Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Martin Rudner

Martin Rudner is a Professor at The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University, Ottawa, and founding Director of the Canadian Centre of Intelligence and Security Studies at Carleton. Born in Montreal, Quebec, he was educated at McGill University, the University of Oxford, and at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he received his …

Who’s Who in Peace Intelligence: Shlomo Sphiro

Shlomo Sphiro is a lecturer at the Department of Political Studies and a Fellow of the BESA Centre for Strategic Studies at Bar-Ilan University in Israel. He specialises in intelligence, security, communications and media. Previously he has conducted research and taught at universities in Britain and Germany, and led a NATO project on improving intelligence …

Reference: Congressional Research Service (CRS) Report on Information Operations (IO), Electronic Warfare (EW), and Cyberwar: Capabilities and Related Policy Issues

Information Operations (IO) is improperly defined by most as being technical in nature.  It is not.  Properly understood, IO should cover the totality of information in all its forms, and Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is the primary player.  Below is a fine CRS report on this topic from an electronic point of view. The Special Operations …