We ask “C”: how do intelligence services need to change in the 21st century?
In a rare interview, Richard Moore, the chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, describes his priorities and plans for MI6.
IN HIS first public speech since he became chief of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, Richard Moore said the service needs to “become more open to stay secret.” On “The Economist Asks” podcast, host Anne McElvoy and Shashank Joshi, The Economist’s defence editor, ask Mr Moore exactly what that means in practice.
The spymaster, whose position is traditionally referred to simply as “C”, describes the “entrepreneurial animal spirits” he hopes to attract by lifting the veil on MI6’s plans and challenges. Can partnering with technological talent lend British intelligence the heft it needs to punch above its weight against larger rivals like Russia and China?
More from Podcasts
The Intelligence
An assassination attempt in Slovakia comes at an already dangerous time
Also on the daily podcast: a labour-union tremor in America’s south and a new view on the perception of time
24:00
Editor’s Picks
Big tech’s bid for power
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
9:23
Babbage
Why the defrosting of Antarctica will be felt everywhere
Our podcast on science and technology. What does a melting Antarctica mean for the world’s oceans and ecosystems?
42:34