Ten people were arrested in the US this week and are accused of spying for Russia. Spying by Russia and by the Western Powers was regular news during the Cold War era but this week’s arrests have surprised some. The period of ideological confrontation may be over but state interests remain. Infiltration of ‘seats of power’ and policy creation forums reminds us that knowledge/information is power and gives a competitive edge in relations and negotiations. For a state to cease to seek to gain intelligence (information), both by careful collection of open-source data and by other means is to neglect the interests of the state and its citizens.
Contributor: Tom Wells, Sempringham [ehistory.org.uk] eLearning office
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