- Associate Professor in International Relations, Swansea University
I am an Associate Professor in International Relations, in the Department of Politics, Philosophy, and IR at Swansea University. I am the author of The President's Kill List: Assassination in US foreign policy since 1945 (Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2024). I am also the host of the Out of the Shadows Project Podcast where I interview experts in intelligence and covert operations.
I previously worked as Teaching Associate at School of Politics and International Relations of the University of Nottingham.
Tweets @lucatrenta.
Experience
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2020–presentAssociate professor, Swansea University
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2016–2020Senior Lecturer, Swansea University
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2014–2016Lecturer, Swansea University
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2014–2014Teaching Associate, University of Nottingham
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2011–2013Teaching Assistant, University of Durham
Education
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2014University of Durham, PhD International Relations
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2010University of Durham, MA International Studies
Publications
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2014Clinton and Bosnia: a candidate’s freebie, a president’s nightmare, Journal of Transatlantic Studies
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2013The champion of human rights meets the king of kings: Jimmy Carter, the Shah, and Iranian Illusions and Rage, Diplomacy and Statecraft
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