| This thesis examines the efficacy of state-sponsored assassination as a tool of American foreign policy. Specifically, the project asks, has assassination furthered the strategic interests of the U.S.? Through an analysis of six assassination plots in which the U.S. was complicit this study concludes that assassination has not been a useful tool of U.S. foreign policy. As such, it should not be used as a tool to further U.S. interests against rogue regimes. The project also evaluates one of the broader assumptions pertaining to assassination, specifically the idea of leaders as "centres of gravity." It concludes that there is little evidence to support this assumption, thus buttressing arguments made about proscribing assassination as a tool of foreign policy. |
