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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.

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.

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.

Why Spy? The art of intelligence (2015)
Other
Stewart, B., & Newbery, S. (2015). Why Spy? The art of intelligence. London

Why Spy? distills Brian Stewart’s seventy years of experience in intelligence. Few books currently available have been written by someone who has his practical experience both of field work and of the intelligence bureaucracy at home and abroad. Stew... Read More about Why Spy? The art of intelligence.

Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques (2015)
Book
Newbery, S. (2015). Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques. Manchester: Manchester University Press

Interrogation, Intelligence and Security examines the origins and effects of a group of interrogation techniques known as the ‘five techniques’. Through its in-depth analysis the book reveals how British forces came to use these controversial met... Read More about Interrogation, intelligence and security : controversial British techniques.

The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence? (2013)
Book Chapter
Newbery, S. (2013). The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence?. In C. Moran, & C. Murphy (Eds.), Intelligence Studies in Britain and the US : Historiography Since 1945 (222-235). Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

Interrogation that aims to collect intelligence from the person being interrogated has received scholarly and public attention, largely as a result of its connection with torture. The torture debate – as it is known – began when interrogators were un... Read More about The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence?.