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Biography

Bradley is a part-time PhD candidate within King’s War Studies Department, where he is researching the geopolitics of collective intelligence in military alliance settings, with a particular focus on NATO.

He holds an MA in Intelligence and International Relations from Staffordshire University, an MPhil in Politics and International Studies from Cambridge University, and an MSc in Cyber Defence and Information Assurance from Cranfield University. Alongside his PhD, Bradley maintains a role within the Ministry of Defence and is both a Chief of the General Staff (CGS) Fellow and Chief of Defence Intelligence (CDI) Fellow.

Thesis Title

The Geopolitics of Collective Intelligence: An analysis of alliance dynamics within the UK MoD and NATO.

Research Interests

  • Alliance intelligence & cooperation dynamics
  • Geopolitics of contemporary security threats
  • Intelligence analysis in conflict environments

Supervisors

Paul McGarr

Emel Akcali

Media

Print
16th Mar 2026

Strife Magazine Op-Ed: Geopolitics, Human Conflict, and the Changing Architecture of Security: An Operational Framework for Understanding Contemporary Conflict

The language of conflict and security is saturated with the term geopolitics. It appears in government briefings, media…

Publications

Article
31st Mar 2026

The rise and retreat of covert action: institutional design, political control, and the limits of secrecy, 1947–1962

Mortin, Bradley A., 31 March 2026, In: Intelligence and National Security , Online first

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review