Intelligence and National Security

Intelligence and National Security Intelligence and the Russo-Ukrainian War. Volume 39, Issue 3 of Intelligence and National Security

Interesting story in today's Guardian about intelligence in the lead up to the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago.

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For more on this, see our Special Issue on intelligence and the Ukraine War, published in Feb 2022.

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Call for Papers: Special Issue on Sources and Archives for Intelligence History in Cold War Europe

Editors: Matteo Giurco and Christopher Moran

We invite submissions for a special issue focused on sources and archives relevant to intelligence history in Cold War Europe.

Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age This article considers the impact of digital advances on clandestine Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations. Despite the arrival and advancement of disruptive technologies, classical HUMINT tradecr...

Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age
David V. Gioe & Tony Manganello

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Human-machine teaming for digital transformation Artificial intelligence (AI) is an enabling emerging digital technology that has the potential to transform the practice of intelligence analysis. To date, intelligence and policy communities have ...

Human-machine teaming for digital transformation
Kathleen M. Vogel

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Digital transformation of intelligence in Denmark. An interview with Anja Dalgaard-Nilsen An interview with the director of intelligence of the Danish Defence Intelligence Service, Anja Dalgaard-Nielsen. The objective of the interview was to explore elements of the strategy of a small n...

Digital transformation of intelligence in Denmark. An interview with Anja Dalgaard-Nilsen
Tallat Rønn Shakoor

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Communicating digitally with users. Three trade-offs for intelligence organizations Most private and public sector organizations, including intelligence services, now pursue digital transformation in one form or another. This article discusses what implications digital transformat...

Communicating digitally with users. Three trade-offs for intelligence organizations
Lars Haugom

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Disruptive technologies and intelligence services: a framework for adoption in the digital age Digital transformation of intelligence requires advances in information technology. However, the hardest to implement IT – disruptive IT like artificial intelligence and quantum computing – pose si...

Disruptive technologies and intelligence services: a framework for adoption in the digital age
Stephen Coulthart

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Developing intelligence models for the digital era The traditional intelligence cycle has been a cornerstone of intelligence work, offering a structured framework for data collection, analysis, and dissemination. However, the digital age and evolvi...

Developing intelligence models for the digital era
Shay Hershkovitz

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‘No guts, no glory’: transforming intelligence for the digital age. An interview with Sebastian Reyn How do intelligence services navigate the complexities of digital transformation? This article presents two interviews with Dr Sebastian Reyn, former deputy director of the Netherlands Defence Inte...

‘No guts, no glory’: transforming intelligence for the digital age. An interview with Sebastian Reyn
Paul Oling & Sebastiaan Rietjens

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Public-private collaboration and the digital transformation of intelligence This article explores the vital collaboration between government intelligence agencies and the private technology sector in fostering innovation to address evolving technological needs. Traditional...

Public-private collaboration and the digital transformation of intelligence
Damien Van Puyvelde & Paul Oling

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Innovation, openness, and the future of intelligence: an interview with Brigt Harr Vaage In this interview, Brigt Harr Vaage, Head of Operations in the Norwegian Intelligence Service (NIS), reflects on the evolution of intelligence work in the face of rapidly shifting threats and techn...

Innovation, openness, and the future of intelligence: an interview with Brigt Harr Vaage
Stig Stenslie

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Emerging technologies and national security intelligence Intelligence work shapes and is shaped in turn by emerging technologies. This article is concerned with the current iteration of this dynamic, with the questions of which emerging technologies are ...

Emerging technologies and national security intelligence
Huw Dylan & Nicholas Stivang

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Spying in the digital era. An interview with Sir David Omand and John Taylor This article is the edited transcript of a conversation held between Michael Goodman, David Omand and John Taylor. It brings together an academic view with those of two collectors of intelligence. ...

Spying in the digital era. An interview with Sir David Omand and John Taylor
Michael Goodman

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The journey of digital transformation in intelligence organizations This introduction to the special issue explores how digital technologies are reshaping intelligence organizations. It frames digital transformation not as a linear process but as a complex journey ...

Our final issue for 2025, No 40: Vol 6 is now out. It is another great Special Issue; 'Intelligence and Digital Transformation: Strategies, Challenges, and Opportunities' edited by Lars Haugom, Margunn Aanestad, Damien Van Puyvelde & Stig Stenslie

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Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 was accompanied by a major intelligence failure. Russia’s intelligence machinery failed strategically and tactically, leaving leaders surprised and for...

Unveiling Russian intelligence failures in the Ukraine conflict: a strategic culture perspective

Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld

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“To deprive the enemy of the advantage of surprise”: analysis as a panacea for military and intelligence failures in early Soviet intelligence theory In the first half of the 20th century, the Soviets recognized the causal link between strategic and operational failures in the military and intelligence domains and the quality of the intelligence...

“To deprive the enemy of the advantage of surprise”: analysis as a panacea for military and intelligence failures in early Soviet intelligence theory

Yaacov Falkov

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Learning from mistakes: the impact of the October 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts This article explores the individual-level effects of an intelligence failure; in particular, on entry-level intelligence analysts. It draws on interviews with graduates of the first class of the I...

Learning from mistakes: the impact of the October 7 surprise attack on the youngest generation of IDF intelligence analysts

Ofek Riemer

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The vanishing watchman: the rise and decline of early warning This article investigates the rise and decline of early warning as a priority task for intelligence agencies. The article shows that shifts in the prioritization of early warning are shaped by a co...

The vanishing watchman: the rise and decline of early warning

Ehud Eiran,Ofer Guterman & David Siman-Tov

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How to deceive: a supply-side approach The study of strategic warning has focused on deception success. Scholars have argued that deception often succeeds because targets suffer cognitive and bureaucratic pathologies. This paper offers ...

How to deceive: a supply-side approach

Ron E. Hassner

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Exploring the meaning and challenges of early warning A consistent challenge in the study and practice of warning is that of definitions. This article focuses on the meaning of early warning, arguing that it should be explicitly separated from the ter...

Exploring the meaning and challenges of early warning

Johnathan P. Proctor

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Introduction: rethinking strategic warning and intelligence failure in an era of global transformation This special issue of Intelligence and National Security examines the persistence of strategic surprise and the limitations of existing early warning frameworks in an era of geopolitical volatility...

Introduction: rethinking strategic warning and intelligence failure in an era of global transformation

Shay Hershkovitz & Ofek Riemer

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Intelligence and National Security Rethinking Strategic Warning and Intelligence Failure in an Era of Global Transformation. Volume 40, Issue 5 of Intelligence and National Security

Our latest edition, Vol 40, No. 5 is out now! This edition is a Special Issue on Strategic Surprise and Early Warning.

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Just dropped through my letterbox - a great special edition of @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social on women in intelligence

From UFOs to UAPs: is disclosure really imminent? Published in Intelligence and National Security (Vol. 40, No. 3, 2025)

Review Essay

From UFOs to UAPs: is disclosure really imminent?

Glen Creeber

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New writings on grand strategy The recent revival in the study of grand strategy owes much to the search for meaning about the West’s global purpose after the failures in Iraq and Afghanistan. Long dominated by writing on the Un...

Review Essay

New writings on grand strategy

Huw Bennett

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Trust without knowledge? UK intelligence agencies and the public trust conundrum Intelligence agencies operating in modern-day liberal democracies are dependent on the public for support. In recent years, the UK’s intelligence and security agencies have adopted a public facing ...

Trust without knowledge? UK intelligence agencies and the public trust conundrum

Ged Hiscoke, Stephen Ward & Daniel Lomas

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Is the mere existence of an intelligence committee enough? Learning from the case study of the Finnish parliament Legislatures are increasingly investing resources into oversight of intelligence agencies. However, effective control of intelligence is wrought with challenges: while national security is a highly...

Is the mere existence of an intelligence committee enough? Learning from the case study of the Finnish parliament

Tapio Raunio

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NOCs and illegals in the current surveillance landscape: can mimicry help overcome evolving challenges? This study examines the evolving challenges faced by intelligence operatives, particularly Non-Official Cover (NOC) officers and illegals, in the context of modern surveillance technologies. With a...

NOCs and illegals in the current surveillance landscape: can mimicry help overcome evolving challenges?

Grigorij Serscikov

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Submarines, saboteurs and spies: United States Navy counterespionage operations in Florida, 1941–1945 Before and after Pearl Harbor, the United States Navy’s Office of Naval Intelligence established several counterespionage schemes to prevent the Axis powers from infiltrating the United States with...

Submarines, saboteurs and spies: United States Navy counterespionage operations in Florida, 1941–1945

Stephen G. Craft

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Redefining vigilance: reevaluating the meaning of early warning in Israel’s security doctrine and the October 7 attack Israel was caught off guard by Hamas attack on October 7, underscoring vulnerabilities in its national security apparatus. Scholars and practitioners primarily attribute this failure to intelligenc...

Redefining vigilance: reevaluating the meaning of early warning in Israel’s security doctrine and the October 7 attack

Gil Baram & Isaac Ben Israel

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