Dr Steven Wagner
Senior Lecturer in International Security
Marie Jahoda 205
- Email: steven.wagner@brunel.ac.uk
- Tel: +44 (0)1895 268984
- Politics
- Politics and History
- Social and Political Sciences
Summary
I am an historian of intelligence, security, empire and the modern Middle East. Before coming to Brunel, I was a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University, Montreal. I received my DPhil from the University of Oxford, and my BA and MA from the University of Calgary. Since 2007, I have been looking at records declassified records in the UK, USA, and Israel which shed new light on the story of the Palestine Mandate, but also on the previously unknown role of intelligence in countering terrorism & insurgency, and in shaping British policy.
Qualifications:
- DPhil – University of Oxford
- MA – University of Calgary
- BA – University of Calgary
Responsibility
Postgraduate Programmes
- MAISS Contributor
Module convenor
- pp3001 The Arab-Israeli Conflict
- pp1605 Conflict and Diplomacy in the Modern World
- pp5577 Intelligence History: Failure and Success
- pp5613 Intelligence History: Failure and Success (Distance Learning)
Administration
- web champion for politics & history
- Social Media Internship lead
- Director of Postgraduate Research
Newest selected publications
Wagner, S. (2024) 'Israel's intelligence failure prior to 7 October 2023', in Hefler, M. (ed.) Intelligence and Contemporary Conflict: Communication in Diplomacy, Statecraft and War. London : Stolpe Publishing. ISBN 10: 91-89882-15-6. ISBN 13: 978-91-89882-15-7.
Gustafson, K., Lomas, D., Wagner, S., Abdalla, N. and Davies, P. (2024) ''. Intelligence and National Security, 39 (3). pp. 400 - 419. ISSN: 0268-4527
Wagner, S. (Accepted) 'Assassination and Information Operations in Palestine, 1917-48', in Cormac, R., Long, M., Lester, G., Stout, M. and Van Puyvelde, D. (eds.) Covert Action: National Approaches to Practicing Unacknowledged Intervention. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press.
Wagner, S. (2023) ''. The English Historical Review, 138 (592). pp. 528 - 565. ISSN: 0013-8266
Wagner, S. (2023) ''. First World War Studies, 13 (2-3). pp. 172 - 173. ISSN: 1947-5020