Abigail Watson is a Research Officer at the Remote ControlProject, a policy-unit analysing the rise of remote warfare: the recent shift away from large-scale boots on the ground deployments towards light-footprint Western military interventions abroad. Her research interests include, the increasing use of special forces, targeted killing and the provision of capabilities to allies in conflict. She has written extensively on these topics, including a report published in March this year entitled “All Quiet On The ISIS Front: British Secret Warfare In The Information Age” (co-authored with Emily Knowles). She holds an MA (with Distinction) in Contemporary European Studies, with a trans-Atlantic track, from the University of Bath.