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Anniversaries, documents, and documentaries

A new book describes the largely forgotten roles of scholars in the victories of World War II—and how the Nazis' racist fanaticism doomed Germany

The 2026 Securities Studies Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland, 29 – 31 May 2026. Submissions to present papers close 8 May 2026. Conference topics include National Security – counterterrorism ...

Based on archival Lithuanian KGB documents

I spoke with intelligence historian Jeff Rogg about the CIA’s history of targeted killing.

How Two Polish Sisters Deceived Soviet Counterintelligence in post-WWII Vilnius

CAMBRIDGE INTELLIGENCE SEMINARMICHAELMAS TERM 2025The Seminar will convene this year through a mixture of online and hybrid events.

A special edition of Diplomacy & Statecraft edited by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office Historians, entitled ‘Official History: writing the history of military operations and intelligence’. Articles cover a range of military, intelligence and foreign policy-related issues, and offer an important overview of the strengths and weaknesses of official history as a form of historical scholarship. Several are available open access.

The International Intelligence History Association (IIHA) and Georgetown University's Center for Security Studies will jointly organize a major intelligence conference at Georgetown from 30 September ...

New information on Colonel Georgy Salimanov's defection to the CIA in Germany in 1950 and his later capture by the MGB

How author researched his plots and letters from Alec Guinness feature in Oxford exhibition

In an interview, Daniela Richterova speaks about her book on Czechoslovakia’s Cold War ties to Palestinian groups and others.

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

The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum Article Review 182Aviva Guttmann. “Covert Diplomacy to Overcome a Crisis: West German and Israeli Intelligence after the Mu...