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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

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 intelligence alongside other intelligence disciplines and why now might be the right time to redefine OSINT.
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 article, "The Autocrat’s Indispensable Service: How Russian Intelligence Secured Vladimir Putin’s Regime After Failing Him in Ukraine."
Print
10th Oct 2024

Is Israeli Intelligence Back on Top?

The devastation of Hezbollah and Hamas has wiped away some of the stain of Oct. 7 failures.
TV / Video
24th Sept 2024

David Gioe, Huw Dylan & Elena Grossfeld: Putin’s (mis)Management of Russian Intelligence Assessments

This is a conversation with the three esteemed authors of a paper entitled “The autocrat’s intelligence paradox: Vladimir Putin’s (mis)management of Russian strategic assessment in the Ukraine War. Huw Dylan, David V. Gioe and Elena Grossfeld

Publications

Article
14th Nov 2024
Article
5th Nov 2024
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