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Jill Kastner

Jill Kastner is a London-based independent scholar and visiting fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She is the author of A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion published by Oxford University Press.

Jill Kastner is a London-based independent scholar and visiting fellow in the Department of War Studies at King's College London. She is the author of A Measure Short of War: A Brief History of Great Power Subversion published by Oxford University Press.

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