Preface : 1. Introduction : a case for a poststructuralist approach -- Spies : 2. Intelligence theory and surveillance practice -- 3. The intertextual power of international intrigue -- Terror : 4. Reading terrorism and the national security culture -- 5. The terrorist discourse -- Speed : 6. The (S)pace of international relations -- 7. S/N : international theory, Balkanization, and the new world order -- War : 8. Cyberwar, videogames, and the Gulf War Syndrome