Episode
Governing Proxies Without Command Authority
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- The Security Nexus Deep Dive
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- Feb 20, 2026
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- 1089
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Summary
States don’t need command authority to govern proxies—but they do need leverage. The real mechanisms are sustainment, intelligence/targeting support, sanctuary and logistics corridors, and narrative discipline. Those tools can keep proxy violence “below threshold,” but they also produce predictable failures: agency slack, autonomization, deniability collapse, and blowback. https://www.thesecuritynexus.net