Philip H. J. Davies is one of a growing number of British academic scholars of intelligence but the only academic to approach the subject in terms of political science rather than history. He wrote his Ph D at the University of Reading on the topic Organisational Development of Britains Secret Intelligence Service 1909-1979 & has published extensively on intelligence & defence issues. After completing his Ph D he taught for a year & a half on the University of London external degree programme in Singapore before returning to the UK to lecture at the University of Reading for two years. He was formerly Associate Professor of International & Security Studies at the University of Malaya in Malaysia where he not only conducted his research but provided a range of training & consultancy services to the Malaysian intelligence & foreign services. He is now based at Brunel University UK