covert action
international relations
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Covert action refers to secret interventions in the political or economic affairs of other countries. These operations are undertaken to escape being observed or known by others, making them clandestine and often undercover. This type of activity is a component of intelligence operations within international relations. The goal is to influence events without revealing the involvement of the intervening party.12
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