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Matthew Brazil |
| Postgraduate degree you are enrolled for |
PhD |
| Supervisor |
Fred Teiwes |
| When started |
2003 |
| Full time or part time |
Part time |
| Profile of yourself |
Matt is from the US and is a naturalized Australian. He spent 14 years in the US government as a soldier, law enforcement official, and diplomat, and has worked with a semiconductor company security executive in Asia since 1995. His primary academic focus has always been the history of the Chinese Communist Party. |
| Thesis topic or title |
The Influence of Politics in Chinese Communist Intelligence Operations |
| Information about your thesis |
Writings in English about Chinese Communist (CCP) intelligence work are few, but new materials in Chinese offer fresh perspectives and a chance for analysis. This study traces the CCP's political influence on the Party's early intelligence organizations: the Special Operations Work Section (Tewu Gongzuo Chu, 1926-1927) under the Central Military Commission, the Central Committee Special Branch (Zhongyang Teke, 1927-1937), and the Social Affairs Department (Zhongyang Shehuibu Bu, 1937-1949). It will conclude with a survey of how politics affected the counterintelligence work of the Ministry of Public Security (Gonganbu, 1949-present) and the foreign intelligence work of the Central Investigative Department (Zhongyang Diaocha Bu, 1955-1983). The work of the Ministry of State Security (1983-present) is not within scope for this study. |
| Publications |
Matthew Brazil (forthcoming 2010) "Darker Corners: Less familiar aspects of spying" Intelligence and National Security. |