Strategic Restructuring of the U.S. Intelligence Community: A Civilian Intelligence Reserve

Abstract

The end of the Cold War led to significant reductions in national security spending and corresponding reductions in the Intelligence Community's (IC) workforce. The IC faces an increasing range of issues of interest to policy makers and remains responsible for covering both traditionally hostile states and new, transnational issues. The new challenges require skills not needed during the Cold War, and the current IC workforce lacks the specialized knowledge to fully cover the emerging transnational and global issues. Continuing budget restrictions prevent the IC from recruiting necessary specialists as full-time staff officers. This study argues that by developing a multi tiered Civilian Intelligence Reserve, the IC can gain access to collection and analytical expertise not found in the IC now.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 15, 1998
Accession Number
ADA342156

Entities

People

  • Eileen G. Swicker

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civilian Personnel
  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Foreign Policy
  • Foreign Relations
  • Governments
  • Human Intelligence
  • Intelligence Collection
  • Intelligence Cycle
  • Law
  • Military Reserves
  • National Governments
  • National Security
  • Students
  • United States
  • War Colleges

Fields of Study

  • Political science

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