covert
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Covert actions can actually support diplomacy by showing an enemy that armed conflict would fail and, paradoxically, lead to de-escalation, say practitioners.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025
Covert action offers deniability but may not satisfy the political need to visibly restore deterrence, says Christopher Clary of the University at Albany in the US.
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2025
As she wrote in her book "Predatory States: Operation Condor and Covert War in Latin America":
From Salon • Apr. 21, 2024
But Todd Bensman, author of “America’s Covert Border War,” a study of terrorism and the border, told lawmakers it is wrong to minimize the dangers those Colombian rebels posed.
From Washington Times • Sep. 17, 2023
Covert CIA teams had previously photographed the site from every angle.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
Vocabulary lists containing covert
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