Richard Aldrich — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Professor of International Security at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick (since 2007)
Earned his PhD from Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge in 1990
Author of "GCHQ: The Uncensored Story of Britain's Most Secret Intelligence Agency" (2010)
Co-author of "The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana" (2021)
Co-edited the journal Intelligence and National Security for eight years
Focuses his research on intelligence and security communities

Biography

Richard James Aldrich is a British political scientist and historian of espionage. He currently serves as a Professor of International Security at the Department of Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, a position he has held since September 2007. Prior to this, he was a professor at the School of Politics and International Relations, University of Nottingham. He completed his PhD from Corpus Christi College, University of Cambridge in 1990.