Taking the Pulse of French Intelligence
Francois Heisbourg, a well-known French strategic thinker, is currently Chairman of the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and of the Geneva Centre for Security Policy. He worked ...
The Russian 10 … 11: An Inconsequential Adventure?
While the use of illegals was thought to be a relic of the Cold War, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (Sluzhba Vneshney Razvedki—SVR) has continued to use them throughout the post–Cold War period. Two were caught in Finland and returned to Russia as early as 1992. In 1996, Canada unmasked two illegals, and ten years later unmasked another. These publicly known cases served as stark reminders to Western countries that espionage in the pursuit of a state’s national interests is as important in the post–Cold War era as it had ever been. Yet, the world was surprised by the exposure of a new network of SVR-trained illegals in the United States last year.
The Arab Spring: The End of Postcolonialism
* Introduction: The Arab Spring: The End of Postcoloniality * 1. Decentering the World: How the Arab Spring Unfolded * 2. Towards Liberation Geography * 3. A New Language of Revolt * 4. Discovering a New World * 5. From the Green Movement to the Jasmine Revolutions * 6. The center cannot hold * 7. The End of Postcolonialism * 8. Race, Gender, and Class in Transnational Revolutions * 9. Libya: The Crucible * 10. Delayed Defiance * Conclusion. The People Demand the Overthrow of the Regime