Philip H J Davies
Biographic Data
| ID | 4562365 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Philip H J Davies |
| GIVEN NAMES | Philip H J |
| FAMILY NAME | Davies |
| SIGNATURE | DAVIES P H J |
| AFFILIATIONS | a Brunel Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 76 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
ISR versus Istar: A Conceptual Crisis in British Military Intelligence
Between 2009 and 2011, there was an intense debate in UK, Canadian, and Australian military intelligence circles regarding two putatively competing doctrinal concepts, the U.S.-originated “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance” and the United Kingdom’s “intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.” The inclusion, or not, of target acquisition proved a flashpoint for a wider and deeper range of existing concerns abo…
All in Good Faith? Proximity, Politicization, and Malaysia’s External Intelligence Organization
On 9 May 2018 Malaysia provided one of the most compelling demonstrations of the power of the secret ballot ever seen.In the country's 14 th General Election, colloquially referred to a GE14, the incumbent and highly controversial Prime Minister Najib Razak 3 , his party the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) and its associated, multi-ethnic coalition Barisan Nasional (BN, 'National Front') were soundly ousted from power.UMNO/BN had
Twilight of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee
In the last few years, a number of significant, and often troubling, changes to the top-level management structure of the United Kingdom’s (UK) national intelligence machinery have taken place. The conventional understanding of the British system is that, since the dark days of the Blitz, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has provided a continuously operating, tried and true apparatus for coordinating and managing Britain’s national intellig…
The Missing Dimension’s Missing Dimension
Intelligence and the Machinery of Government: Conceptualizing the Intelligence Community
This article argues that the failure to address intelligence agencies as public organizations part and parcel with the overt machinery of government constitutes a significant lacuna both in the specialist study of intelligence and the broader discipline of public administration studies. The role and status of intelligence institutions as aspects of the machinery of central government is examined, along with the prospects of certain key paradigms …
Introduction: The future of UK intelligence and special operations
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Imagery in the UK: Britain's troubled imagery intelligence architecture
This article examines the status, role and development of imagery intelligence in the UK government. It is argued that imagery intelligence occupies a subordinate and marginalised position compared to other forms of intelligence, chiefly from human sources and the interception of communications. The origins of that position are recounted, and the problems arising from internal struggles over control of imagery examined. It is concluded that the e…
Assessment Base: Simulating National Intelligence Assessment in a Graduate Course
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPhilip H. J. DaviesDr. Philip H. J. Davies is Deputy Director and Director of Studies at the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. A political sociologist specializing in the institutional development of national intelligence agencies and communities, he cofounded the Centre in 2003 with Professor Anthony Glees. Dr. Davies's volume, MI-6 and the Ma…
Intelligence culture and intelligence failure in Britain and the United States
This article argues for the value of a theory of ‘intelligence culture’ in understanding not only how national intelligence systems work but also how intelligence failures occur in those systems. A model of national intelligence cultures in the governments of the United Kingdom and United States of America is developed combining existing work on organisational culture in the two countries with the author's comparative analysis of different concep…
Spies as Informants: Triangulation and the Interpretation of Elite Interview Data in the Study of the Intelligence and Security Services
This article examines the application of ‘triangulation’ to the use of elite interviewing in political science, with specific reference to the study of the intelligence and security services. It is argued that the problems involved in using elite interviews in security and intelligence studies are no different than in other areas of political science, but simply more pronounced. It is further argued that these problems can be most effectively add…
MI 6’s Requirements Directorate: Integrating Intelligence into the Machinery of British Central Government
The following article examines the relationship between the British Secret Intelli‐gence Service (SIS, a.k.a. MI 6) and the machinery of central government, particularly departments of state and other agencies which employ information generated by the SIS. It is argued the main link between the SIS and its consumers in British government is the SIS’s requirements ‘side’, embodied throughout most of the post‐war era in the form of a Requirements D…
Information Warfare and the Future of the Spy
This article examines the impact of the new ICTs on the collection of covert intelligence and covert political actions undertaken by national intelligence agencies. It is argued that there exist two distinct doctrines in the literatures of intelligence and information warfare concerning the future relative importance of information from human sources ('agents') and technical methods (signal interception, overhead imagery and the emerging field of…
Spies as Informants: Triangulation and the Interpretation of Elite Interview Data in the Study of the Intelligence and Security Services
This article examines the application of ‘triangulation’ to the use of elite interviewing in political science, with specific reference to the study of the intelligence and security services. It is argued that the problems involved in using elite interviews in security and intelligence studies are no different than in other areas of political science, but simply more pronounced. It is further argued that these problems can be most effectively add…
Intelligence culture and intelligence failure in Britain and the United States
This article argues for the value of a theory of ‘intelligence culture’ in understanding not only how national intelligence systems work but also how intelligence failures occur in those systems. A model of national intelligence cultures in the governments of the United Kingdom and United States of America is developed combining existing work on organisational culture in the two countries with the author's comparative analysis of different concep…
MI 6’s Requirements Directorate: Integrating Intelligence into the Machinery of British Central Government
The following article examines the relationship between the British Secret Intelli‐gence Service (SIS, a.k.a. MI 6) and the machinery of central government, particularly departments of state and other agencies which employ information generated by the SIS. It is argued the main link between the SIS and its consumers in British government is the SIS’s requirements ‘side’, embodied throughout most of the post‐war era in the form of a Requirements D…
Intelligence and the Machinery of Government: Conceptualizing the Intelligence Community
This article argues that the failure to address intelligence agencies as public organizations part and parcel with the overt machinery of government constitutes a significant lacuna both in the specialist study of intelligence and the broader discipline of public administration studies. The role and status of intelligence institutions as aspects of the machinery of central government is examined, along with the prospects of certain key paradigms …
Imagery in the UK: Britain's troubled imagery intelligence architecture
This article examines the status, role and development of imagery intelligence in the UK government. It is argued that imagery intelligence occupies a subordinate and marginalised position compared to other forms of intelligence, chiefly from human sources and the interception of communications. The origins of that position are recounted, and the problems arising from internal struggles over control of imagery examined. It is concluded that the e…
The Missing Dimension’s Missing Dimension
Information Warfare and the Future of the Spy
This article examines the impact of the new ICTs on the collection of covert intelligence and covert political actions undertaken by national intelligence agencies. It is argued that there exist two distinct doctrines in the literatures of intelligence and information warfare concerning the future relative importance of information from human sources ('agents') and technical methods (signal interception, overhead imagery and the emerging field of…
MI 6’s Requirements Directorate: Integrating Intelligence into the Machinery of British Central Government
The following article examines the relationship between the British Secret Intelli‐gence Service (SIS, a.k.a. MI 6) and the machinery of central government, particularly departments of state and other agencies which employ information generated by the SIS. It is argued the main link between the SIS and its consumers in British government is the SIS’s requirements ‘side’, embodied throughout most of the post‐war era in the form of a Requirements D…
Spies as Informants: Triangulation and the Interpretation of Elite Interview Data in the Study of the Intelligence and Security Services
This article examines the application of ‘triangulation’ to the use of elite interviewing in political science, with specific reference to the study of the intelligence and security services. It is argued that the problems involved in using elite interviews in security and intelligence studies are no different than in other areas of political science, but simply more pronounced. It is further argued that these problems can be most effectively add…
Intelligence culture and intelligence failure in Britain and the United States
This article argues for the value of a theory of ‘intelligence culture’ in understanding not only how national intelligence systems work but also how intelligence failures occur in those systems. A model of national intelligence cultures in the governments of the United Kingdom and United States of America is developed combining existing work on organisational culture in the two countries with the author's comparative analysis of different concep…
Assessment Base: Simulating National Intelligence Assessment in a Graduate Course
Additional informationNotes on contributorsPhilip H. J. DaviesDr. Philip H. J. Davies is Deputy Director and Director of Studies at the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, England. A political sociologist specializing in the institutional development of national intelligence agencies and communities, he cofounded the Centre in 2003 with Professor Anthony Glees. Dr. Davies's volume, MI-6 and the Ma…
Introduction: The future of UK intelligence and special operations
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Imagery in the UK: Britain's troubled imagery intelligence architecture
This article examines the status, role and development of imagery intelligence in the UK government. It is argued that imagery intelligence occupies a subordinate and marginalised position compared to other forms of intelligence, chiefly from human sources and the interception of communications. The origins of that position are recounted, and the problems arising from internal struggles over control of imagery examined. It is concluded that the e…
The Missing Dimension’s Missing Dimension
Intelligence and the Machinery of Government: Conceptualizing the Intelligence Community
This article argues that the failure to address intelligence agencies as public organizations part and parcel with the overt machinery of government constitutes a significant lacuna both in the specialist study of intelligence and the broader discipline of public administration studies. The role and status of intelligence institutions as aspects of the machinery of central government is examined, along with the prospects of certain key paradigms …
Twilight of Britain's Joint Intelligence Committee
In the last few years, a number of significant, and often troubling, changes to the top-level management structure of the United Kingdom’s (UK) national intelligence machinery have taken place. The conventional understanding of the British system is that, since the dark days of the Blitz, the Joint Intelligence Committee (JIC) has provided a continuously operating, tried and true apparatus for coordinating and managing Britain’s national intellig…
All in Good Faith? Proximity, Politicization, and Malaysia’s External Intelligence Organization
On 9 May 2018 Malaysia provided one of the most compelling demonstrations of the power of the secret ballot ever seen.In the country's 14 th General Election, colloquially referred to a GE14, the incumbent and highly controversial Prime Minister Najib Razak 3 , his party the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) and its associated, multi-ethnic coalition Barisan Nasional (BN, 'National Front') were soundly ousted from power.UMNO/BN had
ISR versus Istar: A Conceptual Crisis in British Military Intelligence
Between 2009 and 2011, there was an intense debate in UK, Canadian, and Australian military intelligence circles regarding two putatively competing doctrinal concepts, the U.S.-originated “intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance” and the United Kingdom’s “intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance.” The inclusion, or not, of target acquisition proved a flashpoint for a wider and deeper range of existing concerns abo…
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