TY - JOUR
T1 - Coercive disclosure
T2 - The weaponization of public intelligence revelation in international relations
AU - Riemer, Ofek
AU - Sobelman, Daniel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2023
Y1 - 2023
N2 - Can intelligence serve as a coercive instrument in international relations? While coercion literature mostly addresses military and economic means, this article argues that coercion can also include the deliberate public disclosure of intelligence. Intelligence can be employed to threaten adversaries, reduce their latitude, and force them to adjust their plans and operations. Additionally, intelligence disclosure can be used to mobilize domestic and international audiences and make others align with a certain narrative and alter their policies accordingly. Still, coercive disclosure can fail or succeed only partially against a determined opponent or a target that is resilient to public and international pressure. To demonstrate the workings of coercive disclosure, we analyze Israel's campaign, beginning in 2017, against the Lebanese Hezbollah’s missile manufacturing program and Turkey's coercive campaign vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia and the United States following Jamal Khashoggi's assassination in 2018.
AB - Can intelligence serve as a coercive instrument in international relations? While coercion literature mostly addresses military and economic means, this article argues that coercion can also include the deliberate public disclosure of intelligence. Intelligence can be employed to threaten adversaries, reduce their latitude, and force them to adjust their plans and operations. Additionally, intelligence disclosure can be used to mobilize domestic and international audiences and make others align with a certain narrative and alter their policies accordingly. Still, coercive disclosure can fail or succeed only partially against a determined opponent or a target that is resilient to public and international pressure. To demonstrate the workings of coercive disclosure, we analyze Israel's campaign, beginning in 2017, against the Lebanese Hezbollah’s missile manufacturing program and Turkey's coercive campaign vis-à-vis Saudi Arabia and the United States following Jamal Khashoggi's assassination in 2018.
KW - Coercion
KW - Hezbollah
KW - Khashoggi
KW - intelligence
KW - non-state actors
KW - secrecy
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U2 - 10.1080/13523260.2022.2164122
DO - 10.1080/13523260.2022.2164122
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AN - SCOPUS:85146722518
SN - 1352-3260
VL - 44
SP - 276
EP - 307
JO - Contemporary Security Policy
JF - Contemporary Security Policy
IS - 2
ER -