Comparative Foreign Intelligence Services: Framing Policy and Threat Perception (Studies in Intelligence)

This edited volume develops a comparative theory of post-Cold War intelligence liaison between the US intelligence community and its international counterparts. It presents the US perspective on these liaisons and moves beyond simple ally-adversary classifications, showing how cooperation is influenced by strategic threat perception, material power, access to intelligence, and institutional culture.The core of the book rests on a dual framework that combines neoclassical realism and intelligence studies: states pursue liaison not only due to formal alliances or power but because threat perceptions, institutional culture, and intelligence access interact to create or limit decision advantages.Additionally, the volume advances our understanding of strategic institutional intelligence culture - the patterns through which intelligence agencies influence threat perception, policy interaction, secrecy management, and oversight.It classifies U.S. intelligence relationships along a spectrum: e