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Espionage
May 7, 2025
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Tulsi Gabbard Freaks Over Damning Report U.S. Is Spying on Greenland
The U.S. is increasing its espionage in Greenland as part of Donald Trump’s campaign to take control of the island.
April 14, 2025
Marin Scotten
EU Staff Is Now Using Burner Phones to Evade Trump
The European Commission is upping its security measures in Trump’s America.
February 13, 2025
Edith Olmsted
Russia Asks Elon Musk for Help Crushing Dissent
Elon Musk has access to sensitive information about dissidents and intelligence officials. Russia wants it.
January 16, 2025
Greg Barnhisel
When America’s Top Spies Were Academics and Librarians
How scholars achieved some of the most consequential intelligence victories of the twentieth century
April 5, 2024
Hafiz Rashid
Israeli Spy Chief Accidentally Blows Cover with Amazon Self-Publishing
Yossi Sariel has revealed himself as the head of the IDF’s Unit 8200 and the mastermind behind A.I. strategy.
March 27, 2023
Magazine
Tim Weiner
Has the U.S. Lost Track of the Spies in Our Midst?
In an era of hacks and breaches, the game of spy vs. spy has changed.
June 14, 2021
Jo Livingstone
Impostor Syndrome
Explores the Secret Life of a Woman in Tech
In Kathy Wang’s spy thriller, navigating the pressures of the workplace is a lot like espionage.
May 29, 2018
Sasha Senderovich
An Ending for the Conflicted Cold Warriors of
The Americans
Why Elizabeth Jennings won’t betray her ideals in the series finale.
May 14, 2018
Caroline Lester
The CIA Spy Who Became a Russian Propagandist
For John Kiriakou—as well as several of his American colleagues across the political spectrum—working for a Russian radio network is where he feels most free.
March 6, 2018
Jo Livingstone
What’s Hiding Behind Jennifer Lawrence’s Bangs?
On espionage, Russian stereotypes, and the impermeable coiffures of “Red Sparrow”
August 28, 2017
Jo Livingstone
The Glorious Return of George Smiley
Le Carré’s thrillers promise us something today’s politics lacks: complexity and logic.
July 23, 2014
Isaac Chotiner
What Malcolm Gladwell Gets Wrong About Spying
December 5, 2013
The New Republic Staff
Hilarious Photos of the East German Secret Police at Work
June 14, 2013
Lydia DePillis
How to Prevent Chinese Employees From Stealing Secrets: Drunk Karaoke
That's one consultant's advice, anyway, for paranoid companies
May 14, 2013
Julia Ioffe
The Spy Who Shot Himself in the Foot
What the blond-wigged accused spy may have been trying to learn
February 21, 2013
Reuel Marc Gerecht
Spooky Sex
Inside the randy culture of the CIA
April 20, 1992
Joseph Brodsky
Collector’s Item
The newer meaning of treason: Philby, England, Russia, and a postage stamp
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