The post-9/11 world forced U.S. national security agencies to confront threats from Russia, China and the Middle East. These authors discuss how the CIA worked to rebuild espionage capabilities lost during the war on terror, and how technology and a changing climate are shaping the work of operatives.

Kenneth R. Rosen is the recipient of a Kurt Schork Award, a Bayeux-Calvados Award for war correspondents, and was a two time finalist for the Livingston Award for his work in Syria and Iraq. His writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Atlantic, and WIRED....

Anthony Vinci is the author of "The Fourth Intelligence Revolution: The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America." Earlier in his career he served as an intelligence officer in Iraq, Africa, and Asia....

Tim Weiner has won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his reporting and writing on American intelligence and national security. As a reporter at The New York Times, he covered the CIA in Washington, as well as wars, conflicts, and crises in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Sudan....


