Lockhart, James D. and Moran, Christopher R. (2022) Principal consumer : President Biden's approach to intelligence. International Affairs, 98 (2). pp. 549-567. doi:10.1093/ia/iiab210 ISSN 0020-5850.

Preview	PDF WRAP-Principal-consumer-President-Bidens-intelligence-2021.pdf - Published Version - Requires a PDF viewer. Available under License Creative Commons: Attribution-Noncommercial 4.0. Download (160Kb) | Preview
	PDF WRAP-Principal-consumer-President-Bidens-intelligence-2021.pdf - Accepted Version Embargoed item. Restricted access to Repository staff only - Requires a PDF viewer. Download (577Kb)

Request Changes to record.

Abstract

This article assesses United States President Joe Biden's approach to intelligence. It evaluates his evolving relationship with the Central Intelligence Agency and the rest of the intelligence community from the early 1970s, when he was elected to Congress, to the early 2020s, when he became the forty-sixth president of the United States. It concludes that, against the ever-changing context of international affairs, from the late Cold War to the global ‘war on terror’, Biden's approach to intelligence has remained consistent and stable, showing, on the one hand, enthusiasm for the production of national intelligence, and, on the other, a marked uneasiness about paramilitary covert action and the militarization of intelligence. The discussion that follows speaks to a larger debate, dating to the 1940s and still ongoing, in the executive and legislative branches of government, concerning the purposes and proper use of intelligence. This will interest policy-makers, officials and lawmakers responsible for intelligence and oversight, researchers and practitioners in security and intelligence, and scholars of American foreign relations.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Subjects:	J Political Science > JK Political institutions (United States)
Divisions:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Politics and International Studies
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Biden, Joseph R., Jr., Intelligence service -- United States, United States -- Central Intelligence Agency
Journal or Publication Title:	International Affairs
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
ISSN:	0020-5850
Official Date:	March 2022
Dates:	Date Event March 2022 Published 7 February 2022 Available 12 October 2021 Accepted
Volume:	98
Number:	2
Page Range:	pp. 549-567
DOI:	10.1093/ia/iiab210
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Open Access (Creative Commons)
Date of first compliant deposit:	14 October 2021
Date of first compliant Open Access:	14 February 2022
Related URLs:	Publisher

Request changes or add full text files to a record

Repository staff actions (login required)

View Item

Downloads