03555nam 2200685 a 450 991045067900332120200520144314.01-281-12143-69786611121433981-270-745-X(CKB)1000000000334154(EBL)312297(OCoLC)476099508(SSID)ssj0000243429(PQKBManifestationID)11186523(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243429(PQKBWorkID)10322953(PQKB)10367950(MiAaPQ)EBC312297(WSP)00006357(Au-PeEL)EBL312297(CaPaEBR)ebr10188775(CaONFJC)MIL112143(OCoLC)935263842(EXLCZ)99100000000033415420061220d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrSeeing the invisible[electronic resource] national security intelligence in an uncertain age /Thomas QuigginHackensack, NJ World Scientificc20071 online resource (265 p.)"S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies."981-270-482-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index.foreword; Preface; Contents; 1. The plan of the book; 2. Understanding National Security; 3. The Complex and Uncertain International security environment; 4. Strategic Intelligence Assessment and surprise attacks; 5. Ancient and Assessment: Common Problems; 6. Reinforcing intelligence Failures; 7. Technology and intelligence; 8. structure and organization: The Weakness of centralized intelligence; 9. Faint Signals; 10. More Faint Signaler Being Missed?; 11. National security intelligence and the Front Line Requirements; 12. Open Source intelligence13. Anticipating Future Threats: The Problem Areas 14. Anticipating Future Threats: The Areas of Strength; 15. The Singapore Risk Assessment and Horizon scanning Process; 16. Rethinking National Security Intelligence; Appendix A: National security and Education: Thing Across the Boundaries of Time and specialization; Bibliography; indexIntelligence is critical to ensuring national security, especially with asymmetric threats making up most of the new challenges. Knowledge, rather than power, is the only weapon that can prevail in a complex and uncertain environment awash with asymmetric threats, some known, many currently unknown. This book shows how such a changing national security environment has had profound implications for the strategic intelligence requirements of states in the 21st century. The book shows up the fallacy underlying the age-old assumption that intelligence agencies must do a better job of connectingNational securitySecurity, InternationalIntelligence serviceNational securityEconomic aspectsSecurity, InternationalEconomic aspectsElectronic books.National security.Security, International.Intelligence service.National securityEconomic aspects.Security, InternationalEconomic aspects.355/.033Quiggin Thomas906593MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910450679003321Seeing the invisible2027606UNINA