This book provides a definitive overview of the relationships of influence between civil
society and intelligence elites. The secrecy surrounding intelligence means that publication …

Since September 2001, jihadist attacks on the West and the war on Iraq have focused public
attention on intelligence and invigorated academic interest in intelligence studies. Once …

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

Scholarship on intelligence studies suffers three key limitations: 1) it fails to grasp that the
knowledge-production of agencies is value-laden and thus political in itself; 2) scholarship …

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 …

In recent years, various revelations about government malfeasances have highlighted the
vulnerability of civil society actors who work on surveillance by intelligence agencies …

There could scarcely be a more appropriate time than the present to address the issue of
oversight of security and intelligence services. In the wake of the events of September 11 …

Intelligence and security services are key components of any state, providing independent
analysis of information relevant to the external and internal security of state and society and …

This essay surveys the various approaches scholars have employed to study the role of
intelligence in national and international politics. It considers the various methodological …

The sudden rise of the socio-political importance of security that has marked the twenty-first
century entails a commensurate empowerment of the intelligence apparatus. This chapter …