Description: The profession of intelligence and those delivering intelligence education share a common aim of developing intelligence as a discipline. However, this shared interest must also navigate the existence of an academic-practitioner divide. This book provides a range of internatio...
Brief description: Mark Phythian is Professor of Politics in the School of History, Politics & International Relations at the University of Leicester. He is the author or editor of several books on aspects of intelligence, most recently Principled Spying: The Ethics of Secret Intelligence, co-authored with David Omand (Oxford University Press/Georgetown University Press, 2018), and a third edition of Intelligence in an Insecure World, co-authored with Peter Gill (Polity Press, 2018), as well as numerous journal articles and book chapters. He is the co-editor of Intelligence and National Security and a Fellow of the UK Academy of Social Sciences.
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"This finely crafted volume explores ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between intelligence professionals and academics. Reflecting the contributors' diverse careers and national perspectives, these essays offer novel ways to improve intelligence research, teaching, and practice. The volume identifies new opportunities for collaboration, while showcasing some of today's most innovative thinkers in the field of intelligence studies." --James J. Wirtz, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
"The Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Studies, which displays a rich assortment of global academic and practitioner perspectives, confers the most comprehensive examination of the complexity surrounding the paradoxical--divergent while also symbiotic--relationship between professionals and scholars of intelligence, in their quest to develop intelligence as an academic discipline." --Florina Cristiana Matei, Naval Postgraduate School "The editors and authors have produced a unique and timely contribution. As the security environment becomes increasingly complex, bridging the academic-practitioner divide is becoming more necessary. This excellent volume skillfully identifies where the red lines and challenges are yet usefully shows how both academics and practitioners can work closer together to progress teaching and research excellence in the intelligence field." --Patrick F. Walsh, Charles Sturt University, Editor, Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers Journal, author of Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis "Those who know don't speak; those who speak don't know.' Practitioners' traditional view of academic researchers is challenged by this diverse collection on comparative developments in Intelligence Studies. It shows how productive relationships can be enhanced while acknowledging correctly that the gap neither can nor should be eliminated entirely." --Peter Gill, International Studies Association Distinguished Scholar