Covert Action Report

Going back to how realism relates to covert action, according to a chapter titled “Covert Action” from a book, Partly Cloudy, the more specified activities in covert actions are divided into three, as follows; “1) Political operations, primarily meaning propaganda and financial support of foreign political leaders, groups, and dissidents; 2) coups d’état; and 3) assassination.” For political operation, it is done during the case when a particular regime has rebel groups that desire a reform within the state. Overt action is always preferred, however, it is often impossible to be done. In this case, if a regime were coveted to change, the reformers would have to work in secret on a daily basis. If these reformers were to be backed by a sponsor from a foreign nation, these sponsors must also …show more content…
Yet there is usually a fear from the community of foreign involvement in the matter because outsiders do not have the empathy or understanding on the culture, value, and tradition of the community. This in turn constructs a hesitance to hand over control to a stranger of the land, even if their motivation is pure. Despite it all, there are several cases that prove how external spectators comprehend the insight of a state more than the civilians within. When it comes to the subject of coups d’état, it does not usually involve covert action. Even so, the role of espionage in making a proviso for a coup is crucial. The period of coups are usually short but it can sometimes take years for the foreign intelligence agents to condition a politician or military officer for a probability of them taking over the throne. The foreign assistant is unlikely to want the operation to be a public display thus coups that involve a foreign aid are deliberately undertaken as a covert