Filip Kovacevic is a political scientist whose research focuses on intelligence studies, security institutions, and the political history of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe. He is a professor at University of San Francisco, where he teaches courses on intelligence analysis, geopolitics, and international security. Kovacevic is the author of "KGB Literati: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union," published by University of Toronto Press in 2025. The book examines the relationship between Soviet intelligence services and the development of spy fiction, analyzing how writers connected to the KGB produced literature that reflected and shaped official narratives about espionage and state security. His research combines political history, literary analysis, and intelligence studies to explore how security institutions influenced cultural production during the Soviet period.