Iranian demonstrators promising revenge for assassination of Gen. Soleimani by a U.S. drone strike.

What are the boundaries of a country’s license to kill? Historically, most western countries maintain that a nation’s license to kill without trial or due process is only granted during war time. But what if the definition of “war” changes?

War on Terror

Attitudes in the West around targeted killing or assassinations began to shift after 9/11, in step with the “War on Terror.” The War on Terror and the definition of what constitutes terror is ambiguous. In…