Special Services in the International Relations
Preliminary requirements:
Basic knowledge of the international political relations and armed conflicts (interstate as well as intrastate).
Course Description:
Multilateral Cooperation, NATO, EU, UN, Five Eyes,
Bilateral cooperation (USA-UK, USA-Ger, USA-FRA, USSR-DDR, Syria-Egypt 1954-1967, France-Vietnam, USA-Vietnam),
Major Obstacles to intelligence cooperation,
Advantages and disadvantages of intelligence cooperation,
Cases: Herman Simm, Cambridge Five, Snowden, Guillaume
Aims of the course:
Knowledge about evolution of the role of special services in multilateral and bilateral organisations
Evaluation & Completion:
Group Presentations/briefings
Exercises Activity
Writing an essay
Basic Literature:
Cass F., Knowing your friends, London, 1998.
Walsh J., The International Politics of Intelligence Sharing, “Columbia University Press”, New York 2010.
Hastings M., Secret War 1939-1945.
Hayden M, Playing to the Edge, American Intelligence in the Age of Terror, 2016
