In this episode of Exploring Global Problems Season 4 Dr Luca Trenta, in conversation with host Dr Sam Blaxland, discusses states’ use of covert action, with a focus on the US Government's involvement in state-sponsored assassinations. Spanning the time period from the Cold War through to contemporary times, Dr Trenta explores the intricate dimensions of these clandestine operations and challenges the common perception of assassination as exclusive to authoritarian regimes.
Dr Luca Trenta’s research centers around two main areas: the degree of state secrecy and state-sponsored assassinations, with a particular focus on covert operations - actions carried out by government agencies (or their proxies) to influence conditions abroad in a manner that is not attributable to the sponsoring government - primarily conducted by the US Government, and the degree to which the US government has been involved in state-sponsored assassinations, and the targeting of officials or representatives of foreign governments, over the last 70 years.
The book mentioned - The President’s Kill List,
Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945
by Luca Trenta
edinburghuniversitypress.com/...
Find out more about Swansea University's research:
www.swansea.ac.uk/research/
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00:31 About the research
02:29 Challenges
04:15 Rules
04:56 Presidential libraries
07:39 USA behaviour
10:58 International law
14:05 Research purpose
15:21 Drone strikes
16:58 US interpretation of self-defense
18:58 Interviews
20:22 Dinner with Carter family
24:43 Risks
27:53 The book
2 май 2024
