Coming soon: The new Journal of Intelligence History (Vol. 13, No. 2, 2014)

The new issue of the Journal of Intelligence History will be published soon. Have a quick look at the table of contents: German and Soviet intelligence activities in Sweden in 1944: Voldemar Blankenfelds and the deportation of Baron Bernd von Gossler (by Johan Matz) The surveillance of friends: MI5 and friendly aliens during the Second World War…

Annual Conference 2014, 2-4 May, Tutzing: Intelligence, Democracy and Transparency

The IIHA is glad to invite you to its 20th Annual Conference which takes place at the Academy for Civic Education in Tutzing on May 2-4, 2014. Please find the conference program and further details below. The registration deadline is April 25, 2014. *** Intelligence, Democracy and Transparency: No Room for Secret Intelligence?   2014…

New: The Journal of Intelligence History (Vol. 13, No. 1, 2014)

A new issue of the Journal of Intelligence History has just been published. Here you can have a quick look at the table of contents: Articles: Intelligence shocks, media coverage, and congressional accountability, 1947–2012 (by Loch K. Johnson) Spies and diplomats in Bismarck’s Germany: collaboration between military intelligence and the Foreign Office, 1871–1881 (by James Stone)…

Call for Papers: Intelligence Services and Democracy

Intelligence services and their activities present unique challenges for democracies all over the world: on the one hand, these services serve a key role in national security and foreign policy and provide decision-makers with crucial information and assessments, while on the other hand, clandestine intelligence means and methods as well as the wide investigative and…