Review: Improving Intelligence Analysis: Bridging the Gap between Scholarship and Practice

Stephen Marrin 4.0 out of 5 stars Analysis in Isolation from Reality, January 6, 2013 This book is insanely expensive. The author of the book has material published online that I recommend be accessed and considered before making any investment here. One starting point is my list to 2011 article and my lengthy comment, easily …

Reference: Atlantic Council Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for a Post-Western World

Document:  Envisioning 2030: US Strategy for a Post-Western World (Atlantic Council, 10 December 2030) Executive Summary Agree that we are at a potentially historic transition point.  However, the Atlantic Council lacks the strategic analytic model to make the most of its otherwise formidable brain trust.  Agree on the need for a new mental map, but …

Stephen Marrin: Evaluating the Quality of Intelligence Analysis: By What (Mis) Measure? With Comment by Robert Steele

Stephen Marrin Post-revision draft18 July 2011. Original draft submitted to Intelligence and National Security on 4 February 2011. Accepted for publication on 24 May 2011 pending minor revision. Evaluating the Quality of Intelligence Analysis: By What (Mis) Measure?< Dr. Stephen Marrin is a Lecturer in the Centre for Intelligence and Security Studies at Brunel University …