This is part 2 of a 3-part "gray zone" series by former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts.

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Mark Cozad is a senior international defense researcher at RAND, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution. He is also a professor at the Pardee RAND Graduate School.

Former Assistant Director of CIA for South and Central Asia Dave Pitts on why gray zone activities pose a serious national ...

John McLaughlin is the Distinguished Practitioner in Residence at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). He served as both Acting Director and Deputy Director of the ...

Ambassador Michael Carpenter is Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for Europe at the National Security ...

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