Необходимостта от сравнителни изследвания на реформите в разузнавателните и контраразузнавателните служби на държавите, преминали през преход от тоталитаризъм към демокрация и пазарна икономика
The need for comparative studies of reforms in the intelligence and counterintelligence services of countries that have undergone a transition from totalitarianism to democracy and a market economy

Author(s): Teodor Danailov Dechev, Boris Srebrov Mihaylov
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Governance, Sociology, Security and defense, Methodology and research technology, Evaluation research, Politics of History/Memory, Secret Service / Secret Police
Published by: Висше училище по сигурност и икономика (ВУСИ)
Keywords: intelligence; counterintelligence; reforms; transition; transitology; lustration; covert operations
Summary/Abstract: The need for more comprehensive comparative studies of reforms and transformations in the special services of countries that have undergone a transition from totalitarianism or other dictatorship to a democratic order and market economy is examined. It is concluded that there is no lack of similar studies in an European or global plan, but they remain somewhat fragmentary, do not even cover the entire area of countries that have undergone various forms of transitions and do not treat all aspects of the reforms and transformations carried out. The targeted comparative studies would also have a certain pedagogical value in teaching various disciplines related to national security issues. The lack of sufficiently comprehensive studies for single countries („case studies“) turns out to be one of the problems that hinder the work of researchers in the field of comparative transition studies in the sphere of ensuring national security in countries that have undergone a transition from totalitarianism and dictatorship to democracy. A bibliography of 91 titles is proposed, which does not claim to be comprehensive, but brings together scientific texts that could be useful to any researcher dealing with the problems of transformations in the field of intelligence and counterintelligence.

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