The range of actions that might be done to support a friendly government can include a wide range of functions, certainly including military or counterintelligence activities, but also humanitarian aid and aid to development (i.e., "nation building").
友好国の政府を支援するためになされる活動の範囲は、幅広い機能を含むこともあり、軍事支援や防諜活動だけでなく、人道支援や開発援助（例えば国家の建設）もその範囲に含まれる。