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Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict

Welcome to the ‘gray zone’ − home to nefarious international acts that fall short of outright conflict

Hostile acts don’t always arrive with a clear signature. Nefarious actors shape elections without leaving irrefutable evidence of ballot manipulation. Rogue states interfere with infrastructure through actions that resist clean attribution. State-backed hackers can warp information environments while avoiding immediate blame. Ambiguity does much of the work, deniability
Andrew Latham, Macalester College