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“…the book complements in useful and sometimes surprising ways well-known previous studies, from Fred Kaplan’s Wizards of Armageddon to Inderjeet Parmar’s Foundations of the American Century.” issforum.org/reviews/revi...

What would Sherman Kent have made of the AI revolution in intelligence analysis? I spoke to Alp Arslan about the principles that might still hold, the augmented analyst and the motivation for today’s intelligence intellectual to work in national security. www.teknopolitika.com/p/interview-...

“On the other hand, we see a growing OSINT movement, of which @bellingcat.com is just one example, which has no allegiance except perhaps to the truth. And there is enough open source data out there still to show that informational power can stay democratic…”

What would Sherman Kent have made of the AI revolution in intelligence analysis? I spoke to Alp Arslan about the principles that might still hold, the augmented analyst and the motivation for today’s intelligence intellectual to work in national security. www.teknopolitika.com/p/interview-...

“Grace takes us on a deep dive into the personalities and bureaucratic politics during this founding period, examining the push to shape the analytic output of CIA intelligence gathering, processing, and analysis between 1946 and 1949," says Frank Plantan in History: New Reviews of Books.

Fantastic meeting of intelligence studies people in Sydney at Macquarie University with MQ @socintelhist.bsky.social. Thanks to @melaniebrand.bsky.social, Brian Cuddy and @aaronbateman.bsky.social for organising. Very valuable and hope to do it again soon.

I am delighted to share the final program for our upcoming MQ & @socintelhist.bsky.social Workshop, Intelligence in the Southern Hemisphere: Past and Present. We so pleased to have been able to gather together such a fantastic group of ANZ intelligence studies scholars!

Sydney talk. Looking forward to talking at Macquarie University’s Intelligence Studies Research Group on Wednesday 12 August. Thanks to @melaniebrand.bsky.social and Brian Cuddy for the invitation! All welcome. And you can find a copy in the wild at Sydney’s Abbey’s bookshop!

"The enduring achievement of the intel intellectuals," writes Sonja Belkin in the @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social "...but the conviction that intelligence analysis could stand as a discipline in its own right, equipped to tackle uncertainty with a scientist’s precision." @georgetownup.bsky.social

Happy Fourth of July and 250th to my many and valued American friends.

Are you in Melbourne on 30 July? @petercgrace.bsky.social will be speaking about his new book, The Intelligence Intellectuals, strategic warning and the ongoing relevance of intelligence analysis at the University of Melbourne at 4pm. Looks fantastic! 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intell...

MELBOURNE BOOK TALK: In 1950 professors were brought into CIA to address the urgent need to understand Soviet intentions and capability for war. Talking with @davidschaeferch.bsky.social on July 29 at 5.30pm, 356 Collins St. @aiianational.bsky.social Register here: aiiavic.glueup.com/event/the-in...

"Sure to become the standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual foundations of American intelligence analysis," says @paulmcgarr.bsky.social. @sandbaggerone.bsky.social says it is "meticulously researched" and the CIA journal calls it "an insightful study." shorturl.at/tpaiJ

I recently sat down with the Spy Museum’s @sashaingber.bsky.social to discuss the role of academics in reshaping the CIA. We unpacked CIA’s reactions, the institutional tensions they exposed, and why the debate still matters. Get the book: shorturl.at/tpaiJ m.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhb...

Had fun tonight at the official global launch of the Intelligence Intellectuals at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Vic. I don’t usually smile that much so I must have felt relieved it came off ok. Thanks to @davidcapie.bsky.social for hosting, and to the many friends who came along.

A fantastic response so far to The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of CIA. Available in paperback, hardback, audiobook and ebook at all good bookstores, including www.amazon.com/Intelligence...

‘If you want James Bond, go to your library’, says Neil Burnside, in the cult 1970s British TV show, The Sandbaggers. ‘But if you want a successful operation, sit at your desk and think. And then think again’. @sandbaggerone.bsky.social in @iajournal.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

Businesses are "desperately trying to make sense of the unknown” in geopolitics, Ron Carucci recently wrote in the @hbr.org. CIA's restructure in late 1950 is a textbook case study of how to deal with uncertainty when uncertainty is your business. www.petercgrace.com/blog-petergr...

I joined Larry to discuss my new book The Intelligence Intellectuals — and how social scientists helped reshape modern intelligence. 🎧https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gefzL3ijZDxwmT5kDQ3nG 📖https://amazon.com.au/Intelligence-Intellectuals-Social-Scientists-Making-ebook/dp/B0F7S1QFW4 #Intelligence

Inside CIA: another photo from Sherman Kent Jnr. This time one he took of his father’s office inside CIA, presumably Langley. The pin up girl is an SAS airlines calendar, which Sherman Jnr commented he liked, because it looked like his wife Laura.

A great day in D.C. Started off with Sasha Ingber at the Spy Museum for SpyCast, a quick dash across town to lunch with some intel academics; to Georgetown’s Walsh School to talk the Intelligence Intellectuals, and dinner at the NZ Embassy with the ever-charming Chris Seed.

Just spent a night with Sherman and Laura Kent in Vermont. Sherman is the son of the most influential man in intelligence analysis, Sherman Kent of CIA. Here is Kent Snr with the “spookiest of spooks”, James Angleton. (Taken on Sherman Jnr’s living room floor.)

THIS MONDAY 30 MARCH, 2.30pm Georgetown University.

A great end to the “UK tour” at @kcsi.uk last night. My thanks to Celia Parker-Vincent for moderating and Jessi Gilchrist and Mike Goodman for organising. Also caught up with the wonderful @joemaiolo.bsky.social Nice to be back, spent a lot of time at the the Maughan Library writing this book.

Thanks to Chris Moran for inviting me to talk to the social sciences faculty at the University of Warwick last night. Great opportunity to discuss the Intelligence Intellectuals and see Mark Phythian again.

Thanks to @camgeopolitics.bsky.social for a great evening talking about The Intelligence Intellectuals with the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar. Particular thanks to John Ranelagh, a kind and considerate host, and Corpus Christi for a lovely dinner and bed for the night.

Excited to be talking at the University of Warwick on Monday 23 March, regarding CIA’s adoption of social science into intelligence analysis in the early Cold War. #theintelligenceintellectuals warwick.ac.uk/about/strate...

Looking forward to talking at the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar in a fortnight. www.cfg.cam.ac.uk/events/dr-pe...

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech: Check out Joy Rohde (@umich.edu)’s review of Peter C. Grace (@universityofotago.bsky.social)’s book _The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA_ pub 2026 @ Georgetown University Press #hstm Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

We were delighted to publish this fantastic review of @petercgrace.bsky.social's "The Intelligence Intellectuals" by Monica Robbins. You can find the full review at the link below - we think it's well worth a read! doi.org/10.1080/1833...

An excellent review by Dr. Joy Rohde of Dr. Peter Grace's recent book "The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA" from Georgetown University Press.

Reviewed for @wsj.com: The Intelligence Intellectuals by Peter Grace "[C]ompelling reading for anyone who has thought about how to analyze information." www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @aupresses.bsky.social

The Wall Street Journal says The Intelligence Intellectuals is "compelling reading for anyone who has thought about how to analyze information", "assessing trends, confronting uncertainty and predicting major future events, such as war or economic collapse." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...