Tucson Festival of Books

A More Intelligent National Security


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.


Panelists
Kenneth Rosen

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....

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Anthony Vinci

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

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....

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Books:
Polar War
Submarines, Spies, and the Struggle for Power in a Melting Arctic
Kenneth Rosen
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Simon & Schuster
January 2026
ISBN 9781668052334
304 pages
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The Fourth Intelligence Revolution
The Future of Espionage and the Battle to Save America
Anthony Vinci
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
Henry Holt and Company
October 2025
ISBN 9781250370907
352 pages
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The Mission
The CIA in the 21st Century
Tim Weiner
Current Issues / Politics / Social Science
HarperCollins Publishers
July 2025
ISBN 9780063270183
464 pages
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