NEW CHALLENGES TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES
NEW CHALLENGES TO INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITIES

Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the changing situation of intelligence communities. The author explains the main reasons for breaking the monopoly of the state on information. The research was performed from a positivist and post-positivist perspective and it considers the so-called mainstream theories. For its purposes, a system analysis was included as well as references were made to the genesis of the information flow and its use by secret services of different countries. In addition, an in-depth study of the activity of Russian and Chinese special services, with the key facts and methods of their operation in mind, was conducted. The analysis confirmed that the secret, closed and elite world of intelligence is becoming radically democratized. At the same time, investigative journalism and independent investigators, e.g. Bellingcat, are of increasing importance to military intelligence in the current reality of the ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

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