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Dr Luca Trenta

Athro Cyswllt, Politics, Philosophy and International Relations

l.trenta@abertawe.ac.uk

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Llawr Gwaelod
James Callaghan
Campws Singleton

Ar gael ar gyfer Goruchwyliaeth Ôl-raddedig

Sylwebydd y Cyfryngau

Dolenni Ymchwil

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5681-8176

Trosolwg

Mae Dr Luca Trenta yn Athro Cyswllt mewn Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol yn yr Adran Astudiaethau Gwleidyddol a Diwylliannol, Prifysgol Abertawe.

Cafodd Ddyfarniad 2017 British Academy Rising Star Engagement am ei brosiect: ‘Out of the Shadows: understanding, researching and teaching covert action.’ Drwy'r prosiect, mae Dr Trenta wedi cynnal sawl digwyddiad ymgysylltu ac allgymorth mewn Ysgolion Cymraeg a Saesneg, yn ogystal â digwyddiadau rhwydweithio ar gyfer Ymchwilwyr Gyrfa Gynnar. Mae tair pennod o bodlediad hefyd ar gael ar Soundcloud ac Apple Podcasts sy'n cynnwys pynciau fel gweithrediadau cudd a newid cyfundrefn. Cyn hynny derbyniodd grant Ymchwil Bach yr Academi Brydeinig ar gyfer ei brosiect ar 'Targeted killing? The recurrence of assassination is US foreign policy.'

Mae ei waith ymchwil presennol yn canolbwyntio'n bennaf ar ymwneud llywodraeth yr Unol Daleithiau â lladd swyddogion tramor o'r Rhyfel Oer hyd heddiw. Mae wedi cyhoeddi erthyglau mewn cyfnodolion ym meysydd Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol, Astudiaethau Cuddwybodaeth a Chyfraith Ryngwladol. Mae'r rhain yn cynnwys gwaith ar Weinyddiaeth Ford a datblygiad gwaharddiad yr UD ar fradlofruddio, ar ddefnydd Gweinyddiaeth Obama (a chyfreithloni) o fradlofruddio wedi'i dargedu, ac ar fabwysiadu’n rhyngwladol syniad estynedig o enbydrwydd i gyfiawnhau defnyddio lluoedd i hunanamddiffyn.

Cyn hynny, cyhoeddodd fonograff ar risg a gwneud penderfyniadau arlywyddol gyda Routledge. Mae hefyd wedi cyhoeddi erthyglau ar bolisi tramor yr Unol Daleithiau a phrosesau gwneud penderfyniadau arlywyddol yn The European Journal of International Security, Diplomacy and Statecraft ac yn The Journal of Transatlantic Studies.

Yn 2020, ymddangosodd Dr Trenta mewn pedair pennod o gyfres ddogfen ar yr History Channel, Secret Wars Uncovered. Mae wedi gweithio gyda BBC Radio 3 ar y Rhaglen Free Thinking yn ogystal â gweithio gyda Being Human Festival for the Humanities. Mewn cydweithrediad â'r Athro Rory Cormac, mae Dr Trenta wedi trefnu sgwrs yng Ngŵyl Lenyddiaeth Ryngwladol y Gelli. Gyda BBC Ideas mae wedi cynhyrchu ffilm fer ar hanes bradlofruddio. Mae hefyd yn cyfrannu'n rheolaidd at The Conversation, Talk Radio, Nation Radio, a BBC Radio Wales.

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol
Polisi Tramor yr Unol Daleithiau
Y Rhyfel Oer
Gweithrediadau Cudd
Astudiaethau Cuddwybodaeth
Bradlofruddiaethau a lladd wedi’i dargedu
Dronau

Uchafbwyntiau Gyrfa

Diddordebau Addysgu

Damcaniaethau Cysylltiadau Rhyngwladol,

Polisi Tramor yr Unol Daleithiau

Y Rhyfel Oer

Gweithrediadau Cudd-wybodaeth a Chudd

Ymchwil Prif Wobrau

Cyhoeddiadau

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Trenta, L. (n.d.) 'The Scarlet A': assassination and the US Official Record from the Cold War to 9/11. In Peter Finn and Robert Ledger (Ed.), The Official Record: Oversight, national security and democracy Manchester University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64988
Trenta, L., Fahey, K., & Atkinson, D. (2023). Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government’s intervention in Guatemala. Intelligence and National Security, 0, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2279317, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64841
Trenta, L. (2021). Remote killing? Remoteness, covertness, and the US government’s involvement in assassination. Defence Studies, 21(4), 468-488.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2021.1994393, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58441
Trenta, L. (2021). Death by Reinterpretation: Dynamics of Norm Contestation and the US Ban on Assassination in the Reagan Years. Journal of Global Security Studies, 6(4)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogab012, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56739
Schmidt, D. & Trenta, L. (2018). Changes in the law of self-defence? Drones, imminence, and international norm dynamics. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 5(2), 201-245.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2018.1496706, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2018.1496706

Holl Ymchwil

Erthyglau Cylchgronau

Trenta, L., Fahey, K., & Atkinson, D. (2023). Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government’s intervention in Guatemala. Intelligence and National Security, 0, 1-20.
https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2279317, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64841
Trenta, L. (2021). Death by Reinterpretation: Dynamics of Norm Contestation and the US Ban on Assassination in the Reagan Years. Journal of Global Security Studies, 6(4)
https://doi.org/10.1093/jogss/ogab012, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa56739
Trenta, L. (2021). Remote killing? Remoteness, covertness, and the US government’s involvement in assassination. Defence Studies, 21(4), 468-488.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14702436.2021.1994393, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa58441
Schmidt, D. & Trenta, L. (2018). Changes in the law of self-defence? Drones, imminence, and international norm dynamics. Journal on the Use of Force and International Law, 5(2), 201-245.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2018.1496706, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa40799
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20531702.2018.1496706
Trenta, L. (2018). ‘An act of insanity and national humiliation’: the Ford Administration, Congressional inquiries and the ban on assassination. Journal of Intelligence History, 17(2), 121-140.
https://doi.org/10.1080/16161262.2018.1430431, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa38323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16161262.2018.1430431
Trenta, L. (2018). The Obama administration’s conceptual change: Imminence and the legitimation of targeted killings. European Journal of International Security, 3(1), 69-93.
https://doi.org/10.1017/eis.2017.11, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa33727
Trenta, L. (2014). Clinton and Bosnia: a candidate's freebie, a president's nightmare. Journal of Transatlantic Studies, 12(1), 62-89.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14794012.2014.871434, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18550
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14794012.2014.871434#.VCv-YrH5dmQ
Trenta, L. (2013). The Champion of Human Rights Meets the King of Kings: Jimmy Carter, the Shah, and Iranian Illusions and Rage. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 24(3), 476-498.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2013.817934, SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa18551
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09592296.2013.817934#.VCwALrH5dmQ

Llyfrau Awdurol

Trenta, L. (2016). Risk and Presidential decision-making: the emergence of foreign policy crises (1st ed.). Routledge.
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa28256
https://www.routledge.com/Risk-and-Presidential-Decision-making-The-Emergence-of-Foreign-Policy/Luca/p/book/9781138854246

Penodau Llyfrau

Trenta, L. (n.d.) 'The Scarlet A': assassination and the US Official Record from the Cold War to 9/11. In Peter Finn and Robert Ledger (Ed.), The Official Record: Oversight, national security and democracy Manchester University Press
SU Repository: https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa64988

Goruchwyliaeth

The Alliance for Progress During the Kennedy Administration: A Latin American Perspective (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Dr Tomás Irish
Economy, Efficiency, and the General Welfare: M.G. George Leach’s Doctrine for Motorizing the National Guard in the Interwar Era (cyfredol)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof Stephen Mcveigh
International Drug Control and Access to Controlled Medicines in Brazil: Changes and Tensions in International Regimes (2009-2019) (dyfarnwyd 2022)

PhD

Goruchwyliwr arall: Prof David Bewley-Taylor

Modiwlau a Addysgir

IRQ300 Study Group: International Relations (Year 3)

2 hour weekly Study Group for International Relations students (Year 3)
PO-203 Anarchy and Order: Theories in International Relations

This is a core International Relations (IR) module. Its aim is to show how global politics is all around us and illustrate which ideas have shaped the current discipline of International Relations. The module explores key theories and approaches in the discipline of International Relations. Through check-up lectures, the module applies the theories analysed to key issues in international politics including: the rise of China, humanitarian intervention and the role of power. The module encourages students to evaluate and multiple forms of power, and the nature of the discipline itself. It is also a story about a powerful academic discipline and its many issues.
PO-3316 Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump

The Obama Administration¿s used of drones and special operations has rekindled interest in the role of covert action in US Foreign policy. The module will provide students with an analysis of the place of covert action in US foreign policy. The module will explore the strong connection between US Presidents and covert action, discussing the institutions, organizations and individuals involved. The module will adopt a chronological approach discussing presidencies from the Cold War to Barack Obama. This structure will also provide an opportunity to explore themes (e.g. assassination, regime change) and areas (e.g. Central America, the Middle East) central to the conduct of US foreign policy.

Grantiau a Phrosiectau Allweddol

British Academy Rising Star Engagement Award 2017 - 2018

, £13959
Grant Bach yr Academi Frenhinol – ‘Targeted killing? The recurrence of assassinations in US foreign policy’ 2015 - 2016

, £9431

Hanes Gyrfa

Athro Cyswllt , Prifysgol Nottingham

Ionawr 2014 - Medi 2014

Ymgysylltu Cyhoeddus

Rhaglen ddogfen ar yr History Channel, Secret Wars Uncovered, 2020

‘Kings, Presidents, & Spies: Assassinations Past & Present’ Being Human Festival 2019, Abertawe

Gŵyl Lenyddiaeth y Gelli, ‘Licence to kill? Assassination in International Politics’ (gyda’r Athro Rory Cormac)

BBC Free Thinking, ‘Why We Need New News: Being Human Festival Research,’ 2019

BBC Ideas, A short (and deadly) history of assassinations, 2019

Out of the Shadows Project (yn cynnwys digwyddiadau, podlediadau ac adnoddau i ysgolion)

Rydw i wedi trefnu a chynnal dros 30 digwyddiad gydag ysgolion uwchradd fel rhan o’r prosiect Out of the Shadows ac o strategaeth allgymorth ehangach y Brifysgol.

Cyflwyniadau, Darlithoedd a Chynadleddau a wahoddwyd

US Covert operations from Obama to Trump

Tachwedd 2019

Coleg Prifysgol Llundain
From Apprentice to President: Donald Trump, One Year On

Ionawr 2018

Canolfan Eccles – Y Llyfrgell Brydeinig, Llundain
The paranoid style in US foreign policy?,

Rhagfyr 2016

Y Prif Anerchiad – Political Studies Association, American Politics Group Colloquium

Dr Luca Trenta

Cyfeiriad ebost

Twitter Account

Dolenni Ymchwil

Trosolwg

Meysydd Arbenigedd

Uchafbwyntiau Gyrfa

Uchafbwyntiau Ymchwil

Holl Ymchwil

The Alliance for Progress During the Kennedy Administration: A Latin American Perspective (cyfredol)

Economy, Efficiency, and the General Welfare: M.G. George Leach’s Doctrine for Motorizing the National Guard in the Interwar Era (cyfredol)

International Drug Control and Access to Controlled Medicines in Brazil: Changes and Tensions in International Regimes (2009-2019) (dyfarnwyd 2022)

IRQ300 Study Group: International Relations (Year 3)

PO-203 Anarchy and Order: Theories in International Relations

PO-3316 Shadow Wars: US Presidents and covert action from the Cold War to Trump

Grant Bach yr Academi Frenhinol – ‘Targeted killing? The recurrence of assassinations in US foreign policy’ 2015 - 2016

Athro Cyswllt , Prifysgol Nottingham

US Covert operations from Obama to Trump

From Apprentice to President: Donald Trump, One Year On

The paranoid style in US foreign policy?,