LEADER 03507nam 2200673 a 450 001 9910784041203321 005 20230607173932.0 010 $a1-281-12143-6 010 $a9786611121433 010 $a981-270-745-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000334154 035 $a(EBL)312297 035 $a(OCoLC)476099508 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000243429 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11186523 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000243429 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10322953 035 $a(PQKB)10367950 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC312297 035 $a(WSP)00006357 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL312297 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10188775 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL112143 035 $a(OCoLC)935263842 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000334154 100 $a20061220d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSeeing the invisible $enational security intelligence in an uncertain age /$fThomas Quiggin 210 $aHackensack, NJ $cWorld Scientific$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (xvi, 246 pages) 300 $a"S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies." 311 1 $a981-270-482-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index. 327 $aforeword; 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 intelligence 327 $a13. 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; index 330 $aIntelligence 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 connecting 606 $aNational security 606 $aSecurity, International 606 $aIntelligence service 606 $aNational security$xEconomic aspects 606 $aSecurity, International$xEconomic aspects 615 0$aNational security. 615 0$aSecurity, International. 615 0$aIntelligence service. 615 0$aNational security$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aSecurity, International$xEconomic aspects. 676 $a355/.033 700 $aQuiggin$b Thomas$01576900 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784041203321 996 $aSeeing the invisible$93855036 997 $aUNINA