This chapter continues and expands on the mapping of Intelligence Studies literature
initiated in the introduction chapter. Here, however, the focus lies on the way in which …

Intelligence is an inescapable necessity for modern governments. Few states take the view
that they can dispense with an intelligence service and none is sufficiently immune from …

Exploring how intelligence professionals view accountability in the context of twenty-first
century politics How can democratic governments hold intelligence and security agencies …

Today's western derivates of the world's second oldest profession 1 share the paradoxical
task of operating in secret in order to defend an open society. Recent intelligence scandals …

Despite its common usage, the meaning of 'democratic'in democratic intelligence oversight
has rarely been spelled out. In this article, we situate questions regarding intelligence …

Over the last few decades, intelligence studies moved from a unique theory based on
secrecy to multiple epistemologies to address different objects (eg, intelligence analysis …

The issue of the oversight of intelligence and security services is playing an increasing role
in the debate on global security issues both among specialists and the broader public …

Intelligence oversight, defined as a special control of intelligence services by national
parliaments, is a fairly new function in the development of modern governance as is also …

The study of intelligence oversight captures the inherently political nature of secret
intelligence. However, many studies of intelligence oversight adopt rather instrumentalist …

Developing Intelligence Theory analyses the current state of intelligence theorisation,
provides a guide to a range of approaches and perspectives, and points towards future …