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Targeted Assassination

Targeted Assassination is a state-sanctioned or paramilitary tactic of political violence that involves the deliberate, extrajudicial killing of specific individuals perceived as threats or opponents, distinguished from generalized violence by its strategic selectivity and intent to eliminate particular targets.

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Authors

19

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

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Variants

Targeted Killing

Parents

Publications

28

The CIA's Covert Predator Drone War in Pakistan, 2004–2010: The History of an Assassination Campaign

Brian Glyn Williams · Studies in Conflict and Terrorism · 2010 · 96 citations

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Do Targeted Assassinations Work? A Multivariate Analysis of Israel's Controversial Tactic during Al-Aqsa Uprising<sup>1</sup>

Mohammed M. Hafez, Joseph M. Hatfield · Studies in Conflict and Terrorism · 2006 · 81 citations

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Assassination and Targeted Killing: Law Enforcement, Execution or Self-Defence?

Michael L. Gross · Journal of Applied Philosophy · 2006 · 75 citations

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The Necropolitics of Drones

Jamie Allinson · International Political Sociology · 2015 · 72 citations · Full text

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Targeted Killing and Assassination: The U.S. Legal Framework

William C. Banks, Peter Raven-Hansen · University of Richmond law review · 2003 · 68 citations

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Authors

30

  1. ML
    Michael L. Gross

    University of Haifa, Israel

    2 publications · 125 citations

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  2. SF
    Simon Frankel Pratt

    University of Toronto, Canada

    2 publications · 43 citations

    2

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  3. WT
    Ward Thomas

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    1 publications · 20 citations

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  4. PR
    Peter Raven-Hansen

    1 publications · 68 citations

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  5. HH
    H. H. A. Cooper

    The University of Texas at Dallas, United States

    1 publications · 33 citations

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Institutions

19

  1. King's College London

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    32 citations

  2. University of Haifa

    Haifa, Israel

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    125 citations

  3. Library of Congress

    Washington D.C., United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    43 citations

  4. Newcastle University

    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  5. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  6. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  7. National Test Pilot School

    Mojave, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    53 citations

  8. European Corporate Governance Institute

    Brussels, Belgium

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

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Venues

  1. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism

    5 publications · 242 citations

    5

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  2. University of Richmond law review

    2 publications · 98 citations

    2

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  3. International Political Sociology

    IPS · 1 publications · 72 citations

    1

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  4. Political Studies

    1 publications · 50 citations

    1

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  5. Special Operations Journal

    SOJ · 1 publications · 53 citations

    1

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