Beyond Five Eyes Intelligence: An International Political Sociology - Couverture souple

Ben Jaffel, Hager; Vucetic, Srdjan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0228029015 ISBN 13 : 9780228029014

Editeur : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2026

Synopsis

Beyond Five Eyes Intelligence takes readers inside one of the world’s most secretive networks, revealing how it operates and why it matters for global politics – and for the future of democracy.

Drawing on declassified archives and whistleblower testimony, Hager Ben Jaffel and Srdjan Vucetic debunk three myths about the Five Eyes: that it is a closed alliance of five nations, that it operates under meaningful democratic oversight, and that it serves only the political agendas of national leaders. They uncover a strikingly different reality. No longer confined to its founding members, Five Eyes collaboration reaches beyond intelligence and counterespionage to counterterrorism, cybersecurity, and other areas. Accompanying this new political configuration is a growing role of technology corporations and their unchecked powers.

Beyond Five Eyes Intelligence exposes how this alliance embeds its own politics, shaped by the manifold social relations that structure international politics – from imperial entanglements and bureaucratic feuding to clashes with rival governments and transnational movements. The network emerges not as a relic of Cold War espionage but as a formidable, enduring, and deeply influential force shaping the modern world.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Hager Ben Jaffel is a research associate at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique.

Srdjan Vucetic is professor of international affairs at the University of Ottawa.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Date d'édition: 2026
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0228029015
• ISBN 13: 9780228029014
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 216
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