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While the history of spying can be traced back to ancient times, intelligence and surveillance are two socio-political practices closely linked to the emergence of the modern state at the end of the 19th century. This Secret State, whose representations have been shaped by literature, cinema and TV series (from La Chartreuse de Parme to Carrie Mathison and James Bond), has developed bureaucratic organizations and professional communities, and has relied on technological innovations to optimize its internal and external security. Since the end of the Cold War, it has adapted to the need for transparency (“Public Intelligence”) by adopting mechanisms to control its actions. Using the conceptual tools of sociology, history and ethnology, this course aims to go beyond the traditional legends and approaches to the world of Intelligence, which are usually devoted to the figures of 'heroes' and traitors, 'coups d'éclat' and failures. The intellectual challenge is to reflect on how intelligence and surveillance have become techniques of power in both democratic and dictatorial regimes.

The course will be assessed in the form of an individual paper and a security report (based on OSINT’s methodology).

Compétences visées

  • Team Work

  • Written Communication

  • Investigation

  • Research and Analysis

  • Critical Thinking

Bibliographie

  • Christopher Andrew, The Secret World: A History of Intelligence, London, Penguin, 2019.

  • Christopher Andrew et Vassili Mitrokhine, Le KGB contre l'Ouest 1917-1991 : Les archives Mitrokhine, Paris, Fayard, 2000.

  • Culture & Conflits, Les mondes du renseignement entre légitimation et contestation, N°114-115, 2019, https://www.cairn.info/revue-cultures-et-conflits-2019-2.htm

  • Emmanuel Droit, Les polices politiques du Bloc de l’Est. A la recherche de l’International tchékiste, Paris, Gallimard, 2019.

  • Olivier Forcade, Sébastien Laurent (dir.), Secrets d'État : pouvoirs et renseignement dans le monde contemporain, Paris, Armand Colin, 2005. 

  • Luksaz Kaminski (ed.), A handbook of the communist security apparatus in East Central Europe 1944–1989, Warsaw, Institute of National Remembrance, 2005.

  • Rémy Kauffer, Histoire mondiale des services secrets, Paris, Perrin, 2015.

  • Wolfgang Krieger, Services secrets : Une histoire, des pharaons à la CIA, Paris, CNRS Editions, 2009.

  • Sébastien Laurent, Atlas du renseignement. Géopolitique du pouvoir, Paris, Presses de Sciences-Po, 2014.

For a complete bibliographie, see https://www.intelligence-college-europe.org/the-ice-bibliography-on-intelligence/?lang=fr