Essay from the year 2017 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: N/A, Brunel University, course: Intelligence & Security Studies, language: English, abstract: The issue of the mutual boundaries between Counterintelligence (CI) and Security (Sy) activities and responsibilities has been largely engaged on a theoretical level over the last few decades. However, the lack of an accurate and widely agreed distinction has generated a certain confusion about what the actual distribution of the responsibilities of each activity is in daily practice. As a preliminary discussion, this essay will analyse the responsibilities of both CI agents and Sy officers