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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

Media

Print
24th Dec 2025

Modern Institute article: The End of Audacity? Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Command

Some of military history’s most decisive victories didn’t come from perfect planning but from bold risks whose chances…
Print
13th Dec 2025

The Insider Article: The Santa clause - America’s unrealistic new national security strategy offers Europeans an opportunity

In early December, the Trump administration released a new National Security Strategy that announced a sweeping overhaul of…
Print
26th Sept 2025

Contribution to The Jervis Forum: Roundtable 17-5 on Gioe and Morell, “Spy and Tell”

In their April 2024 Foreign Affairs article “Spy and Tell,” David Gioe and Michael Morell advanced a compelling…
Podcast
29th Apr 2025

Kera Think Podcast: Will allies still share intelligence with America?

David V. Gioe joins host Krys Boyd to explain what an “intelligence liaison” is and why the U.S.…

Publications

Article
21st Oct 2025

Smart new world: adapting human intelligence for the digital age

Gioe, David V.; Manganello, Tony, 21 October 2025, In: Intelligence and National Security, Online first

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

This article considers the impact of digital advances on clandestine Human Intelligence (HUMINT) operations. Despite the arrival and…
Article
21st Jan 2025
By employing the concept of strategic culture, which includes historical, cultural, and geopolitical aspects, the article compares Russia’s…
Article
14th Nov 2024
Russia's full-scale (re)invasion of Ukraine in late February 2022 has energised longstanding security concerns of the Baltic states.…
Article
5th Nov 2024
Over the last decade, the phenomenon of mis- and disinformation has come to the fore of popular, academic…

Posts

US intelligence, leadership, technology
16th Apr 2025