This handbook provides a detailed analysis of threats and risk in the international system and of how governments and their intelligence services must adapt and function in order to manage the evolving security environment. This environment, now and for the foreseeable future, is characterised by complexity. The development of disruptive digital technologies; the vulnerability of critical national infrastructure; asymmetric threats such as terrorism; the privatisation of national intelligence capabilities: all have far reaching implications for security and risk management. The leading academics and practitioners who have contributed to this handbook have all done so with the objective of cutting through the complexity, and providing insight on the most pressing security, intelligence, and risk factors today. They explore the changing nature of conflict and crises; interaction of the global with the local; the impact of technological; the proliferation of hostile ideologies and the challenge this poses to traditional models of intelligence; and the impact of all these factors on governance and ethical frameworks. The handbook is an invaluable resource for students and professionals concerned with contemporary security and how national intelligence must adapt to remain effective.

Part One: The Changing Nature of Conflict and Crises.- Chapter 1:‘Rapid Urbanisation and Security: Holistic Approach to Enhancing Security of Urban Spaces’ Ksenia Chmutina & Lee Bosher.- Chapter 2: ‘Energy Security’ Petra Dolata.- Chapter 3: ‘Evolving Biosecurity Frameworks’ Caitriona McLeish.- Chapter 4:‘Resilience and National Security’ Gail Ridley.- Chapter 5: 'Proxy Wars and the Contemporary Security Environment’ Andrew Mumford & Vladimir Rauta.- Chapter 6: ‘Resilience and Critical Infrastructure: Origins, Theories and Critiques’ Chris Zebrowski.- Chapter 7: ‘Intelligence and Organised Crime – Paradigms and Paradoxes’ John Buckley.- Part Two: The Changing Nature of Technology.- Chapter 8:‘Cyber Security’ Scott Jasper & James Wirtz.- Chapter 9:‘Securing State Secrets’ Patrick F Walsh.- Chapter 10: ‘The Rise of Smart Machines: The Unique Peril of Intelligence Software Agents in Defense and Intelligence’ Nina A Kollars.- Chapter 11: ‘The More Thing Change: Humint in the Digital Age’ David V Gioe.- Chapter 12: ‘Drones – Opportunities, Threats and Challenges’ Peter Lee.- Chapter 13: ‘Invisible Battlegrounds: On Force and Revolutions, Military and Otherwise’ Michael Warner.- Part Three: The Changing Nature of Intelligence.- Chapter 14: ‘Globalisation and Intelligence’ Zakia Shiraz.- Chapter 15: ‘Capacity Building and Security Sector Reform’ Paul Jackson.- Chapter 16: ‘Privatisation’ Damien Van Puyvelde.- Chapter 17: ‘Criminality, Terrorism and the Changing Nature of Conflict’ Angela Gendron.- Chapter 18: ‘Secret Interventions and Clandestine Diplomacy’ Huw Dylan.- Chapter 19: ‘Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)’ David Omand.- Chapter 20:  ‘Corporate Intelligence’ Arthur Weiss.- Part Four: The Changing Nature of Governance in the Developed World.- Chapter 21:  ‘The Ethics of Intelligence’ Ross Bellaby.- Chapter 22:  ‘Risk, Security and International Law’ Robert Dover.- Chapter 23:  ‘The Changing Media’ Peter Busch.- Chapter 24: ‘Terrorism and the News Media: Symbiosis, Control and Framing’ Alexander Spencer.- Chapter 25: ‘Two Worlds, One Common Pursuit: Why Greater Engagement with the Academic Community Could Benefit the UK’s National Security’ Robert Dover, Michael S Goodman & Martha White.- Chapter 26: ‘The Ethics of Whistle-blowing, Leaking and Disclosure’ Seumas Miller.