In July 2012 the University of Surrey's Centre for International Intervention held a conference 'Hitting the Target?" How New Capabilities Are Shaping Contemporary International Intervention'; I am sure there are plenty of similar conferences elsewhere.

There is something different about this as the principal academic comes from the 'Critical Studies on Terrorism' school:
The workshop’s objective was to explore how new selective precision strike capabilities available to military and intelligence forces are shaping approaches to international intervention. It aimed to be a forum for dialogue between different academic disciplines, as well as between academia and policy-makers/practitioners.... it became apparent that the principal focus would be on the increasing offensive use of unmanned aerial vehicles, or “drones”, a topic of increasing public debate as well as policy relevance.
There are some PPT on a link.

The conference is in partnership with RUSI, with an event next month in London, to launch a report and is decidedly optimistic that:
Military action in Mali, Libya and elsewhere have demonstrated the continuing, critical reliance on advanced technological capabilities in modern Western intervention.
Link:http://www.ias.surrey.ac.uk/workshop...ion/report.php

Link to RUSI event (for members):http://www.rusi.org/events/ref:E511BB3D16FB0F