Coercive disclosure: The weaponization of public intelligence revelation in international relations

IF 4 1区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Contemporary Security Policy Pub Date : 2023-01-09 DOI:10.1080/13523260.2022.2164122

Ofek Riemer, Daniel Sobelman

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Abstract

ABSTRACT 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.

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强制披露:国际关系中公共情报披露的武器化

摘要：情报在国际关系中能起到胁迫性工具的作用吗？虽然胁迫文献主要涉及军事和经济手段，但本文认为胁迫也可以包括故意公开披露情报。情报可以用来威胁对手，减少他们的自由度，迫使他们调整计划和行动。此外，情报披露可以用来动员国内和国际受众，使其他人与某种叙述保持一致，并相应地改变其政策。尽管如此，强制性披露只能部分针对坚定的对手或能够抵御公众和国际压力的目标而失败或成功。为了证明强制披露的运作方式，我们分析了以色列从2017年开始针对黎巴嫩真主党导弹制造计划的行动，以及2018年贾迈勒·卡舒吉遇刺后土耳其对沙特阿拉伯和美国的强制行动。

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Contemporary Security Policy Multiple-

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14.60

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6.80%

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期刊介绍： One of the oldest peer-reviewed journals in international conflict and security, Contemporary Security Policy promotes theoretically-based research on policy problems of armed conflict, intervention and conflict resolution. Since it first appeared in 1980, CSP has established its unique place as a meeting ground for research at the nexus of theory and policy. Spanning the gap between academic and policy approaches, CSP offers policy analysts a place to pursue fundamental issues, and academic writers a venue for addressing policy. Major fields of concern include: War and armed conflict Peacekeeping Conflict resolution Arms control and disarmament Defense policy Strategic culture International institutions. CSP is committed to a broad range of intellectual perspectives. Articles promote new analytical approaches, iconoclastic interpretations and previously overlooked perspectives. Its pages encourage novel contributions and outlooks, not particular methodologies or policy goals. Its geographical scope is worldwide and includes security challenges in Europe, Africa, the Middle-East and Asia. Authors are encouraged to examine established priorities in innovative ways and to apply traditional methods to new problems.