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US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalation

US force has been used against drug traffickers before – but Trump’s plan is a dangerous escalation

The use of US force against drug traffickers is not without precedent.

12.08.2025 4

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Luca Trenta

Congress has a chequered history of overseeing US intelligence and national security

US Congress has a long history of supporting the intelligence priorities of the governing administration.

23.07.2025 4

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Luca Trenta

Slow Horses and popular culture’s long fascination with the quest for the ‘perfect assassin’

This article contains spoilers for season four of Slow Horses. “Preemptive assassinations, that was his thing. He wanted to create a deniable...

11.10.2024 10

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Luca Trenta

The killing of Hassan Nasrallah and how the west legitimised its use of assassination

When the Israel Defense Forces assassinated Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah, in an underground bunker in Beirut on September 27, Israeli prime...

03.10.2024 4

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Luca Trenta