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Alexandre Rios-Bordes is a lecturer in contemporary history at Paris Cité University and a member of the ECHELLES research laboratory. His research focuses on the history of war, conflict, security, intelligence, and surveillance.
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Governing Internal Threats
Editorial
In Cultures & Conflits (2025/5 n° 139-140)
The Threat in the Masses: ‘Modern’ War, Social Cohesion, and the Deployment of Security Surveillance (United States, 1910s-1930s)
In Cultures & Conflits (2025/5 n° 139-140)
When Military Intelligence Reconsiders the Nature of War
Elements for an Archeology of “National Security” (United States, 1919–1941)
In Politix (2013/4 No 104)
State Secrets Challenged: Herbert O. Yardley and “The American Black Chamber”
In Genèses (2007/3 No 68)
Imperialism in the United States
Historians, the Cold War, and the “American Empire”
In Hypothèses (2008/1 11)
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The Threat in the Masses: ‘Modern’ War, Social Cohesion, and the Deployment of Security Surveillance (United States, 1910s-1930s)
In Cultures & Conflits (2025/5 n° 139-140)
Governing Internal Threats
Editorial
In Cultures & Conflits (2025/5 n° 139-140)
Surveillance under stress: The socio-history of an emerging security arrangement in a democratic context. The United States in the early 20th century
In Cultures & Conflits (2019/2 No 114-115)
The logic of conspiracy. Intelligence services, United States, 1917-1941
In Cultures & Conflits (2017/4 No 108)
When Military Intelligence Reconsiders the Nature of War
Elements for an Archeology of “National Security” (United States, 1919–1941)
In Politix (2013/4 No 104)
State Secrets Challenged: Herbert O. Yardley and “The American Black Chamber”
In Genèses (2007/3 No 68)
Imperialism in the United States
Historians, the Cold War, and the “American Empire”
In Hypothèses (2008/1 11)