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Strategic Analysis in Support of International Policy Making
Case Studies in Achieving Analytical Relevance
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2017
Summary
The book aims to improve our understanding of what it means to create high-quality analytical products by focusing on the concept of relevance for policy-makers. Despite variations in context, strategic analysts in different sectors (in both intelligence and non-intelligence government organizations, private consultancies, think tanks, and academia) face similar problems in identifying the needs of their clients and setting up organizations with the mandates, structures, and personnel necessary to address those needs. The objective is therefore to identify these common challenges, compare solutions, and share lessons learned. To do so, broader thematic reflections on strategic analysis are combined with innovative case studies of how organizations have worked to successfully produce relevant analysis. The first section explores challenges to achieving relevance at the level of the analyst, while the remainder of the book analyses cases at the level of organizations.
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Copyright year
2017
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-5761-0
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-5763-4
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
275
Product type
Edited Book
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Contents No access
Introduction No access
1 Making Strategic Analysis Matter No access Pages 1 - 18
2 When the Dominant Discourse Encounters Small State Realities No access Pages 19 - 36
3 How Intelligence Analysis Education Tries to Improve Strategic Analysis No access Pages 37 - 56
4 Here (Very Likely) Be Dragons No access Pages 57 - 76
5 The U.S. National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends No access Pages 77 - 94
6 Intelligence Informs Foreign Policy Making at the U.S. State Department No access Pages 95 - 110
7 The Role of Strategic Analysis in Operations No access Pages 111 - 130
8 How to Create an “Institutional Think Tank” within a Ministry of Defense (and Make It Last) No access Pages 131 - 146
9 The Practice of Open Intelligence No access Pages 147 - 162
10 The NATO Defense College No access Pages 163 - 186
11 Stratfor No access Pages 187 - 202
12 Strategic Thinking or Thinking Strategically? No access Pages 203 - 224
13 Balancing Responsiveness, Relevance, and Expertise No access Pages 225 - 242
Conclusion No access Pages 243 - 258
Index No access Pages 259 - 270
About the Editor and Contributors No access Pages 271 - 275
