Article(print)#12004
Intelligence services and political transformation in the Middle East
In: International journal of intelligence and counterintelligence, Volume 17, Issue 4, p. 575-600
ISSN: 0885-0607
Discusses role of intelligence services in peace processes, arguing that their abilities are limited, being good at diffusing local flashpoints which could escalate to threaten regional stability, but not very successful at wider conflict resolution efforts; focus on the US CIA and Great Britain's MI-6 and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.