The Costs and Benefits of Unconventional Warfare and Subversion

October 23, 2020 00:51:31
The Costs and Benefits of Unconventional Warfare and Subversion
Irregular Warfare Podcast
The Costs and Benefits of Unconventional Warfare and Subversion

Oct 23 2020 | 00:51:31

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Show Notes

What are unconventional warfare and foreign subversion? Will they be important in an era of great power competition? What are some of the second- and third-order effects when states use subversion to undermine their rivals? Retired Lt. Gen. Ken Tovo and Dr. Melissa Lee join the Irregular Warfare Podcast to discuss these topics and more.

Intro music: "Unsilenced" by Ketsa

Outro music: "Launch" by Ketsa

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