Publications
Matador Publishing produces long-form work at the intersection of statecraft, counterintelligence, and political philosophy. This page also lists the founder's titles published under other imprints, alongside the firm's commissioned and independent research.
Shane McNeil · Logan Rogue · Andrew Rolander
Twelve conflicts, twelve drinks, and the argument that the social history of war is not a footnote to the strategic history of it. Each chapter takes a cocktail with a genuine claim on a moment of military history and uses it to open the period.
Available in hardcover and paperback, with an ebook edition.
Dr. Shane A. McNeil, writing as Praesidius
A philosophical and strategic case that counterintelligence is the stewardship of a free civilization rather than a bureaucratic security function. The argument runs from the constitutional premise through the practical question of what a republic owes the people it asks to guard it.
The first edition appeared under the pen name Praesidius and is now out of print. A second edition, published under the author's own name with the pen name disclosed, is in preparation.
Work written by the firm's founder and published elsewhere. Matador Publishing is not the publisher of record for these titles.
Dr. Shane A. McNeil
An argument that counterintelligence is a strategic instrument of statecraft rather than a defensive support function, and that the distinction shapes how a democracy competes against authoritarian rivals.
Published in hardcover by Sentinel Publishing, the imprint of the Sentinel Research & Policy Institute.
Dr. Lamia Zia · Dr. Shane McNeil · Dr. Tiffany Ceasor
A first-edition university textbook on data privacy, written for students entering cybersecurity, homeland security, and criminal justice programs. Adopted for undergraduate instruction.
Dr. Shane A. McNeil
An institutional history of American counterintelligence from the X-2 branch of the Office of Strategic Services to the present, written as a textbook. A preliminary edition is in preparation with Cognella.
Commissioned and independent research, built exclusively from publicly available information, with documented fact kept visibly separate from projection.
A white paper proposing the establishment of an Intelligence and Counterintelligence Technology Research Laboratory at Texas Tech University, arguing for a national academic home for counterintelligence technology research.
An analysis of the second and third order counterintelligence effects of nationality-based restrictions on frontier artificial intelligence access, argued from the historical record of COCOM, Wassenaar, and cryptography export control.
Client-directed white papers, analytic frameworks, and decision support products developed under advisory engagements. Availability depends on client release.
All Matador research and analytical products are built exclusively from publicly available information. This is both a legal constraint and a reputational commitment, and it holds regardless of what a client would prefer.
Claims are cited. Where the evidence supports a conclusion, the document says so and shows the basis. Where the analysis moves from evidence into projection, the document marks the transition rather than letting the reader assume the same footing applies throughout. Uncertainty is stated as uncertainty.
Formal research products follow Chicago Manual of Style citation conventions.
White papers, analytic frameworks, threat assessments, and decision support material developed to a defined scope and timeline.