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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

What would Sherman Kent have made of the AI revolution in intelligence analysis? I spoke to Alp Arslan about the principles that might still hold, the augmented analyst and the motivation for today’s intelligence intellectual to work in national security. www.teknopolitika.com/p/interview-...

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Interview with Peter C. Grace: From Intelligence Intellectuals to Augmented Analysts

How the Cold War academic establishment echoes in the age of AI, where human judgment meets the “imponderables” and the specter of a latter-day Oppenheimer.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

“On the other hand, we see a growing OSINT movement, of which @bellingcat.com is just one example, which has no allegiance except perhaps to the truth. And there is enough open source data out there still to show that informational power can stay democratic…”

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Interview with Peter C. Grace: From Intelligence Intellectuals to Augmented Analysts

How the Cold War academic establishment echoes in the age of AI, where human judgment meets the “imponderables” and the specter of a latter-day Oppenheimer.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

“Grace takes us on a deep dive into the personalities and bureaucratic politics during this founding period, examining the push to shape the analytic output of CIA intelligence gathering, processing, and analysis between 1946 and 1949," says Frank Plantan in History: New Reviews of Books.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Fantastic meeting of intelligence studies people in Sydney at Macquarie University with MQ @socintelhist.bsky.social. Thanks to @melaniebrand.bsky.social, Brian Cuddy and @aaronbateman.bsky.social for organising. Very valuable and hope to do it again soon.

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Melanie Brand @melaniebrand.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I am delighted to share the final program for our upcoming MQ & @socintelhist.bsky.social Workshop, Intelligence in the Southern Hemisphere: Past and Present. We so pleased to have been able to gather together such a fantastic group of ANZ intelligence studies scholars!

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Sydney talk. Looking forward to talking at Macquarie University’s Intelligence Studies Research Group on Wednesday 12 August. Thanks to @melaniebrand.bsky.social and Brian Cuddy for the invitation! All welcome. And you can find a copy in the wild at Sydney’s Abbey’s bookshop!

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

"The enduring achievement of the intel intellectuals," writes Sonja Belkin in the @intnatsecjournal.bsky.social "...but the conviction that intelligence analysis could stand as a discipline in its own right, equipped to tackle uncertainty with a scientist’s precision." @georgetownup.bsky.social

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

"The Intelligence Intellectuals ... fills a real gap between the OSS-era scholarship of Robin Winks and the more comprehensive Cold War institutional histories, and it does so with an organizational historian’s eye for what makes institutions work."

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

Happy Fourth of July and 250th to my many and valued American friends.

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Melanie Brand @melaniebrand.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Are you in Melbourne on 30 July? @petercgrace.bsky.social will be speaking about his new book, The Intelligence Intellectuals, strategic warning and the ongoing relevance of intelligence analysis at the University of Melbourne at 4pm. Looks fantastic! 👉 www.eventbrite.com/e/the-intell...

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The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA

Two talks by Dr Peter C. Grace relating to his recent book. Imposter Syndrome and Intel Analysis and Lessons Learned.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

MELBOURNE BOOK TALK: In 1950 professors were brought into CIA to address the urgent need to understand Soviet intentions and capability for war. Talking with @davidschaeferch.bsky.social on July 29 at 5.30pm, 356 Collins St. @aiianational.bsky.social Register here: aiiavic.glueup.com/event/the-in...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 13/06/2026

"Sure to become the standard reference for anyone seeking to understand the intellectual foundations of American intelligence analysis," says @paulmcgarr.bsky.social. @sandbaggerone.bsky.social says it is "meticulously researched" and the CIA journal calls it "an insightful study." shorturl.at/tpaiJ

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

I recently sat down with the Spy Museum’s @sashaingber.bsky.social to discuss the role of academics in reshaping the CIA. We unpacked CIA’s reactions, the institutional tensions they exposed, and why the debate still matters. Get the book: shorturl.at/tpaiJ m.youtube.com/watch?v=mPhb...

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From Ivory Tower to Iron Curtain: The Academics Who Reshaped the CIA | SpyCast

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Had fun tonight at the official global launch of the Intelligence Intellectuals at the Centre for Strategic Studies at Vic. I don’t usually smile that much so I must have felt relieved it came off ok. Thanks to @davidcapie.bsky.social for hosting, and to the many friends who came along.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

A fantastic response so far to The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of CIA. Available in paperback, hardback, audiobook and ebook at all good bookstores, including www.amazon.com/Intelligence...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

‘If you want James Bond, go to your library’, says Neil Burnside, in the cult 1970s British TV show, The Sandbaggers. ‘But if you want a successful operation, sit at your desk and think. And then think again’. @sandbaggerone.bsky.social in @iajournal.bsky.social ! academic.oup.com/ia/article-a...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Businesses are "desperately trying to make sense of the unknown” in geopolitics, Ron Carucci recently wrote in the @hbr.org. CIA's restructure in late 1950 is a textbook case study of how to deal with uncertainty when uncertainty is your business. www.petercgrace.com/blog-petergr...

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BIG BUSINESS AND THE CIA: LESSONS ABOUT ORGANISATIONAL DESIGN — Peter C. Grace

WHAT CAN BIG BUSINESS LEARN FROM THE CIA’S 1950S RESTRUCTURING? Ron Carucci recently w rote in the Harvard Business Review that businesses are "desperately trying to make sense of the unknow...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

I joined Larry to discuss my new book The Intelligence Intellectuals — and how social scientists helped reshape modern intelligence. 🎧https://open.spotify.com/episode/0gefzL3ijZDxwmT5kDQ3nG 📖https://amazon.com.au/Intelligence-Intellectuals-Social-Scientists-Making-ebook/dp/B0F7S1QFW4 #Intelligence

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

Inside CIA: another photo from Sherman Kent Jnr. This time one he took of his father’s office inside CIA, presumably Langley. The pin up girl is an SAS airlines calendar, which Sherman Jnr commented he liked, because it looked like his wife Laura.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

A great day in D.C. Started off with Sasha Ingber at the Spy Museum for SpyCast, a quick dash across town to lunch with some intel academics; to Georgetown’s Walsh School to talk the Intelligence Intellectuals, and dinner at the NZ Embassy with the ever-charming Chris Seed.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

Just spent a night with Sherman and Laura Kent in Vermont. Sherman is the son of the most influential man in intelligence analysis, Sherman Kent of CIA. Here is Kent Snr with the “spookiest of spooks”, James Angleton. (Taken on Sherman Jnr’s living room floor.)

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

THIS MONDAY 30 MARCH, 2.30pm Georgetown University.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

A great end to the “UK tour” at @kcsi.uk last night. My thanks to Celia Parker-Vincent for moderating and Jessi Gilchrist and Mike Goodman for organising. Also caught up with the wonderful @joemaiolo.bsky.social Nice to be back, spent a lot of time at the the Maughan Library writing this book.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

BOOK TALK: TOMORROW. My final talk in the UK on the Intelligence Intellectuals, how analysts dealt with imposter syndrome! All welcome. King's College London, 7pm. Register here: www.linkedin.com/safety/go?ur...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

BOOK TALK: Who were the professors who went to CIA in 1950 to reboot the Agency's strategic intelligence product? How did they feel about the requirement to provide warning and long-range estimates of global trends? Find out at Georgetown on Mon March 30 at 2.30pm.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Thanks to Chris Moran for inviting me to talk to the social sciences faculty at the University of Warwick last night. Great opportunity to discuss the Intelligence Intellectuals and see Mark Phythian again.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Thanks to @camgeopolitics.bsky.social for a great evening talking about The Intelligence Intellectuals with the Cambridge Intelligence Seminar. Particular thanks to John Ranelagh, a kind and considerate host, and Corpus Christi for a lovely dinner and bed for the night.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Excited to be talking at the University of Warwick on Monday 23 March, regarding CIA’s adoption of social science into intelligence analysis in the early Cold War. #theintelligenceintellectuals warwick.ac.uk/about/strate...

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Dr. Penelope K Hardy @pkhardy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

New on H-Sci-Med-Tech: Check out Joy Rohde (@umich.edu)’s review of Peter C. Grace (@universityofotago.bsky.social)’s book _The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA_ pub 2026 @ Georgetown University Press #hstm Review available @hnetreviews.bsky.social

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Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism @jpict.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

We were delighted to publish this fantastic review of @petercgrace.bsky.social's "The Intelligence Intellectuals" by Monica Robbins. You can find the full review at the link below - we think it's well worth a read! doi.org/10.1080/1833...

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The intelligence intellectuals: Social scientists and the making of the CIA

Published in Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

REVIEW: Monica Robbins compares the kind of research academics do in the university with "strategic intelligence analysis [which is] is inherently messy, high-stakes, and subject to rapidly changing circumstances and incomplete information."

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Eileen Clancy 🧿 @clancyny.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

People like Sherman Kent and William Langer, historians at Yale and Harvard, and Max Millikan, an MIT economist, typified “intelligence intellectuals” drafted in the 1950s to rationalize and run the CIA’s strategic-intelligence assessment after its early failures to predict major world events.

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georgetownup.bsky.social @georgetownup.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Reviewed for @wsj.com: The Intelligence Intellectuals by Peter Grace "[C]ompelling reading for anyone who has thought about how to analyze information." www.wsj.com/arts-culture... @aupresses.bsky.social

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‘The Intelligence Intellectuals’ Review: Brains, Cloak and Dagger

The CIA has relied on various professors and social scientists for insight. How much their expertise influences final decisions is unclear.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 22/02/2026

The Wall Street Journal says The Intelligence Intellectuals is "compelling reading for anyone who has thought about how to analyze information", "assessing trends, confronting uncertainty and predicting major future events, such as war or economic collapse." www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

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‘The Intelligence Intellectuals’ Review: Brains, Cloak and Dagger

The CIA has relied on various professors and social scientists for insight. How much their expertise influences final decisions is unclear.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

REVIEW IN THE CIPHER BRIEF: Linda Weissgold retired from CIA with 37 years experience. Her final position was serving as Deputy Director for Analysis, responsible for the quality of all-source intelligence analysis at the CIA. www.thecipherbrief.com/the-architec...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

REVIEW: Jeremy Rees in the NZ Listener says The Intelligence Intellectuals is (at least in part) "enlightening and entertaining". And what story of fixing a large, broken organisation doesn't have acronyms!? Available in New Zealand at Paperplus, Unity Books, and UBS Dunedin

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

The Intelligence Intellectuals. Social Scientists and the Making of CIA makes "a strong case that “intelligence intellectuals” were critical players in the creation of CIA intelligence products, and the resuscitation of the organization, in its early years."

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

WIN A FREE AUDIOBOOK! We have three free downloads of The Intelligence Intellectuals available. Repost this and your name will be in the draw! Greg Herken of the University of California says it is "a masterful account." Names drawn 31 January 2026. @tantoraudio.bsky.social

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

IMAGINE BEING A PROFESSOR seconded to CIA with the expectation you could use your social science skills to predict World War III. The Intelligence Intellectuals tells the personal and professional story of their journey. x.com/petercgrace/...

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Out Monday! Sir Lawrence Freedman called it "a fascinating history". Never been more topical. How social scientists invented strategic intelligence analysis in 1950 and re-established CIA's reputation. Order now on Amazon Books amazon.com/Intelligence-I…

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

“Arrestingly well-researched and rich in biographical detail, this remarkable book reveals that America’s top spies believed in social science and hoped universities could rescue the early CIA from intelligence failure.” —Richard Aldrich, author of GCHQ: The Uncensored Story.

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petercgrace.bsky.social @petercgrace.bsky.social · 21/12/2025

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