Intelligence services, international diplomacy experts
Amid rising geopolitical tensions, understanding the role of intelligence in global affairs is more urgent than ever. Researchers at the º£½ÇÉçÇøÏÂÔØoffer expertise on the function of secret services, covert operations, cyber threats, and intelligence alliances. With a focus on both historical and contemporary developments – particularly in the US, Europe, and conflict zones such as Ukraine and the Middle East – these experts can provide context for stories on international security and diplomacy.
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, affiliated researcher at Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication, project lead of the new AJI Intelligence and Security Programme at the Ax:son Johnson Institute for Statecraft and Diplomacy
Areas of expertise:
- The role of intelligence and secret services in international diplomacy.
- Intelligence relationships or liaisons between national intelligence services.
- Contemporary and historical developments around Western intelligence services and international security, including military and diplomatic history during the Second World War, the interwar period and the early Cold War.
- Secret intelligence and strategy/decision-making.
- Subversion, covert political action, clandestine diplomacy.
Email: Matthew.Hefler@hhs.se
Languages: English
Ronan Mainprize, postdoc fellow at the Center for Statecraft and Strategic Communication
Area of expertise:
- Intelligence and international security, with a particular focus on the US and Europe.
- Intelligence and covert operations, including sabotage, cyber security, disinformation, and grey zone threats.
- American grand strategy and foreign policy, particularly in East Asia, Europe, and the Middle East.
- European security, with a focus on European-US relations, intelligence sharing, and the war in Ukraine.
- Military operations and strategy, and technology and warfare.
Email: ronan.mainprize@hhs.se
Phone: +44 781 455 8397
Languages: English