Intelligence Apparatuses’ Roles and Functions in the Former Eastern Bloc Totalitarian States

Dr. Kiril Avramov, an ISP Fellow, published an article – “Raiders of the Past: Bulgarian State Security’s Cultural Historical Intelligence in Service of Regime’s Quest for ‘Socialist Patriotism’” – in the Journal of Intelligence History. Avramov examines how the Bulgarian Cultural Historical Intelligence Department served as a policy support tool for the socialist regime’s pursuit of legitimacy in the late 1970s. The article also explores how the department supported cultural nationalism while combatting “ideological subversion.” Access the full article HERE.