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About Luca Trenta
I'm an Associate Professor in International Relations at Swansea University, in Wales (UK). I research primarily covert operations, secrecy, and state-sponsored assassination. I have published books and articles on the US government's involvement in the assassination of foreign officials. I also host my own podcast the Out of the Shadows Project podcast where I interview authors and experts on issues related to intelligence and covert operations. The podcast, so far, has 9 episodes with approximately 1000 listens per episode. I would be very interested in hosting episodes on books related to intelligence and covert action.
NBN Episodes hosted by Luca:
March 29, 2026
The Church Committee Report
Fifty years ago, a government investigation led by US senator Frank Church uncovered some of the darkest state secrets of the twentieth century. The C…
March 1, 2026
The Second Cold War
Towards the end of the Cold War, the last great struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union marked the end of détente, and escalated into …
February 11, 2026
World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence
Ask an American intelligence officer to tell you when the country started doing modern intelligence and you will probably hear something about the Off…
December 9, 2025
Covert Action
Covert action is generally understood as unacknowledged interference by one state in the affairs of another state or non-state actor to affect change.…
September 22, 2025
The Mission
In 2007, Tim Weiner published the book Legacy of Ashes. It was a history of the CIA from its founding to the early 2000s. As a university student in I…
August 11, 2025
Operation Wrath of God
In this unprecedented history of intelligence cooperation during the Cold War, Aviva Guttmann uncovers the key role of European intelligence agencies …
June 5, 2025
America's Cold Warrior
In America's Cold Warrior, James Graham Wilson traces Paul Nitze's career path in national security after World War II, a time when many of his mentor…
April 20, 2025
Spying in South Asia
Spying in South Asia: Britain, the United States, and India's Secret Cold War (Cambridge UP, 2024) is the first comprehensive history of India's secre…