Anglo-European Intelligence Cooperation

Britain in Europe, Europe in Britain
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-0-367-17365-4
Verlag: Routledge

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 537 g

This book investigates everyday practices of intelligence cooperation in anti-terrorism matters, with a specific focus on the relationship between Europe and Britain.

The volume examines the effective involvement of British anti-terrorism efforts in European cooperation arrangements, which until now have been overshadowed by the UK-US ‘special relationship’ and by political debates that overstate the divide between Britain and continental Europe. In arguing that British intelligence has always had a European dimension, it provides a distinct perspective to the study of intelligence cooperation and the role of British intelligence therein. Mobilizing a ‘field theory’ approach, the book provides an original contribution to the understanding of intelligence cooperation by investigating everyday bureaucratic practices of ‘ground-level’ security professionals and police forces, embedded in a European ‘field’ structured around the exchange of anti-terror intelligence. It also accounts for the drivers behind cooperation by using ‘field analysis,’ which explains the trajectory and positioning of actors according to their ‘capitals’ rather than necessities dictated by threats or state decisions.

This book will be of much interest to students of Security Studies, International Political Sociology, Intelligence Studies, and International Relations in general.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ben Jaffel, Hager

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Internationale Beziehungen Nachrichtendienste, Geheimdienste
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction 2. The Contribution of Pierre Bourdieu to Anti-Terror Intelligence Cooperation: Field, Habitus and Practices 3. Going Out to Go Back: Britain’s Opt-Out From The European Union’s Justice and Home Affairs 4. The European Space of Anti-Terror Intelligence Cooperation: EU-led Cooperation, Europol and The Fight Against Terrorism 5. The European Space of Anti-Terror Intelligence Cooperation: The Experiences of British Security Services in Europe 6. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Hager Ben Jaffel is a research associate at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS-Cresppa/Labtop).