hence, it is important to experimentally reinvestigate this role of trust and understand how the results should be interpreted in the light of existing theory. Method Thirty-two subjects supervised a swarm of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in foraging missions in which the swarm provided recommendations on whether or not to collect potential targets, based on the information sensed by the UAVs. By manipulating the reliability of the recommendations, we observed changes in participants’ trust and their behavioral responses. Results A within-subject mediation analysis revealed a significant mediation role of trust in the relationship between swarm reliability and reliance rate. High swarm reliability increased the rate of correct acceptances, but decreased the rate of correct rejections. No significant effect of reliability was found on response time. Conclusion Trust is not a mere by-product of the interaction; it possesses a predictive power to estimate the level of reliance on automation. Application The mediation role of trust confirms the significance of trust calibration in determining the appropriate level of reliance on swarm automation.

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Deliver Medical and Emergency Supplies to Remote Areas

2019 ◽  
pp. 137-168 ◽  
Author(s):  
Isaac Levi Henderson ◽  
Savern L. Reweti ◽  
Robyn Kamira
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Real World ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Community Impact ◽  
The Real ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Aerial Vehicles

This chapter examines the role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the delivery of medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. It outlines a number of potential considerations for operators wishing to use UAVs to deliver medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. These considerations address a number of practicalities in terms of the organisation that is wishing to conduct such operations, the operations themselves, and the technology that is used for such operations. These considerations primarily stem from the nature of the international regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft operations and the peculiarities of using a UAV to deliver medical and emergency supplies. The chapter will outline some of the practicalities that have been worked through or are being worked through during a project to deliver medical and emergency supplies in Northland, New Zealand. This will provide readers with examples of some of the real-world considerations that operators face as well as outline the positive community impact that such operations can provide.

Why Factions Switch Sides in Civil Wars: Rivalry, Patronage, and Realignment in Sudan

2014 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 92-131 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lee J.M. Seymour
Keyword(s):  
Civil Wars ◽  
Ethnic Politics ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Weak States ◽  
Military Effectiveness ◽  
Southern Sudan ◽  
Organized Violence ◽  
Military Support ◽  
Nested Analysis

Side switching by armed groups is a prominent feature of many civil wars. Shifts in alignment have far-reaching consequences, influencing key outcomes such as civil war duration and termination, military effectiveness, levels of civilian victimization, and state-building prospects. In Sudan's wars, ideological and ethnic cleavages have not influenced factional alignments nearly as much as one might expect given the prominence of clashing political projects and ethnically organized violence in southern Sudan and Darfur. Recent explanations highlighting the role of territorial control, factional infighting, or relative power considerations also have limited value. In many wars fought in weak states characterized by low barriers to side switching, two mechanisms explain patterns of collaboration and defection: first, political rivalries that lead actors to collaborate in exchange for military support in localized struggles; and second, patronage-based incentives that induce collaboration for material gain. A nested analysis drawing on original data from wars in southern Sudan and Darfur supports this argument. The findings have implications for understanding alignments in civil wars, the role of weak states in counterinsurgency, and ethnic politics more generally, as well as policy relevance for factionalized civil wars.

scholarly journals GEOLOGICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL RESEARCHES OF ACADEMICIAN I. P. GERASIMOV IN THE CAUCASUS

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
И.А. Керимов ◽  
Т. Щипек ◽  
А.В. Собисевич ◽  
В.А. Снытко
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Work ◽  
Soil Science ◽  
Huge Amount ◽  
The Caucasus ◽  
Scientific Heritage ◽  
Caucasus Region ◽  
International Projects ◽  
Methodological Approaches ◽  
Balkan Mountains

Статья посвящена научному наследию академика Иннокентия Петровича Герасимова (1905–1985), внесшего большой вклад в геоморфологию, четвертичную геологию, литологию, геохимию, тектонику и почвоведение. Значительные исследовательские работы были проведены им на Кавказе, где он выработал новые методологические подходы к роли геоморфологи и в развитии Земли. Особо рассмотрены результаты организованных им международных проектов «Альпы – Кавказ» и «Кавказ – Стара-Планина». Показано значение его исследований почв Кавказа и предложенной теории происхождения Пятигорских лакколитов This article devoted the scientific heritage of academian Inokentiy P. Gerasimov (1905–1985), who made the great impact in geomorphology, Quaternary geology, lithology, geochemistry, tectonics and soil science. I. P. Gerasimov is famous by the huge amount of scientific work in Caucasus region, where he created the new methodological approaches to the role of geomorphology in the development of the Earth. The results of organized by I. P. Gerasimov international projects «Alps – Caucasus» and «Caucasus − Balkan Mountains» were considered. Particular attention was paid to his important research of Caucasian soils and theory of creation laccoliths in Piatigorsk region.

Using Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Deliver Medical and Emergency Supplies to Remote Areas

2021 ◽  
pp. 1398-1422
Author(s):  
Isaac Levi Henderson ◽  
Savern L. Reweti ◽  
Robyn Kamira
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Unmanned Aerial Vehicles ◽  
Real World ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Unmanned Aircraft ◽  
Community Impact ◽  
The Real ◽  
Remote Areas ◽  
Aerial Vehicles

This chapter examines the role of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the delivery of medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. It outlines a number of potential considerations for operators wishing to use UAVs to deliver medical and emergency supplies to remote areas. These considerations address a number of practicalities in terms of the organisation that is wishing to conduct such operations, the operations themselves, and the technology that is used for such operations. These considerations primarily stem from the nature of the international regulatory framework for unmanned aircraft operations and the peculiarities of using a UAV to deliver medical and emergency supplies. The chapter will outline some of the practicalities that have been worked through or are being worked through during a project to deliver medical and emergency supplies in Northland, New Zealand. This will provide readers with examples of some of the real-world considerations that operators face as well as outline the positive community impact that such operations can provide.

Across Two Eras: Slovak Theatre from Communism to Independence

2000 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-174
Author(s):  
Dagmar Inštitorisová ◽  
Daniela Bačová
Keyword(s):  
Slovak Republic ◽  
English Literature ◽  
State Funding ◽  
Communist System ◽  
Previous Decade ◽  
Puppet Theatre ◽  
To Come ◽  
The University ◽  
Changing Role

At the cusp of the ‘eighties and ’nineties, theatre in what was soon to become the Slovak Republic had to come to terms not only with the disintegration of the communist system, but with the break-up of the former Czechoslovakia into its constituent nations. During the previous decade, the theatre had in many ways helped to undermine the decaying authoritarian regime, but now many of its practitioners found themselves disaffected by the disappointment of early ideals, and their livelihoods threatened by the loss of state funding, which had at least acknowledged the importance of theatre to the nation's cultural prestige. In this article, the authors trace the distinguishing strands of the work of major directors and writers of both the older and the younger generations, and attempt to define the changing role of theatre – not forgetting the influence of the puppet theatre tradition – as the Slovak nation seeks a renewed vitality through reclaiming its cultural past while re-defining its present. Daniela Bacova teaches English literature and drama at the Department of English and American Studies in the University of Constantine the Philosopher, Nitra, Slovakia, and is one of the editors of the journal Dedicated Space. Dagmar Institorisová works in the Institute of Literary Communication in the University of Constantine the Philosopher, and has just published her doctoral thesis on Variety of Expression in a Theatrical Work.

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