Critical intelligence studies: a new framework for analysis

Newbery, S; Kaunert, C

Abstract

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 applicability of the study of intelligence
as currently represented by Intelligence Studies. Critical Security Studies’ recognition of the
broadening and widening of the concept of security, and the ensuing recognition that
intelligence work is not only done by state intelligence agencies or for the security of states,
provides an opportunity to push forward the study of intelligence into a position where a welldeveloped, and theoretically sound, Critical Intelligence Studies can be meaningfully said to
exist.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Jan 31, 2023
• Online Publication Date: Feb 21, 2023
• Publication Date: Feb 21, 2023
• Deposit Date: Feb 2, 2023
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 1, 2023
• Journal: Intelligence and National Security
• Print ISSN: 0268-4527
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9019
• Publisher: Routledge
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2178163
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2178163