Silent Killers, Not Signals: Why States Use Poison in Assassinations

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's death from epibatidine, a South American frog toxin, has renewed focus on state-sponsored assassinations using poisons. The article discusses how the erosion of international norms against assassinations and chemical weapons increases the likelihood of future poison-based targeted killings, citing examples like Operation Eric Fury and the assassination of Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh.