Dissertation Research: The Social Implications of Military Technology: Investigating United States-Israeli Technology Transfers and Israeli Security Policy

本项目调查了美国和以色列国防军（IDF）之间的三项技术转让的社会影响。特别是，它研究了这些军事技术，箭式导弹防御系统，联合攻击战斗机（JSF）和无人机（UAV）系统如何塑造了以色列的安全政策和对冲突的社会和政治态度。 这些研究将阐明军事规划和安全概念如何不仅仅由政治目标定义，而是不断受到技术的影响和约束。此外，分析军事武器系统，安全目标和社会/工程价值观之间的相互作用提供了一个更完整的理解安全理论是如何构建，谈判，并保持随着时间的推移。更广泛的影响这种研究的更广泛的影响，包括更好地了解的演员和代理人，构成军事技术转让。此外，这样的调查有助于揭示美国和以色列在设计军事武器系统时所采用的不同文化方法。 该项目将使那些研究科学和技术政策以及那些对国际关系感兴趣的人感兴趣。

PROJECT SUMMARYThis project investigates the social implications of three technology transfers between the United States and the Israeli Defense Force (IDF). Particularly, it examines how those military technologies, the Arrow missile defense shield, Joint Strike Fighter (JSF), and Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) systems have shaped Israeli security policy and social and political attitudes toward conflict. Intellectual MeritsSuch research will illuminate how military planning and conceptions of security are not simply defined by political objectives, but are constantly shaped and constrained by technology. In addition, analyzing the interaction between military weapons systems, security objectives, and social/engineering values provides a more complete understanding of how security doctrines are constructed, negotiated, and maintained over time.Broader Impacts The broader impact of such a study includes a better understanding of the actors andagents that constitute military technology transfers. In addition, such an inquiry helpsreveal the different cultural approaches between the United States and Israel involved inengineering military weapons systems. The project will interest those who study science and technology policy as well as those interested in international relations.