Assassination as a Tool of Foreign Policy

EUGENE VOLOKH | 3.28.2022 3:42 PM

In light of some recent discussions, I thought I'd repost some tentative thoughts on the subject (based on a 2005 post of mine), and see what the rest of you think.

1. Morality: Government-sponsored assassination is essentially an act of war; it's an attempt to affect another nation's government policy by military force. …