This handbook investigates the complex, evolving intersection between higher education institutions, national security apparatuses, and intelligence agencies on a global scale. Edited by Liam Gearon, the text compiles contributions from international experts to analyze how universities function as sites for research security, intelligence recruitment, and the monitoring of extremism. It provides a comparative framework for understanding the ethical and political implications of these institutional relationships across different geopolitical contexts.

Experts identify this volume as a foundational reference for scholars and practitioners interested in the intersection of academia and state security. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose and the breadth of the international perspectives provided by the contributors.