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Personal profile
Steve Long obtained a PhD from the University of Birmingham in the UK. He has worked at the University of Nottingham and Canterbury Christ Church University before joining XJTLU in 2018. His research focuses on US foreign policy, covert action and intelligence in the Cold War period, and he is currently working on a project examining Anglo-American covert intervention in Albania in the Truman and Eisenhower years. He has taught a wide range of modules on international affairs, diplomatic and American history and US foreign policy. He is keen to supervise research projects on topics including US foreign policy, intelligence studies, and Cold War history.
Research interests
US foreign policy
Covert action
Anglo-American intelligence
Cold War history
Experience
Programme Director, BA International Relations (2018-21)
Final Year Project Coordinator (2021-present)
Peer Observation Coordinator (2021-23)
Teaching
INS306 US Intelligence and Foreign Policy (year 4)
INS101 ‘Contemporary International Relations’ (year 2)
INS104 ‘History of the Americas’ (year 2)
Awards and honours
Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (2016)
Three Golden Apple nominations for Exceptional Teaching by CCCUs Student Union (2014, 2016 2017)
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD University of Birmingham
MPhil University of Birmingham
BA University of Birmingham
Person Types
- Staff
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
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Reappraising Rollback: Western Covert Action in the Soviet Bloc in the Early Cold War
1/01/23 → 31/12/25
Project: Internal Research Project
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A Rich Harvest of Bitter Fruit: CIA-MI6 Covert Action in Communist Albania at the Dawn of the Cold War
Long, S., 2025, (In preparation) Icon Books.Research output: Book/Report/Edited volume › Book
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Anglo-American Covert Action in Albania: Eight Critiques of the Orthodox Historiography of Operation BGFiend/Valuable
Long, S., 2024, (Submitted) In: Journal of Intelligence History.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Friends Disunited: Explaining US-UK Covert Action in Albania
Long, S. & Cormac, R., 2024, In: International History Review.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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‘Inexpensive to us and yet very valuable to the impoverished Albanian people’: Covert Foreign Aid and the Anglo-American Subversion of Albania, 1951-55
Long, S., 2024, In: Cold War History. 24, 2, p. 277-297 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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One size does not fit all: rollback orthodoxy and Anglo-American covert action in Albania and Ukraine in the early Cold War
Long, S. & Cacciatore, F., 2023, In: Intelligence and National Security. 39, 4, p. 599-619 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review