Biography
Professor David Gioe is Visiting Professor of Intelligence and International Security in the Department of War Studies. He joined the department from 2021 to 2025 as a British Academy Global Professor. Before that he was a tenured Associate Professor of History at the US Military Academy at West Point. 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. His quarter century of public service in intelligence and national security spanned the FBI, CIA, DIA, and the US Navy. He is experienced in civilian, military, corporate and law enforcement intelligence with expertise in intelligence analysis, human intelligence operations, and covert action. He holds a BA from Wheaton College, an MA from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service and a PhD from the University of Cambridge. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Historical Society, and 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
- Information operations in historical perspective
- Human intelligence, counterintelligence, and Covert action