ABSTRACT
The intelligence institution has played an important role in some cases, providing an initial thrust by actively seeking the development of relationships with the academic community, or acting as a catalyst for moving the study of intelligence forward through the signing of collaboration agreements with universities, this being the case of countries like Spain. This chapter explores the specifics of the Academy’s collaborations with national securities agencies in European context. Academic research and education on issues of interest for the security and intelligence community position academic scholars as relevant stakeholders for intelligence organizations. Relationship building with academia and academic outreach by intelligence organizations needs to be conducted assuming these functions of the academic institution. The Central Intelligence Agency established back in 1966 the position of coordinator of Academic Relations. The position exists to make relations between the Agency and the academic world productive for the former and helpful to the latter.
