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Intelligence politicisation is considered a policy challenge. It can lead to intelligence failures or policy mishaps. However, there are those who argue that intelligence politicisation can be a positive thing. Can intelligence politicisation be a positive thing?
Introduction Effective national security depends on maintaining integrity and objectivity in intelligence operations. Intelligence agencies have a key role to play in gathering, analysing, and disseminating information that forms the bedrock of defence strategies.Read more...
Introduction The advancement of technology in the 21st century has intensely impacted all aspects of society, including the conduct of political warfare (PW). Cyberspace has emerged as a new domain for states to pursue their strategic objectives, both in times of peace and conflict. This essay will examine if cyber subversion (CS) has transformed the nature of PW and discuss how effective CS is as an end to political violence (PV) through a comparative analysis of Russia/Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US).Read more...
Introduction Counterintelligence (CI) is an activity for the protection of classified information and the counteraction of espionage. CI can be divided into two closely related elements; defensive CI and offensive CI. Defensive CI concentrates on protecting sensitive information from enemies through security measures, through the detection of breaches. On the other hand, offensive CI goes out to destabilise, deceive, and weaken an enemy’s intelligence services. Even though they pursue different objectives, defensive and offensive CI are indispensable to a nation’s intelligence apparatus for countering foreign intelligence operations.Read more...
