Dr Luca Trenta in conversation with Elaine Canning- Swansea

Join us as we welcome Dr Luca Trenta to the shop, as he talks to Elaine Canning about his new book, The President's Kill List - Assassination and US Foreign Policy since 1945Dr Luca Trenta is an Associate Professor in International Relations at Swansea University. He is an expert in intelligence and covert operations. He is the author of The President’s Kill List: Assassination in US Foreign Policy since 1945 (Edinburgh University Press 2024). He has written several articles on the US government’s involvement in covert operations and assassinations. He is also the co-editor of Killing in the name of the state: state-sponsored assassinations in international Politics (Lynne Rienner 2025). He has often contributed to media outlets including The Conversation, BBC News, and Deutsche Welle.