Public affairs and power

Author: Spencer, Tom

Source: Journal of Public Affairs, Volume 3, Number 4, November 2003 , pp. 392-395(4)

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Abstract:

This paper argues that Western democracies will have to renegotiate their constitutional and psychological relationship with their intelligence agencies. This follows from the changing role of the intelligence services after the end of the Cold War and recent events surrounding the beginning of the Gulf War. The paper examines the impact of spies and the public affairs function in a world of failed and failing states and concludes that, however uncomfortable, public affairs should not deny its relationship to power.

Keywords: European Centre for Public Affairs (ECPA); intelligence agencies; Iraq; privacy; failed states

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Publication date: 2003-11-01

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