Beyond states and spies: the security intelligence services of the private sector

The field of intelligence studies has long carried the state-centric assumption that intelligence is, at root, an activity of government. Lewis Sage-Passant’s Beyond States and Spies challenges tha...

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Intelligence & National Security
Published
2026-08-26
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https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2026.2723647
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Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
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Beyond states and spies: the security intelligence services of the private sector

Jyrki Helminen
Intelligence & National Security
Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
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Beyond states and spies: the security intelligence services of the private sector

Jyrki Helminen
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The field of intelligence studies has long carried the state-centric assumption that intelligence is, at root, an activity of government. Lewis Sage-Passant’s Beyond States and Spies challenges tha...

Intelligence & National Security
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Intelligence, Security, War Strategy
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