About the Author

Richard Kerbaj is a Bafta-winning and twice Emmy-nominated filmmaker and writer who has specialised in investigating crime- and national security-related stories for more than fifteen years. He has written extensively about the impact that counter-terrorism and counter-espionage have had on intelligence agencies, including MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the CIA, in their battle against ISIS and al-Qaeda, Russia's widespread disinformation campaigns, and China's industrialised thefts of Western intellectual property.

Richard is a multi award-winning journalist who was the security correspondent for the Sunday Times from 2010 to 2020. Before that, he worked for The Times as a foreign correspondent, and for The Australian newspaper. He has also written and produced award-winning documentaries.