Intelligence service as a factor of use of force in international relations

Abstract

As a special socio-political category, the intelligence service, with its complex and specific role, has always been an important participant in all social developments, both within the political system, and in the area of international relations. It reflects a structural phenomenon that requires a more comprehensive and thorough scientific approach. The aim of this paper is to present, using scientific description, the ways in which some countries use their intelligence services to implement their own strategic aspirations and plans. Also, it complexly and structurally elaborates on the flows of intelligence activities aimed to the domination in international relations, as well as the overall phenomenon of the intelligence service as a subject and an instrument by which the state creates its foreign policy from a position of force and strengthens its position in the international context. Although the activities, methods and organization of intelligence and security services are regulated and covered by laws and are subject to parliamentary control, these entities often use methods and means that are contrary to the principles of legality and ethics, manifesting them towards certain countries in the form of a wide range of subversive, propaganda and spy activities, on which this paper puts a particular emphasis.