Covert Action: Perils and Advantages

Covert action is intelligence activity described as the "hidden hand" of states, in which states can create political, military, economic, and ideological effects foreign policy. While it has a use rate around five percent traditional activities, vital facilitating effect on states’ States seek to achieve policy goals through covert thanks its nature. It provides capacity hide states' involvement events via "plausible deniability". may provide quick cost-effective solutions short term, leave long-term hostility hostile state. The article uses literature review research method. aims contribute studies by analyzing actions Iran, Albania, Syria.