Forward Operations Doctrine (Laeral)

The Forward Operations Doctrine was a Laeralian military and political doctrine calling for covert material support for ideologically-aligned militant groups abroad where such support would hinder a state threat to Laeralian interests. Initiated in 1949 under President Sun Jia-wei to describe his principle of support for anti-regime militant groups in southern High Fells amidst the Accession of Lienne (Second Fellsian War), the doctrine was revitalized in 1957 under Sun's premiership, and would continue through the end of the Great War.

Origins

The Forward Operations doctrine can be seen as a continuation of the Gramontist principle of socialist internationalism, which was pursued on an ad hoc basis by succeeding governments during the Republican Era. This was pursued with the most lasting effects during the Accession of Lienne, when President Sun Jia-wei authorized that Laeralian Marines and the Bureau of Foreign Intelligence covertly offer arms and training to the Liennese Provisional Army in 1947, prior to the Liennese declaration of independence.

1957 Resumption

Following his return to power as prime minister in 1954, Sun and his government, including René Gramont as foreign minister and the canny Aristide Leclerq as Director of the Bureau of Foreign Intelligence, became concerned by the increasingly assertive position of the Imperialist states (Darya and Xiomera in particular) on foreign policy, as well as ongoing hostilities on the northern border with Park Yeong-gi's High Fells. On February 20th, 1957, a meeting of the Cabinet Council on Defense Affairs (now the National Security Council) adopted the Forward Operations Doctrine, naming three groups as the initial recipients of covert aid through the BFI.