Overview

Of the many functions carried out by intelligence agencies, analysis and assessment has received comparatively little scholarly attention. In October 1994 the Canadian Association for Security and Intelligence Studies (CASIS) and the Intelligence Section of the International Studies Association (ISA) attended to this deficit by holding a special international conference on the subject in Ottawa. This volume is the product of that conference. The essays may be divided into four self-contained sets. The first examines critically the assessment systems now in place in Britain, the USA, Germany and Australia. The second looks at the bureaucratic dynamics of analysis and assessment. The changing ground that intelligence is currently experiencing is the focus of the third section. Finally, the volume considers the impact of new technologies and modes of communication on intelligence gathering and analysis.

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Author:   David Charters ,  Stuart Farson ,  Glenn P. Hastedt
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 13.80cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.600kg
ISBN:  

9780714647098

ISBN 10:   0714647098
Pages:   236
Publication Date:   30 June 1996
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction: shifting paradigms and shifting gears - a perspective on why there is no post-Cold War intelligence agenda, Alan E. Goodman. National assessment systems: assessment machinery - British and American models, Michael Herman; the US Government's experience with intelligence analyses - pluses and minuses, Harold P. Ford; the German analysis and assessment system, Harald Nielsen; national intelligence assessment - Australia's experience, A.D. McLennan. The producer/user interface: American presidents and their intelligence communities, Christopher Andrew; organizational politics and the development of Britain's intelligence producer/consumer interface, Philip H.J. Davies; intelligence analyst/manager relations at the CIA, John A. Gentry. New analytical priorities: proliferation and arms control, Paula L. Scalingi; analysis and assessment for peacekeeping operations, Sir David Ramsbotham; security intelligence, the national interest and the global environment, Simon Dalby. The open source revolution: intelligence analysis in the age of electronic dissemination, Peter Sharfman; private enterprise intelligence - its potential contribution to national security, Robert David Steele.

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