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Corporations
Covert Action
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History
Industry
Influence Operations
Intelligence
Intelligence Cycle
Intelligence Ethics
Intelligence scandals
Lloyd's of London
Private Sector
Surveillance
The British East India Company
The Snowden Leaks
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- ISBN 9781399543668
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 30 Apr 2026
- Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Scholars have long viewed intelligence as the preserve of nation states. Where the term ‘private sector intelligence’ is used, the focus has been overwhelmingly on government contractors. As such, a crucial aspect of intelligence power has been overlooked: the use of intelligence by corporations to navigate and influence the world. Where there has been academic scrutiny of the field, it is seen as a post-9/11 phenomenon, and that a state monopoly of intelligence has been eroded. Beyond States and Spies demonstrates - through original research - that such a monopoly never existed. Private sector intelligence is at least as old as the organised intelligence activities of the nation state. The book offers a comparative examination of private and public intelligence, and makes a compelling case for understanding the dangers posed by unregulated intelligence in private hands. Overall, this casts new light on a hitherto under investigated academic space.
Lewis Sage-Passant is the Global Head of Intelligence at one of the world’s most valuable companies and researches in the field of intelligence and espionage.
