1st Edition
Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services Framing Policy and Threat Perception
Foreword by Stephen Slick Section I. Introduction and Method Chapter 1. Methodology and Comparative Framework, Bianca L. Adair and Kiril Avramov Section II. Enduring Partnerships Chapter 2. British and American Intelligence: A Close Collaboration, Calder Walton Chapter 3. Israeli Intelligence: Organizational Structure, Threat Perception, and Strategic Culture, Itai Shapira Section III. Wary Alliances Chapter 4. Chinese Intelligence Services in the Era of Strategic Competition: Institutional Architecture, Strategic Culture, and Power Projection, Paul Charon Chapter 5. Re-engaging with the “Main Enemy”: Post-Soviet Intelligence Agencies' Institutional Frameworks, Threat Perceptions, Power Projection, and Gray-Zone Tactics, Kiril Avramov Section IV. Transactional Exchanges Chapter 6. Cuba’s Intelligence Apparatus: Ubiquitous at Home and “Unseen” Abroad, Florina Cristiana (Cris) Matei Chapter 7. Guardians of the Revolution: Structure, Strategy, and Power in Iran’s Intelligence Apparatus, Nakissa Jahanbani Chapter 8. Conclusion, Kiril Avramov
Biography
Kiril Avramov is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Slavic and Eurasian Studies (DSES) and a Fellow at the Intelligence Studies Project (ISP) at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. His is the co-editor of Killing in the Name of the State: State-Sponsored Assassination in International Politics (2025) and the co-author of Ladders of Escalation: Flexible Modeling in Comparative Cases of State-Sponsored Targeted Killings (2026).
Bianca L. Adair retired from the CIA as a senior officer with expertise in the Middle East and in countering threats (counterintelligence/counterespionage). She previously served as Clinical Assistant Professor and Director of Intelligence Studies in the Department of Politics at The Catholic University of America. She also taught at the University of Texas at Austin’s LBJ School of Public Affairs.
