A Atividade de Inteligência e sua Atuação no âmbito das Relações Internacionais - 10.5102/uri.v0i0.314

Abstract

Within the sphere of interests of International Relations, governments are constantly on the lookout for that most precious of all needs: knowledge, the driving force of development and coated with strategic importance. Progress achieved by one country will of necessity arouse the interest of other countries, who, in the race for competitive advantage will use whatever means, fair of foul to obtain access to strategic information kept under lock and key, and subject to the machinations of espionage. To keep such information under tight security control, governments depend on their Intelligence services, whose function is to identify threats and loop-holes in the turbulent international scenario.