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Shannon Brincat, Senior Lecturer in Politics and International Relations, University of the Sunshine Coast

The Putin problem: is there ever a case to kill tyrants?

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Republican senator Lindsey Graham has been among those calling for the assassination of Russian president Vladimir Putin in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The Biden administration immediately denied any such plans. But despite the White House’s best attempts to deny targeting Putin, it begs the question, when is it acceptable to assassinate a tyrant?

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