Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
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Targeted Killing: Self-Defense, Preemption, and the War on Terrorism
This paper assesses the parameters and utility of “targeted killing” in combating terrorism and its role within the norm of state self-defense in the international community. The author’s thesis is that, while targeted killing provides states with a method of combating terrorism, and while it is “effective” on a number of levels, it is inherently limited and not a panacea. The adoption and exec...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Strategic Security
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1944-0464,1944-0472
DOI: 10.5038/1944-0472.2.2.1