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Framing the Petrov affair as a thrilling spy drama may have helped Australians manage their anxiety about the threat posed by Soviet espionage.
Some claim that Alexei Navalny was killed by a single blow to the heart. But is this feasible?
Cuba gets less attention as an espionage threat than Russia or China, but is a potent player in the spy world. Its intelligence service has already penetrated the US government at least once.
A new book argues the war against Ukraine is an escalation of an ongoing hybrid war of ‘Russia’ against ‘the West’ – and that only ‘real and credible force’ will make Putin step back from aggression.
As Russia’s assault slogs on in Ukraine, one of Vladimir Putin’s long-standing friends has considerable influence over the Russian president. His name is Nicolai Patrushev.
Did Russian intelligence mislead Putin about Ukraine’s capabilities or did they just tell him what he wanted to hear?
History always served as a weapon in the former Soviet Union, a way to control the narrative and deny the truth of the past. Vladimir Putin is now attempting to control this narrative through war.
The European court of human rights has found the Russian state responsible for Litvinenko’s death by poisoning.
American intelligence has recognised there are four reasons why a ‘normal’ person might be convinced to spy.
Once again allegations have surfaced that the former US president was a Russian ‘asset’. Maybe so, but that doesn’t mean he was their agent.
Targeting the families of protestors is highly effective as a means of control.
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Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs, University of Toronto
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Professor in Human Rights Law, University of Liverpool
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Course Director, History, Coventry University
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Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Macquarie University
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Hansen Professor in History, The University of Melbourne
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Fixed-term lecturer, School of Arts and Media, University of Salford
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Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Russian and Post-Soviet Politics, University of Bath
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Lecturer in Post-Soviet Government and Politics, Texas State University
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Emeritus Reader in History, University of Kent
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Assistant Director, Applied History Project and Intelligence Project, Harvard Kennedy School
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Senior Lecturer, School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of Bristol
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Lecturer German and Russian Studies, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology; Binghamton University, State University of New York