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Shadow Networks: Strategic Intelligence and Mapping Covert Influence in Great Power Competition
How do states project power through opaque commercial ties, talent pipelines, and dual-use research collaborations that rarely register on traditional intelligence radars? This session with Strider explores the emerging discipline of strategic intelligence as a means of detecting and mapping the hidden networks that underpin contemporary geopolitical rivalry. Drawing on large-scale open-source data and advanced analytics, the discussion will examine how seemingly benign corporate structures, venture investments, and academic partnerships can be leveraged to advance state objectives in technology acquisition, supply chain penetration, and influence operations.
The conversation situates these dynamics within the broader shift from kinetic confrontation to geoeconomic contestation, where intelligence increasingly serves as the connective tissue between national security, economic policy, and innovation governance. Attendees will gain insight into how governments and institutions can identify latent vulnerabilities, build resilience against covert exploitation, and operationalize intelligence for strategic decision-making in an era defined by gray-zone competition and systemic interdependence.
Speaker Bio: Mr Bagge is the Senior Intelligence Advisor at Strider Technologies, where he leads the Europe Intelligence Team out of London. Before joining Strider he worked for 18 years for the Czech Government. He previously served as the chief technology strategist in the Czech Military Intelligence Service. Prior to this post, he spent eight years working for the Czech National Cyber Information Security Agency, which he co-founded, holding positions of Director of Cyber Security Policies Department and Cyber Attaché in Washington DC. He holds a master’s degree from the International Security Studies Programme at George C. Marshall Centre for Security Studies and is author of Unmasking Maskirovka: Russia’s Cyber influence Operations.
Date:
2 March 2026, 17:30
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Seminar Room TBA
Speaker:
Daniel Bagge (Strider Technologies)
Organiser:
Zachary Turinsky (University of Oxford)
Part of:
Emerging Threats & Technology Working Group
Booking required?:
Required
Booking email:
info@emergingthreats.co.uk
Audience:
Oxford University Members and Wider Academic/Policy Community
Editor:
Christopher Morris
