In this episode of the Essential Geopolitics podcast from RANE, Emily Donahue speaks with Stratfor's global security analyst, Thomas Abi-Hanna. 

When you think of a military drone, do you think of the big, sleek silent remote controlled planes used for intel gathering and bomb runs? What about those tiny drones, individuals use to get aerial pictures. Or the toy drones that kids play with? Clearly drones come in all sizes… and proliferation has caused major concern; earlier this month, the head of US Central Command, General McKenzie, said that drone proliferation was “the most concerning tactical development” in the Middle East.