Spies and scholars in the cyber age
Researching intelligence in Australian policy and regional security
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12349015 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David J Schaefer (King's College London, corresponding author), David Schaefer (King's College London) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 78 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 102-122 |
| Publication date | 2023-11-09 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Australian Journal Of International Affairs (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1035-7718 • E-ISSN: 1465-332X |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10357718.2023.2279084 |
| OpenAlex | W4388527770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 47 |
The limited treatment of intelligence by IR and strategic studies academics in Australia distorts the scholarly research and public understanding of policymaking in Canberra. This article provides an overview of intelligence-focused research in Australia, including the traditional challenges which constrained the field, its limited engagement with more conventional scholarship, and the potential for more applied historical study of intelligence-related issues in the future. It demonstrates how key developments in Australian alliance diplomacy and cyber security are heavily influenced by intelligence and identifies trends in the US–China relationship and regional security which are elevating the strategic importance of Australia’s intelligence agencies. More interest from the academic community in the role and contribution of intelligence to foreign and defence policy will be needed in the coming years if scholarship is to remain in touch with the reality of Australian statecraft
Alliance · Diplomacy · Field (mathematics · Foreign policy · Intelligence analysis · National security · Political science · Politics · Public relations · Scholarship · Security studies · Cybersecurity and Cyber Warfare Studies · Intelligence, Security, War Strategy · Law · Military History and Strategy · Public Administration
Intelligence and the Function of Government
Growth, diversification, and disconnection
Strategic intelligence practice in the Australian intelligence community
Australian intelligence oversight and accountability
Operation Rubicon
Transforming the Australian intelligence community
The Protest Years
The Difficulties and Dilemmas of International Intelligence Cooperation
Why Do We Need a New Research Agenda for the Study of Intelligence
Creeping Suspicions
Improving Health Security and Intelligence Capabilities to Mitigate Biological Threats
Shaping the European School of Intelligence Studies
Foreign Intelligence and the Historiography of the Cold War
Deter, Disrupt, or Deceive
The Impact of the Hope Royal Commissions of the 1970s and 1980s on Australia’s Intelligence Agencies Today
Can historians influence public policy? Challenges and possibilities
The unexpected norm-setters
Australia’s new alliance dynamics, US–China rivalry and conflict entrapment in outer space
Australia and the ‘Five Eyes’ intelligence network
The strategic essence
The Australia-Israel security relationship, oversight and the paradox of intelligence sharing
The Spy Catchers
A new and better quiet option? Strategies of subversion and cyber conflict
Chinese Intelligence in the Cyber Age
Secret Intelligence and Public Diplomacy in the Ukraine War
Lessons of the SolarWinds Hack
Spies and lies
Intelligence Studies
Spies as Informants
New Zealand and the CCP’S “Magic Weapons
Weaving Tangled Webs
Intelligence and the Machinery of Government
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |