Critical intelligence studies: a new framework for analysis (2023)
Journal Article

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

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 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

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

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)
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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

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.

Why Spy? The art of intelligence (2015)
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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)
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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.

Hidden files on policing could change the definition of torture (2014)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2014). Hidden files on policing could change the definition of torture

Review of Jon Moran, ‘From Northern Ireland to Afghanistan : British military intelligence operations, ethics and human rights’ (2014)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2015). Review of Jon Moran, ‘From Northern Ireland to Afghanistan : British military intelligence operations, ethics and human rights’. Journal of Intelligence History, 14(1), 75-76. https://doi.org/10.1080/16161262.2014.931655

The study of interrogation : a focus on torture, but what about the intelligence? (2013)
Book Chapter

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?.

Terrorism, torture and intelligence (2013)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2013). Terrorism, torture and intelligence. International Politics, 50(4), 512-531. https://doi.org/10.1057/ip.2013.20

Despite the attention paid to the issues raised by torture and interrogation since 2001, there remains scope for greater understanding of these practices. Interrogation is often discussed with little reference to the complex realities of interrogatio... Read More about Terrorism, torture and intelligence.

The British state and the Northern Ireland crisis, 1969-73 : from violence to power sharing (2013)
Journal Article
Newbery, S. (2013). The British state and the Northern Ireland crisis, 1969-73 : from violence to power sharing. International History Review, 35(2), 437-438. https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2013.781389