Peter Grace
New Zealand-based academic and author of The Intelligence Intellectuals: Social Scientists and the Making of the CIA, providing expertise on the role of social scientists in shaping CIA analysis during the early Cold War.
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May 2, 2026 • 30min
How Academics Shaped the CIA
Peter Grace, a New Zealand academic and author of The Intelligence Intellectuals, explains how postwar social scientists helped build CIA analysis. He discusses Sherman Kent’s methods, the role of historians and economists, field reporting and source testing, shifts in academia’s relationship with intelligence, and the promises and perils of AI for analysis.
