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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-...
Interview with Peter C. Grace: From Intelligence Intellectuals to Augmented Analysts
How the Cold War academic establishment echoes in the age of AI, where human judgment meets the “imponderables” and the specter of a latter-day Oppenheimer.
www.teknopolitika.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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-...
Interview with Peter C. Grace: From Intelligence Intellectuals to Augmented Analysts
How the Cold War academic establishment echoes in the age of AI, where human judgment meets the “imponderables” and the specter of a latter-day Oppenheimer.
www.teknopolitika.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:36 PM
“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-...
Interview with Peter C. Grace: From Intelligence Intellectuals to Augmented Analysts
How the Cold War academic establishment echoes in the age of AI, where human judgment meets the “imponderables” and the specter of a latter-day Oppenheimer.
www.teknopolitika.com
September 3, 2026 at 2:13 PM
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.
August 25, 2026 at 8:12 AM
“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.
August 14, 2026 at 7:46 AM
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.
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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!
August 5, 2026 at 9:36 AM
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!
August 3, 2026 at 10:37 AM
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
August 1, 2026 at 2:33 AM
"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
"The Intelligence Intellectuals ... fills a real gap between the OSS-era scholarship of Robin Winks and the more comprehensive Cold War institutional histories, and it does so with an organizational historian’s eye for what makes institutions work."
July 20, 2026 at 1:00 AM
"The Intelligence Intellectuals ... fills a real gap between the OSS-era scholarship of Robin Winks and the more comprehensive Cold War institutional histories, and it does so with an organizational historian’s eye for what makes institutions work."
Happy Fourth of July and 250th to my many and valued American friends.
July 5, 2026 at 12:44 AM
Happy Fourth of July and 250th to my many and valued American friends.
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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...
The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA
Two talks by Dr Peter C. Grace relating to his recent book. Imposter Syndrome and Intel Analysis and Lessons Learned.
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June 29, 2026 at 11:14 PM
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...
Chatham House link to Dan Lomas' review of the Intelligence Intellectuals: chathamhouse.org/publications...
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Book reviews: The social science behind the CIA and counting Russia’s crimes against nature
A potted selection of reviews from our sister journal ‘International Affairs’, by its managing editor, Hannah Patrick
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June 15, 2026 at 9:51 PM
Chatham House link to Dan Lomas' review of the Intelligence Intellectuals: chathamhouse.org/publications...
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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...
June 15, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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
June 13, 2026 at 5:21 AM
"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...
m.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhb...
From Ivory Tower to Iron Curtain: The Academics Who Reshaped the CIA | SpyCast
YouTube video by International Spy Museum
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May 26, 2026 at 8:36 PM
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...
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.
May 21, 2026 at 9:41 AM
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...
May 17, 2026 at 5:07 AM
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...
May 13, 2026 at 8:02 PM
‘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...
BIG BUSINESS AND THE CIA: LESSONS ABOUT ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN — Peter C. Grace
WHAT CAN BIG BUSINESS LEARN FROM THE CIA’S 1950S RESTRUCTURING? Ron Carucci recently w rote in the Harvard Business Review that businesses are "desperately trying to make sense of the unknow...
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May 8, 2026 at 10:59 AM
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
🎧https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gefzL3ijZDxwmT5kDQ3nG
📖https://amazon.com.au/Intelligence-Intellectuals-Social-Scientists-Making-ebook/dp/B0F7S1QFW4
#Intelligence
May 5, 2026 at 9:48 PM
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
🎧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.
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.
April 6, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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.
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.
March 31, 2026 at 1:08 AM
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.)
March 29, 2026 at 1:25 PM
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.
BOOK TALK: Who were the professors who went to CIA in 1950 to reboot the Agency's strategic intelligence product? How did they feel about the requirement to provide warning and long-range estimates of global trends? Find out at Georgetown on Mon March 30 at 2.30pm.
March 28, 2026 at 3:18 PM
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.
March 26, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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.