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Luca Trenta
Speaker's BiographyDr Luca Trenta is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Swansea University. He is an expert in intelligence and covert operations. He is the author of 'The President’s Kill List': Assassination in US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Edinburgh University Press 2024). He has written several articles on the US government’s involvement in covert operations and assassinations. He is also the co-editor of Killing in the name of the state: state-sponsored assassinations in international Politics (Lynne Rienner 2025). He has often contributed to media outlets including The Conversation, BBC News, and Deutsche Welle.
From: 6 Nov 2025, 6 p.m.To: 6 Nov 2025, 7 p.m.
Location: Waterstones, 17 Oxford Street, Swansea SA1 3AG, Other
From Fidel Castro to Qassem Soleimani, the US government has been involved in an array of assassinations and assassination attempts against foreign leaders and officials. The President's Kill List reveals how the US government has relied on a variety of methods, from the use of poison to the delivery of sniper rifles, and from employing hitmen to simply laying the groundwork for local actors to do the deed themselves. It shows not only how policymakers decided on assassination but also the level of Presidential control over these decisions. Tracing the history of the US government's approach to assassination, the book analyses the evolution of assassination policies and, for the first time, reveals how successive administrations - through private justifications and public legitimations ensured assassination remained an available tool.
Contact: Cultural Institute (Email: cultural-institute@swansea.ac.uk)
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