Outputs (24)

Terrorist Informers in Northern Ireland (2024)
Book
Newbery, S. (in press). Terrorist Informers in Northern Ireland. Oxford: Oxford University Press

By using informers to provide intelligence on terrorism, the security and intelligence agencies who handle them gain knowledge of their offences. Charges may then be brought against them, provided evidence supports this course of action. But if impri... Read More about Terrorist Informers in Northern Ireland.

Critical intelligence studies: a new framework for analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Newbery, S., & Kaunert, C. (2023). Critical intelligence studies: a new framework for analysis. Intelligence and National Security, https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2178163

As the purpose of the study of intelligence is, in part, to aid the practice of intelligence,
scholarship must reflect that practice. This article sets out a theoretical framework for Critical
Intelligence Studies that will increase the real-world... Read More about Critical intelligence studies: a new framework for analysis.

Inter- and intra-agency intelligence liaison during ‘the Troubles’ (2020)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2021). Inter- and intra-agency intelligence liaison during ‘the Troubles’. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 32(4-5), 687-713. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2020.1853998

Intelligence is crucial to success in counter-terrorism, and successful intelligence work involves effective liaison between and within all the organisations involved. Scholars rarely address intelligence in counter-terrorism other than through case... Read More about Inter- and intra-agency intelligence liaison during ‘the Troubles’.

The counterinsurgency campaign of the Nigerian army : the fight against the Boko-Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria, 1999-2017 (2020)
Thesis
Yalmi, G. The counterinsurgency campaign of the Nigerian army : the fight against the Boko-Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria, 1999-2017. (Thesis). University of Salford

The emergence of civilian democratic governance in Nigeria in 1999, which came after three decades of armed forces rule, has been a watershed in the nation’s five decade history. This period is associated with recurrent crises, including militancy an... Read More about The counterinsurgency campaign of the Nigerian army : the fight against the Boko-Haram insurgency in north-east Nigeria, 1999-2017.

The intelligence war against the IRA (2020)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2021). The intelligence war against the IRA. Intelligence and National Security, 36(2), 299-311. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2020.1790130

Book review

A torture-free cyber space : a human right (2017)
Journal Article
Newbery, S., & Dehghantanha, A. (2017). A torture-free cyber space : a human right. Computer Fraud and Security, 2017(11), 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1016/S1361-3723%2817%2930083-0

Definitions of torture range from the emotive to the legal. The media sometimes uses the term in a loose or informal sense – for example, to refer to the pain felt when one's sports team loses a crucial game. This dangerous practice detracts from the... Read More about A torture-free cyber space : a human right.

Ireland v UK : the European Court of Human Rights and international relations, 1971–1978 (2017)
Journal Article
1971–1978. European Human Rights Law Review, 2017(3), 272-284

It is rare for states to lodge inter-state cases with the European Court of Human Rights because they fear damaging their relations with the respondent states. Yet in 1971 the government of the Republic of Ireland began a case against the United King... Read More about Ireland v UK : the European Court of Human Rights and international relations, 1971–1978.

Methods for researching interrogation and torture (2017)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2017). Methods for researching interrogation and torture. Intelligence and National Security, 32(5), 675-676. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2017.1314607

The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8 (2016)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2016). The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8. Small Wars and Insurgencies, 27(4), 659-680. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592318.2016.1189519

The UK’s interrogation operations during the conflict in Iraq (2003-8) are often portrayed by the media as involving significant amounts of mistreatment. The article demonstrates that these practices are not necessarily representative of the UK’s in... Read More about The UK, interrogation and Iraq, 2003-8.

Conclusion (2016)
Book Chapter
Newbery, S., & Flanagan, M. (2016). Conclusion. In The Marvel Studios Phenomenon: Inside a Transmedia Universe (197-206). New York and London: Bloomsbury Academic. https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191980879.003.0015

Having identified a number of important features to the Marvel Studios approach - as its ‘cinematic universe’ escalates, with television the latest frontier - it might seem unstoppable. But even as Marvel Studios renews ideas about how Hollywood can... Read More about Conclusion.