Proxy Military Operations
Proxy military operations reveal that influence often travels through partners rather than direct intervention: policymakers frequently underestimate how a surrogate’s offensive actions can advance a donor’s strategic goals. This perspective shifts attention from imposing tactics to shaping partner behavior, aligning incentives, and enabling operations that produce desired outcomes while managing political and operational risks. The surprising insight is that donor impact can be amplified by empowering well-chosen proxies—through funding, intelligence, or restraint—rather than by acting unilaterally. Understanding this dynamic encourages smarter strategy design, clearer accountability, and nuanced risk management, prompting readers to reconsider when and how indirect force best serves national objectives.
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1 insights contributedInsight. Strategy. Action. As the leading national security advisory firm, Beacon Global Strategies helps its clients strategically navigate geopolitical risk, defense and national security policy, federal business development, and global technology policy. Beacon Global Strategies is a Washington, D.C.-based strategic advisory firm advising leading companies on national security issues. Beacon supports clients across defense and national security policy, geopolitical risk, global technology policy, and federal business development. Founded in 2013, Beacon develops and supports the execution of bespoke strategies to mitigate business risk, drive growth, and navigate an increasingly complex geopolitical environment. Through its bipartisan team and decades of experience, Beacon provides a global perspective to help clients tackle their toughest challenges.
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