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Who is a spy and what does that mean? An expert explains
The US said it shared information about a potential attack weeks before the Crocus City massacre.
Israel’s intelligence capacities are considered some of the best in the world – but unlike the US, it does not have a central organization coordinating all intelligence.
The early Nelson comes across as a man consumed by insecurity and ambition, plagued by inner strife and anger.
There are 38 felony charges against former President Donald Trump, and while it’s unlikely, he could potentially be sentenced to serve 400 years if found guilty on all of them.
Spy cases are rare. More typically, as in the Trump indictment, the act applies to the unauthorized gathering, possessing or transmitting of certain sensitive government information.
The handling of US classified information received another stain as a 21-year-old Air National Guardsman stands accused of mishandling secret documents on US allies and the war in Ukraine.
Mining nodules from the deep ocean seabed could provide the metals crucial for today’s EV batteries and renewable energy technology, but little is known about the harm it could cause.
What are classified documents? Who gets to see them? What happens if they are released? A former State Department and Department of Defense staffer who had top secret clearance provides the answers.
The audio version of a long form article on the history of the CIA and its relationship with Russia.
With a formidable Kremlinologist in charge and Donald Trump out of the presidential picture, has the CIA regained its influence amid the ‘new cold war’?
Two national security law experts explain how the Espionage Act isn’t only about international intrigue, and share other important points about the law that was invoked in a search of Trump’s estate.
The story of a Dutch double agent who spied on the Stasi. Listen to The Conversation Weekly podcast.
A double agent who operated for the CIA and the Dutch security service against the Stasi tells his story for the first time.
The public hearings of the House Jan. 6 investigative committee will deal with unprecedented events in American history, but the very investigation of these events has strong precedent.
Detailed accounts from original documents offer insights into the secret operations of the CIA in Africa.
The US has made a dent in Russian cyber criminal gangs. But tensions with Russia and the shadowy nature of hacking keep the threat level high.
A scholar who has visited Guantanamo 11 times to observe legal proceedings in the 9/11 terrorism case explains why the conflict continues to delay the case going to trial.
Local power struggles and strong US interests have long shaped political leadership – and presidential assassinations – in Haiti, limiting nation-building projects on the Caribbean island.
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Associate Professor of the Practice of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
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Lecturer in American Studies, University of Hull
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Co-Director, National Security and Civil Rights Program, Loyola University Chicago
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Distinguished Practitioner in Residence, Loyola University Chicago
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Research Fellow, Leiden University
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Honorary Professor of International Relations, University of the Witwatersrand
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Associate professor of international history, Utrecht University
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Professor Emeritus of American History, The University of Edinburgh
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Lecturer in Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University London
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Senior Research Fellow, Horn of Africa and Southern Africa, Institute of Commonwealth Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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Professor of the Practice and Faculty Director of the Master's in Applied Intelligence, Georgetown University
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Lecturer, Culture and Media department, Birkbeck, University of London
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Associate Professor, American University School of Public Affairs
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Associate Principal Research Fellow, Burnet Institute
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Professor of Government, American University School of Public Affairs
