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2006.
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| Summary/Abstract |
In achieving their own political goals, states-including great powers-have looked to political exiles (people residing outside of their home country who harbor political grievances with those who are currently in power "back home") and their respective organizations as instruments of grand strategy. Historically, states have used exiles in three ways: (1) intelligence collection, (2) recruitment and execution of paramilitary operations, and (3) information operations. The article details how internal organizational splits, differences of strategic culture, and competing thoughts about overall political goals can make the grand-strategic use of exiles a complex endeavor.
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