This week's magazine story. How did America, Israel and others move from avoiding targeting countries' leaders to political assassination and cross-border detention becoming the new norms?
For decades, the United States adhered to international norms governing arrests and assassinations of political leaders beyond its borders. That script has now been ripped up.
Throughout history, kings have been killed, but this has been turbocharged by the US and Israel in recent years, with senior state officials no longer immune from targeting. What are the implications?
Except of a few assassinations of politicians during the recent decades, the US political system, changes and discourse have all been largely peaceful. But, with the increasing violence in the US,…
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