The controversy surrounding targeted killings represents a crisis of conscience for policymakers, lawyers and philosophers grappling with the moral and legal li

This book examines the international lawfulness of state-sponsored targeted killings in military and police operations. Through an exhaustive analysis of recent

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF AN ILLEGAL AND IMMORAL PRACTICE The Bush administration detained and tortured suspected terrorists; the Obama administration assassinates the

Explores the emergence of targeted killing in Israeli and US statecraft, and in the international law of force.

The deployment of remotely piloted air platforms (RPAs) - or drones - has become a defining feature of contemporary counter-insurgency operations. Scholarly ana