Secret intelligence and economic security : the exploitation of a critical asset in an increasingly prominent sphere /

CORMAC Rory

Secret intelligence and economic security : the exploitation of a critical asset in an increasingly prominent sphere / Rory Cormac. - 2014

In 2012 British MPs said that economics was not given enough priority in Britain's national security strategy. This article looks at the 1960s and 1970s when economics was also high on the UK agenda and considers how the intelligence community responded to the need to protect economic security. Notes the problems inherent in economic intelligence work and the lack of information about the impact of such work.


BRITAIN--ECONOMIC INTELLIGENCE