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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
13th Feb 2025

How America’s Allies Boost U.S. Intelligence

Intelligence diplomacy—“liaison” is the term of art—is a key, if often hidden, element of national power. Washington has…
Podcast
26th Nov 2024

Is it time to redefine OSINT? - part two

In the second part of this podcast Joseph Hatfield PhD and David Gioe PhD continue to explore the…
Podcast
19th Nov 2024

Is it time to redefine OSINT? - Part one

Joseph Hatfield PhD and David Gioe PhD join Harry and Sean to discuss the challenge of defining open-source…
TV / Video
26th Oct 2024

David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: How Russian Intel Serves—and Fails—the Tsar

In our largest-ever gathering in "the bunker," scholars David Gioe, Huw Dylan, and Elena Grossfeld discuss their latest…

Publications

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…