Overview

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 questions animating this ground-breaking exploration of the adoption and deployment of assassination as an instrument of statecraft.

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Author:   Luca Trenta ,  Kiril Avramov
Publisher:   Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc
ISBN:  

9798896163572

Pages:   325
Publication Date:   25 December 2025
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
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Table of Contents

Killing in the Name of the State—L. Trenta and K. Avramov. ISSUES Rethinking Assassination-as-Politics—A. O'Connor. The Impact of Assassination on International Law—S. Duroy. Cooperating to Kill: Secret International Agreements—A. Jimenez-Bacardi. State Use of Chemical and Biological Agents in Alleged Assassinations—G. Cross and R. Beedham. Evidentiary and Forensic Challenges—D. Kaszeta. The Communication Dimension—A. Hänni and C. Nehring. The Media’s Influence on Framing Assassinations—F. Shihundu. The Hiring of Criminals—J. Davis. CASES France: Assassinations and the French Secret Service—K. Ramondy. India: Intelligence Agencies and Assassinations—D. Paramesha-Chaya. Iran: Projecting Power and Protecting the Revolution via Assassination—M. Levitt. Israel: Targeted Killings in the Occupied Territories—A. Barnea. Mexico: Assassinations in the Ongoing War on Drugs—V. Ojeda. Russia: Target Assessment and a Typology of Retaliation—K. Avramov et al. The United States: Escalating to Assassination from the Cold War to the Present—M.H. Haas. CONCLUSION. Directions for Future Research—K. Avramov and L. Trenta.

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Luca Trenta is associate professor of international relations at Swansea University. Kiril Avramov is assistant professor in the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies and a fellow with the Intelligence Studies Project at the University of Texas at Austin.

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