11 India: Intelligence Agencies and Assassinations

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. 1 Killing in the Name of the State 1
4. Part 1 Issues
5. 2 Rethinking Assassination-as-Politics 19
6. 3 The Impact of Assassination on International Law 33
7. 4 Cooperating to Kill: Secret International Agreements 49
8. 5 State Use of Chemical and Biological Agents in Alleged Assassinations 67
9. 6 Evidentiary and Forensic Challenges 91
10. 7 The Communication Dimension 107
11. 8 The Media’s Influence on Framing Assassinations 129
12. 9 The Hiring of Criminals 147
13. Part 2 Cases
14. 10 France: Assassinations and the French Secret Service 161
15. 11 India: Intelligence Agencies and Assassinations 175
16. 12 Iran: Projecting Power and Protecting the Revolution via Assassination 191
17. 13 Israel: Targeted Killings in the Occupied Territories 211
18. 14 Mexico: Assassinations in the Ongoing War on Drugs 231
19. 15 Russia: Target Assessment and a Typology of Retaliation 253
20. 16 The United States: Escalating to Assassination from the Cold War to the Present 277
21. Part 3 Conclusion
22. 17 Directions for Future Research 301
23. Bibliography 307
24. Index 343
25. About the Book 355