International Intelligence History Association

Call for Paper for the 2026 Securities Studies Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland, 29 – 31 May 2026 🇵🇱

Submissions to present papers close 8 May 2026 📅

https://defencescienceinstitute.com/news/3rd-world-conference-on-security-studies-29-31-may-2026/

Conference topics include
- National Security
- International Securit
- Cybersecurity
- Human Security
- Economic Security
- Emerging Threats
- Security in the Digital Age
- Cultural-Social Dimensions of Security
- Future of Security Studies

3rd World Conference on Security Studies - 29-31 May 2026 - Defence Science Institute The 2026 Securities Studies Conference will be held in Warsaw, Poland, 29 – 31 May 2026. Submissions to present papers close 8 May 2026. Conference topics include National Security – counterterrorism strategies; border security; cybersecurity threats; intelligence and surveillance; military defe...

Mark Stout from the International Spy Museum is one of the speakers at this years IIHA Annual Conference in Washington DC 😎

But you can already hear him in the podcast "New Books Network" where he is talking to our colleague Luca Trenta from Swansea University

Mark Stout, "World War I and the Foundations of American Intelligence" (UP of Kansas, 2023) Podcast Episode · New Books Network · 11/02/2026 · 1h 12m

Great news for scholars of European Intelligence.

The oldest (yes, it precedes the IIHA ;) ) association for intelligence studies, the Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA) has published the Call for Papers for the 2026 conference.

It will take place 2–3 December 2026 and the title is "Resilient Intelligence in an Era of Democratic Backsliding".

The Call in particular asks for papers on:
- Intelligence and democratic resilience
- Intelligence cooperation and information sharing across national . - contexts with varying levels of democracy
- Politicization and political independence of intelligence
- Democratization of intelligence
- Political and societal legitimacy
- Accountability and oversight
- Intelligence in times of geopolitical uncertainty
- Intelligence responses to hybrid threats and authoritarian influence
- Normative, legal, and ethical dimensions of intelligence work in an increasingly authoritarian world order.

Submissions should be sent to: [email protected].

Call for Contributions NISA International Conference 2026 | Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association Call for Contributions NISA International Conference 2026 The Netherlands Intelligence Studies Association (NISA) invites scholars, practitioners, and other interested professionals to participate in an international conference on “Resilient Intelligence in an Era of Democratic Backsliding”, to ...