Gender, Sexuality, and Intelligence Studies

Chapter 1: Introduction Why don'y IR scholars study Intelligence? Bringing Intelligence back in-to the study of International Relations
Chapter 2: The Queerness of IntelligenceAsking Queer Questions about IntelligenceIntelligence Activity as the Third WayThe Queer Mission of the Intelligence CommunityAccepting the Reality of our Queer Foreign Policy
Chapter 3: Queer SpiesIntelligence Agents: Bodies Behaving Queerly in SpaceThe State as Container/State as Vault: The Spy's Queer Moral StatusHer Naked State/Our Naked State: The Myth of Artemis and the Ethics of Spying
Chapter 4: Treason, Agency and SexualityThe Prevailing Orthodoxy about TreasonThree Narratives about Homosexuality 
Chapter 5: Queerness, Secrecy and RevelationIntelligence and SecrecyWhat is a secret society? The Mythology of the Intelligence CommunityParallel Organizations as a violation of statecraftIntelligence, Stigma, and the wall of separationAccountability, Performativity and the Wall of SeparationOuting, Policing and Disciplining Intelligence Activities
Chapter 6: Coming Out as an Intelligence AgentMemoirs as sourcebooksThe silence of the spy and the ability to tell his storyOther types of queerness: the double agent and the torturerComing out as a spy
Chapter 7: The Politics of Covert ActivityIR Theory and the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" of Covert Activity Queer Presidents/Queer PrecedentsRescuing the State by Blaming the Intelligence CommunityQueer Behavior and the theater of accountability
Chapter 8: The Future is Queer: New Developments in Intelligence ActivityPrying Open the Closet: The Erosion of Secrecy in an Era of Big DataJoin Us in the Closet: Adding New Actors to the Intelligence CommunityNormalization: Spying Emerges from the Closet

Mary Manjikian is Professor and Associate Dean at the Robertson School of Government, Regent University, USA. Her work has appeared in International Studies Quarterly, International Feminist Journal of Politics, Intelligence and National Security and International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. She is a former US foreign service officer with service in the Netherlands, Russia and Bulgaria.

"This challenging and bold study is more than a groundbreaking work in CIS literature ... . this book is highly recommended, not only for CIS academics but also for anyone related to and interested in critical thinking in IR. The fluent and clear usage of language makes it pleasant to read, while the pedagogic usage of mythology narratives facilitates comprehension of the theoretical concepts. ... the theoretical framework presented in this book provides substantial guidance." (Elif Ezgi Keles, The Hague Journal of Diplomacy, Vol. 17, 2022)