Developing theory on the use of intelligence by non-state actors: five case studies on insurgent intelligence

This special section has its origins in the observation that in the intelligence and counterinsurgency literature insurgents tend to be treated as something that intelligence acts upon but rarely, if ever, treated as intelligence actors in their own right. A review of the literature and military doctrine on counterinsurgency highlights this gap and demonstrates the importance of studies such as those brought together in this special section of Intelligence and National Security.