<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Luděk Michálek</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ladislav Pokorný</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transformation of the Security and Intelligence Services in the Czech Republic</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Czech Republic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Czechoslovakia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">intelligence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">secret police</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transformation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Summer-Fall 2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">18</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65-86</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article describes the process of transformation of the secu&amp;shy;rity and intelligence apparatus of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic from the totalitarian, Soviet bloc country model to the modern democratic system of today. The authors describe the main events, key organizational and le&amp;shy;gal changes, and the role of the main actors in the transformation process. They analyze the experience and provide recommendations for solving the remaining challenges facing the Czech intelligence community.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">65</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petr Zeman</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Intelligence Services of the Czech Republic: Current Legal Status and Its Development</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Czech Republic</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Czechoslovakia</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Intelligence governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">post-communist transition</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Winter 2013</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">30</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">67-84</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">An adequate understanding of the nature of intelligence services within the Czech society—including professional circles—is still lacking. Although a large amount of factual data about intelligence and the current Czech intelligence services is available, it is widely dispersed. The primary purpose of this work is to collect and present the best available data about the institutional status and legal position of Czech intelligence services, with the aim of serving as an introduction to their detailed study. The second purpose of this work, therefore, is to provide a better foundation for knowledgeable evaluation of the Czech intelligence services by both the professionals and the general public. This study is opened with a general introduction to intelligence services, which is followed by a brief recapitulation of recent history concerning the transformation of the security system of Czechoslovakia (before the partition) and the Czech Republic after 1989. The paper deals exclusively with the Czech intelligence services, in the strict sense of the word, and not with military reconnaissance or specialized police units.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record></records></xml>