Moving Towards a Secret Intelligence Joint Capability?

TY - JOUR

T1 - Moving Towards a Secret Intelligence Joint Capability?

AU - Parker-Vincent, Celia

AU - Goodman, Michael S

N1 - doi: 10.1080/03071847.2024.2406617

PY - 2024/9/30

Y1 - 2024/9/30

N2 - Former UK intelligence chiefs Alex Younger and Jeremy Fleming recently suggested that the country’s three intelligence collection agencies should be seen as a capability, questioning whether they should even still be separate. Celia Parker-Vincent and Michael Goodman explain what might be lost in blurring or removing their distinct identities and suggest that finding a way to enable the closest possible working between the agencies is the key to facing today’s threats and ever-more complex operating environment. The UK should look to its Five Eyes partners, specifically the US and Australia, for inspiration. With one of the pre-eminent intelligence apparatuses in the world, the new UK government should make sure there is no risk to the country losing its strong position.

AB - Former UK intelligence chiefs Alex Younger and Jeremy Fleming recently suggested that the country’s three intelligence collection agencies should be seen as a capability, questioning whether they should even still be separate. Celia Parker-Vincent and Michael Goodman explain what might be lost in blurring or removing their distinct identities and suggest that finding a way to enable the closest possible working between the agencies is the key to facing today’s threats and ever-more complex operating environment. The UK should look to its Five Eyes partners, specifically the US and Australia, for inspiration. With one of the pre-eminent intelligence apparatuses in the world, the new UK government should make sure there is no risk to the country losing its strong position.

U2 - 10.1080/03071847.2024.2406617

DO - 10.1080/03071847.2024.2406617

M3 - Article

SN - 0307-1847

SP - 1

EP - 6

JO - RUSI Journal

JF - RUSI Journal

ER -