Peter Grace
@PeterCGrace
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University of Otago. Teaching: International Security. Research: Early Cold War intelligence. Co-Director Otago National Security School
Joined August 2009
Very rewarding trip to D.C and NYC. Throughly enjoyed the @SocIntelHist conference at the @IntlSpyMuseum and the chance to present from my upcoming book. Made some new friends, and caught up with two old friends in NY. Still the greatest city. Stay strong America!
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Council of Four: John Negroponte, Michael McConnell, Michael Hayden, James Clapper. @SocIntelHist @IntlSpyMuseum
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Loose fitting rather than tight. It’s not about your body shape, but how you wear it. 🧵
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Henry Tonks, war surgeon and lecturer at the Slade art school at the turn of last century, described his class of particularly talented but demanding students as “a crisis of brilliance”.
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Looking forward to presenting “Anticipating the Bear: Discerning Soviet Intentions vs Capabilities 1942-1953” at the Society for Intelligence History Conference in Washington D.C, Feb 3-8. Getting inside the head of the adversary, early CIG/CIA.
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Very much enjoying Australian historian Robert Manne’s A Political Memoir: Intellectual Combat in the Cold War and Culture Wars. Reminded me of my political philosophy professor Jim Flynn, zigging when others zagged, but always a good argument for doing so.
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RT @asianewzealand: CE Suzannah Jessep’s latest Newsroom article is out. As we mark 65 years of diplomatic ties between NZ and Cambodia, it…
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Wonderful trip to Cambodia, thanks to @SuzJessep and @asianewzealand. Seeing a very unfamiliar country makes you think differently about the familiar ones. Like South Korea, Cambodia lives a reality which is somewhere between pessimism and hope.
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RT @asianewzealand: Our Track II delegation has had a busy couple of days in Cambodia so far🌏It's been great to meet with alumni from our A…
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In Phnom Penh with @SuzJessep and Farib Sos. Amazing city, so much to learn here in one of the fastest growing economies in the world. Thanks to @asianewzealand
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RT @asianewzealand: This week the Foundation is in Cambodia for an in-depth Track II exchange. Led by CE @SuzJessep, with Dr Farib Sos & Dr…
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@Robert_Patman @PhilipNel1 @77_msg @jmaiolo @chrispkinsey @LawDavF @stephenWalt @WWIPhD @Paul_Winter_NZ @Laura_Southgate By the 1940s social science was being spoken of with the same excitement AI is today. Could it provide a new strategic intelligence discipline to assess enemy intentions and capabilities? The Intel Intellectuals and the CIA. Out Fall 2026 with Georgetown University Press!
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I reviewed Marie Leadbetter’s book, which outlines her view we should end “secretive state spying”. Very straight about her politics, raised in a Communist family, says she had an SIS record from 10 years old. We need social documents like these, also need neutral histories.
Book review: In The Enemy Within, veteran activist Maire Leadbeater argues that surveillance by the state serves to “undermine movements for social change and marginalise or punish those who challenge the established order”.
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RT @TheSpyTheState: I’m a historian of American intelligence, and this is not what happened. I have written a complete history of American…
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