Contents
Articles
The Solitary Intelligence Officer: Reflections on Secure Remote Work by John Mohr
Emergent Intelligence: Spycraft and Intelligence in the AI Era by Rachel Grunspan, Jessica D. Smith, and Elizabeth VanderVeen
Snow Globe Multi-Player AI System: Lessons from Human-AI Teaming in War Games by Andrea Brennan, Rachel Grunspan, Daniel Hogan, Jessica D. Smith, Elizabeth VanderVeen
Intelligence in Public Media
The Russian Way of War: "Death is Our Business" and "Spetsnaz"
Review Essay by Yong Lee
Razvedchik, Russia’s Intelligence Journal
Review Essay by Mel Miller
The Illegals: Russia’s Most Audacious Spies and Their Century-Long Mission to Infiltrate the West
Reviewed by Kathy G.
The Party’s Interests Come First: The Life of Xi Zhongxun, Father of Xi Jinping
Reviewed by Dr. Emily Matson
The CIA Book Club: The Secret Mission to Win the Cold War with Forbidden Literature
Reviewed by Dr. David Robarge
The Dictator's Club: How Regional Organizations Sustain Authoritarian Rule
Reviewed by Tony Sutton
Defining the Mission: The Development of US Strategic Military Intelligence up to the Cold War
Reviewed by David Welker
King of Kings: The Iranian Revolution: A Story of Hubris, Delusion and Catastrophic Miscalculation
Reviewed by William Samii and Brent Geary
Intelligence Officer's Bookshelf
Compiled and Reviewed by Hayden Peake and other contributors
Media Reviewed in Studies in 2025
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Article Contributors
Andrea Brennan is senior vice president and deputy director of In-Q-Tel Labs.
Rachel Grunspan is a retired CIA officer and the former director of Digital Futures
in the Directorate of Digital Innovation (DDI).
Daniel Hogan is a senior data scientist at In-Q-Tel Labs.
John Mohr is a Department of Defense analyst.
Jessica D. Smith is a digital intelligence strategist in DDI Futures.
Elizabeth VanderVeen is an AI strategist in DDI Futures.
Reviewers
John Ehrman is a retired CIA officer and a frequent contributor.
Kathy G. is a CIA officer who also served at FBI and NSA.
Joseph Gartin is managing editor of Studies.
Dr. Brent Geary is a CIA historian.
Yong Lee is a senior fellow, Asia Program, at the Foreign Policy Research
Institute.
Dr. Emily Matson is an adjunct professor of modern Chinese history at
Georgetown University.
Mel Miller is a Russian linguist and author of Discovering Hidden Gems in
Foreign Languages
William D. Murray is a retired senior operations officer.
Hayden Peake served in CIA’s Directorates of Operations and Science and Technology.
He has contributed to the Intelligence Officer’s Bookshelf since 2002.
Dr. David Robarge is CIA’s chief historian.
Dr. William Samii is the senior intelligence officer on Iran an State/INR and a former Studies Editorial Board member.
Tony Sutton is a CIA analyst.
David A. Welker is a CIA historian.