Ignorance, indifference, or incompetence: why are Russian covert actions so easily unmasked?

IF 0.8 3区社会学 Q1 HISTORY

Intelligence and National Security Pub Date : 2024-07-28 DOI:10.1080/02684527.2023.2300165

Kevin P. Riehle

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Although plausible deniability is a definitional characteristic of covert actions, numerous Russian actions have been unveiled and attributed to Russia over the past decade. The reason for these frequent revelations can be explained by three factors: ignorance, indifference, and incompetence. Russian actions often display ignorance about the reactions they might elicit, indifference to global opinion if they are caught, and incompetence that allows foreign governments to unpeel the sometimes thin veneer of clandestinity that is supposed to cover Russian actions. Frequent revelations based on a combination of those factors have given Russia a reputation of aggressiveness in the international arena, while also limiting Russia’s own actions, even in overt areas such as diplomacy and economic relations, because of that reputation.

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无知、冷漠还是无能：俄罗斯的秘密行动为何如此容易被揭穿？

ABSTRACT 尽管似是而非的否认是秘密行动的定义特征，但在过去十年中，俄罗斯的许多行动已被揭露并归咎于俄罗斯。频繁被揭露的原因可以用三个因素来解释：无知、冷漠和无能。俄罗斯的行动往往显示出对自己可能引起的反应的无知，对被抓后全球舆论的漠不关心，以及让外国政府得以揭开有时本应掩盖俄罗斯行动的薄薄秘密外衣的无能。基于这些因素的频繁揭露，让俄罗斯在国际舞台上背上了咄咄逼人的名声，同时也因为这种名声限制了俄罗斯自身的行动，甚至是在外交和经济关系等公开领域。

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