Spies in a barrel: When to reel in espionage
Journal of Theoretical Politics
Published online on December 08, 2025
Abstract
Journal of Theoretical Politics, Volume 38, Issue 2, Page 87-109, April 2026.
How do secrets affect international order? We present a formal model of counterintelligence as policy. In our model, the state can learn foreign agent activities from choices in preceding periods. Agents can moderate these actions to suppress the ...
How do secrets affect international order? We present a formal model of counterintelligence as policy. In our model, the state can learn foreign agent activities from choices in preceding periods. Agents can moderate these actions to suppress the ...