Killing in the name of the state : state-sponsored assassination in international politics /

How do governments approach, understand, and even justify assassination? What methods have been used historically, and how do they differ from current practice? What are the consequences of assassination for international politics, diplomacy, and international law? These are the fundamental question...

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Other Authors: Trenta, Luca (Editor), Avramov, Kiril (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boulder : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2026.
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505 0 0 |t Killing in the name of the state /  |r Luca Trenta, Kiril Avramov --  |t Part 1. Issues.  |t Rethinking assassination-as-politics /  |r Adrian O'Connor --  |t The impact of assassination on international law /  |r Sophie Duroy --  |t Cooperating to kill: secret international agreements /  |r Arturo Jimenez-Bacardi --  |t State use of chemical and biological agents in alleged assassinations /  |r Glenn Cross, Richard Beedham --  |t Evidentiary and forensic challenges /  |r Dan Kaszeta --  |t The communication dimension /  |r Adrian Hänni, Christopher Nehring --  |t The media's influence on framing assassinations /  |r Felix Shihundu --  |t The hiring of criminals /  |r Jessica Davis --  |t Part 2. Cases.  |t France: assassinations and the French Secret Service /  |r Karine Ramondy --  |t India: intelligence agencies and assassinations /  |r Dheeraj Paramesha-Chaya --  |t Iran: projecting power and protecting the revolution via assassination /  |r Matthew Levitt --  |t Israel: targeted killings in the Occupied Territories /  |r Avner Barnea --  |t Mexico: assassinations in the ongoing war on drugs /  |r Victor Antonio Hernández Ojeda --  |t Russia: target assessment and a typology of retaliation  |r Kiril Avramov, Erica Buckland, Adam Hanzel, Jon Mitchell --  |t The United States: escalating to assassination from the Cold War to the present /  |r Melinda H. Haas --  |t Part 3. Conclusion.  |t Directions for future research /  |r Kiril Avramov, Luca Trenta. 
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