A Structural Assessment of the U.S. Counterespionage Vis-à-vis Chinese Espionage Effort

• Authors: Kristlík Tomáš
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This essay examines the historical context, structure and focus of the U.S. counterespionage, or institutionalized capability to detect and neutralize human assets or spies, its strengths and weaknesses; it provides an overview of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) foreign espionage structure and methods deployed against the USA in the past.

Keywords

EN

Human Intelligence (HUMINT); Chinese Espionage; U.S. Counterespionage; Strategic Intelligence; Offensive Counterintelligence

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Czech Republic
• Journal: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems)
• Year: 2016
• Volume: 8
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 130-140

Contributors

author

Kristlík Tomáš

• Center for Ibero-American Studies of Charles University, Prague