''Jane's Intelligence Review'' is a monthly journal on global security and stability issues published by

Jane's Information Group Jane's Information Group, now styled Janes, is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane. History Jane's Informat ...

. Its coverage includes international security issues, state stability, terrorism and insurgency, ongoing conflicts,

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, and weapons proliferation.

History

''Jane's Soviet Intelligence Review'' (1989–1991)

It was first published in January 1989 as ''Jane's Soviet Intelligence Review'', although a pilot edition had been produced in September the previous year and distributed at the

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in order to test the market. Uniquely for Jane's—and its then parent company, the

Thomson Corporation The Thomson Corporation was one of the world's largest information companies. It was established in 1989 following a merger between International Thomson Organisation Ltd (ITOL) and Thomson Newspapers. In 2008, it purchased Reuters Group to fo ...

—the magazine carried no advertising but relied on subscription revenue only. It was profitable in its first year of publication and is believed to have remained profitable ever since. Among the first subscribers were the then vice-president of the United States,

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, and the author

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. Included in the January 1989 issue were articles on the Soviet 2S6 air-defence system, the Soviet Mi-24 helicopter and the new commanding general of the

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, Army General

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''Jane's Intelligence Review'' (1991–present)

In 1991 in response to the breakup of the

Warsaw Pact The Warsaw Pact (WP) or Treaty of Warsaw, formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist repub ...

, the magazine changed its title to ''Jane's Intelligence Review'' although it had already expanded its coverage to include a special report on

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to the north, Iran to the east, the Persian Gulf and K ...

in October 1990 following that country's

invasion of Kuwait The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was an operation conducted by Iraq on 2 August 1990, whereby it invaded the neighboring State of Kuwait, consequently resulting in a seven-month-long Iraqi military occupation of the country. The invasion and Ira ...

. In July 1993 it published what is thought to be the first open source reference to "Osameh bin Ladin" who "focused his activities on the military side of jihad and poured millions of dollars into training camps." In August 2001 it carried a cover feature on Al Qaeda which documented the "genesis, operational methods and organisational structure of the Bin Laden network. It was also the source of some of the material plagiarized in the Blair government's infamous " Dodgy Dossier" concerning Iraq's alleged weapons of mass destruction. The magazine in its current form focuses on a range of global security/stability issues, and includes regular features on international security, state stability, terrorism and insurgency, organised crime, and proliferation and procurement. These articles are written by a wide range of expert authors and on-the-ground correspondents.

Editors

* Paul Beaver: pilot issue, 1988 * Henry Dodds: 1989–1992 * Robert Hall * Peter Felstead * Christopher Aaron * Paul Burton * Christian Le Mière: 2006–2010 * Anna Gilmour: 2010–2012 * Matthew Clements: 2012–2014 * Robert Munks: 2014

References

External links

* www.janes.com/whatwedo Intelligence websites Magazines established in 1989 Military magazines published in the United Kingdom Non-fiction works about espionage Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom {{military-mag-stub