On a ‘Continuum with Expansion’? Intelligence Cooperation in Europe in the Early 21st Century

What is it about?

This chapter examines how contemporary intelligence cooperation occurs in Europe in the early-21st Century. How European intelligence work is conducted is broken-down into three differing arrangements, which variously overlap. This book chapter maps intelligence cooperation in Europe, its structures and information flows, including analysing wider trends such as the 'Regionalisation of intelligence' in Europe.

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Why is it important?

Offering a comprehensive overview, further insight is provided relating to how intelligence co-operation, sharing, exchange, etc. (technically: liaison), occurs both in and across Europe during the early twenty-first century. Goes beyond many other accounts by focusing beyond merely European Union (EU) developments, including overlapping with NATO arrangements and other geographic-region concerns.