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 Anomalies in the activities of counterintelligence services.  The case of the Republic of Latvia

Data publikacji: 06.12.2023

Przegląd Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, 2023, Numer 29 (15), s. 373 - 385

https://doi.org/10.4467/20801335PBW.23.034.18776

Autorzy

Bolesław Piasecki
Akademia Sztuki Wojennej, Warszawa
, Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-3796 Orcid
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Tytuły

Anomalies in the activities of counterintelligence services.  The case of the Republic of Latvia

Abstrakt

The article is devoted to examining the causes of qualitative and quantitative anomalies in the activity of penetration agents within the security system of the Republic of Latvia and other NATO countries in the period after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The author presents selected cases of espionage within the Republic of Latvia and proposes explanations for the discrepancies between this Baltic country and other NATO countries in the number of detected agents.

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Informacje

Informacje: Przegląd Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego, 2023, Numer 29 (15), s. 373 - 385

Typ artykułu: Oryginalny artykuł naukowy

Tytuły:

Polski:

Anomalies in the activities of counterintelligence services.  The case of the Republic of Latvia

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 Anomalies in the activities of counterintelligence services.  The case of the Republic of Latvia

Autorzy

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-3796

Bolesław Piasecki
Akademia Sztuki Wojennej, Warszawa
, Polska
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1794-3796 Orcid
Wszystkie publikacje autora →

Akademia Sztuki Wojennej, Warszawa
Polska

Publikacja: 06.12.2023

Status artykułu: Otwarte __T_UNLOCK

Licencja: CC-BY-NC-SA  ikona licencji

Udział procentowy autorów:

Bolesław Piasecki (Autor) - 100%

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