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Seeing the invisible [[electronic resource] ] : national security intelligence in an uncertain age / / Thomas Quiggin



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Autore: Quiggin Thomas Visualizza persona
Titolo: Seeing the invisible [[electronic resource] ] : national security intelligence in an uncertain age / / Thomas Quiggin Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (265 p.)
Disciplina: 355/.033
Soggetto topico: National security
Security, International
Intelligence service
National security - Economic aspects
Security, International - Economic aspects
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: "S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies."
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-242) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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 intelligence
13. 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
Sommario/riassunto: Intelligence 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
Titolo autorizzato: Seeing the invisible  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-12143-6
9786611121433
981-270-745-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910450679003321
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