In the fourth installment of our new podcast, we sit down with Professor Rory Cormac to discuss coups, subversion, and covert influence. Professor Cormac teaches International Relations at the University of Nottingham, and specialises in secret intelligence and covert action. He is the author of “Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy“, and the co-author of “The Black Door” and “The Secret Royals“. Recently, he has published “How to stage a coup“, which examines covert action and influence.
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Books and media mentioned during the episode, and suggestions for further research on this topic:
- Disrupt and Deny: Spies, Special Forces, and the Secret Pursuit of British Foreign Policy (Rory Cormac)
- The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers (Richard Aldrich & Rory Cormac)
- The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana (Richard Aldrich & Rory Cormac)
- How To Stage A Coup (Rory Cormac)
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Lewis Sage-Passant is a Doctoral Researcher in the field of intelligence and former Military Intelligence Officer with extensive experience working and living in the Middle East and North Africa and Asia Pacific regions in a variety of geopolitical analysis, security & conflict risk and threat intelligence roles. Lewis specialises in geopolitical intelligence support to the oil & gas industry, the financial sector and leading technology firms.
Cormac Mc Garry is an Associate Director at the specialist risk consultancy Control Risks, where he heads up their maritime security intelligence and analysis services. Most of his work involves helping shipping companies and others in the maritime community be prepared for security issues they may face from piracy and armed robbery at sea to drug smuggling, war and terrorism. He previously worked in the National Maritime College of Ireland as a research project manager and has also worked across the spectrum of risk management consulting, having worked in East and West Africa before being currently based in France.
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