AdvertisementA wave of violence against political leadersAround the world, politics has been rocked by a wave of assassinations of political leaders, dissidents, and other high-profile figures.
In the UK, political assassinations were once rare, but two members of parliament were assassinated in five years.
Political violence is on the riseA 2018 protest in Turkey against the murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a Saudi dissident.
Bruce Hoffman, an expert on terrorism at the Council on Foreign Relations, told Business Insider that rising political violence is the outcome of increasing global instability.
- Getty ImagesAnother factor behind the spike in assassinations is the increasing instability of the global political order.
Persons:
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Locations:
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