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Biography

Professor David Gioe is Visiting Professor of Intelligence and International Security in the Department of War Studies. He joins the department as a British Academy Global Professor. He is Associate Professor of History at the US Military Academy at West Point, where he also serves as History Fellow for the Army Cyber Institute. David is also Director of Studies for the Cambridge Security Initiative and co-convener of its International Security and Intelligence program.

Professor Gioe is an internationally recognised academic scholar of intelligence and a veteran professional practitioner of the craft. He is experienced in civilian, military, corporate and law enforcement intelligence with expertise in intelligence analysis and overseas operations. After over a decade of public service as an intelligence officer, he became a leading intellectual with several conference presentations, media engagements and publications on intelligence and national security issues. He holds advanced degrees from Georgetown University and the University of Cambridge. His scholarship and analysis has appeared in numerous outlets.

Research Interests

  • Intelligence in international affairs
  • Anglo-American intelligence liaison
  • History of Anglo-American Intelligence and security services
  • Cyber and Information operations in historical perspective
  • Human intelligence, counterintelligence, and Covert action

Publications

Article
27th Jul 2023

Western Agencies Offer an Open Door for Russian Defectors

Dylan, H., Gioe, D. & Richterova, D., 27 Jul 2023, Foreign Policy.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publicationArticle

Other chapter contribution
12th Oct 2022

The Kherson ruse: Ukraine and the art of military deception

Dylan, H., Gioe, D. & Littell, J., 12 Oct 2022, Modern War Institute.Modern War Institute

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingOther chapter contributionpeer-review

Other contribution
17th Mar 2022

Putin's KGB past didn't help him with intelligence on Ukraine

Dylan, H. & Gioe, D., 17 Mar 2022, Washington Post.

Research output: Other contribution

Comment/debate
1st Jan 2022

Vladimir Putin’s Russian World Turned Upside Down

Gioe, D. V. & Styles, W., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Armed Forces and Society.

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Article
1st Jan 2021
Article
18th Sept 2020

Can United States intelligence community analysts telework?

Gioe, D. V., Hatfield, J. M. & Stout, M., 18 Sept 2020, In: Intelligence and National Security.35, 6, p. 885-90117 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Article
2nd Jul 2020

The Soviet Legacy of Russian Active Measures: New Vodka from Old Stills?

Gioe, D. V., Lovering, R. & Pachesny, T., 2 Jul 2020, In: International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence.33, 3, p. 514-53926 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Article
17th Jun 2020

How Threat Actors are Manipulating the British Information Environment

Dobrowolski, D., Gioe, D. V. & Wanless, A., 17 Jun 2020, In: RUSI Journal.165, 3, p. 22-3817 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Article
10th Nov 2018

Cyber operations and useful fools: the approach of Russian hybrid intelligence

Gioe, D. V., 10 Nov 2018, In: Intelligence and National Security.33, 7, p. 954-97320 p.

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Chapter
5th Jul 2017

The more things change': HUMINT in the Cyber Age

Gioe, D. V., 5 Jul 2017, The Palgrave Handbook of Security, Risk and Intelligence.Palgrave Macmillan, p. 213-22715 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

Comment/debate
1st May 2016

Strategic Amnesia and ISIS: Forgetting history’s hard lessons in Iraq

Gioe, D. V., 1 May 2016, In: National Interest.2016-May-June

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Comment/debate
1st Jan 2014

Tinker, tailor, leaker, spy: The future costs of mass leaks

Gioe, D. V., 2014, In: National Interest.JAN-FEB

Research output: Contribution to journalComment/debatepeer-review

Book
1st Jan 2014

An international history of the cuban missile crisis: A 50-year retrospective

Gioe, D., Scott, L. & Andrew, C., 1 Jan 2014, Taylor and Francis Ltd. 308 p.

Research output: Book/ReportBookpeer-review

Chapter
1st Jan 2014

Handling hero: Joint anglo-American tradecraft in the case of oleg penkovsky

Gioe, D., 1 Jan 2014, An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 50-Year Retrospective.Taylor and Francis Ltd, p. 135-17541 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review

Chapter
1st Jan 2014

Introduction: Memories and anniversaries: Challenges and opportunities

Scott, L., Gioe, D. & Andrew, C., 1 Jan 2014, An International History of the Cuban Missile Crisis: A 50-Year Retrospective.Taylor and Francis Ltd, p. 1-88 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapterpeer-review