How to get on a Watchlist Episode 4: How to stage a coup

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In the fourth installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Professor Rory Cormac to discuss coups, subversion, and covert influence. Professor Cormac teaches International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and specialises in secret intelligence and covert action. He is the author of “Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy“, and the co-author of “The Black Door” and “The Secret Royals“. Recently, he has published “How to stage a coup“, which examines covert action and influence.

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How to Stage a Coup – How to get on a Watchlist In the fourth installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Professor Rory Cormac to discuss coups, subversion, and covert influence. Professor Cormac teaches International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and specialises in secret intelligence and covert action. Rory is the author of "Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy", and the co-author of "The Black Door" and "The Secret Royals". Recently, Rory has published "How to Stage a Coup", which examines covert action and influence.

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Lewis Sage-Passant is a Doctoral Researcher in the field of intelligence and former Military Intelligence Officer with extensive experience working and living in the Middle East and North Africa and Asia Pacific regions in a variety of geopolitical analysis, security & conflict risk and threat intelligence roles. Lewis specialises in geopolitical intelligence support to the oil & gas industry, the financial sector and leading technology firms.

Cormac Mc Garry is an Associate Director at the specialist risk consultancy Control Risks, where he heads up their maritime security intelligence and analysis services. Most of his work involves helping shipping companies and others in the maritime community be prepared for security issues they may face from piracy and armed robbery at sea to drug smuggling, war and terrorism. He previously worked in the National Maritime College of Ireland as a research project manager and has also worked across the spectrum of risk management consulting, having worked in East and West Africa before being currently based in France.

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jisan1121 on September 22nd, 2022 at 19:28 UTC »

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EugeneOregonDad on September 22nd, 2022 at 17:50 UTC »

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sageandonion on September 22nd, 2022 at 15:33 UTC »

Submission Statement: A rather timely episode given recent developments! We sat down with Professor Rory Cormac (author of "Disrupt and Deny", and more recently, "How to stage a coup") to discuss coups, covert action, and hostile influence operations. Professor Cormac talks us through the mechanisms of coups (as well as counter-coups), and the less militaristic options for influencing foreign states.

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