The Impact of the Information Revolution on Policymakers' Use of Intelligence Analysis

Abstract

The goal of this dissertation is to examine how the U.S. intelligence community can provide the best support to American policymakers. With the information revolution coming from the combination of rapid technological advances in both computing power and communications power, intelligence analysis may be far less relevant to policymakers today than it has been traditionally. Policymakers since the end of World War II have relied on intelligence when they needed information on foreign policy issues, but the explosion of available information today, much of it free or for sale with instant delivery on the World Wide Web (WwW), challenges the traditional role of intelligence in supporting the policymaking community.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2005
Accession Number
ADA437137

Entities

People

  • Lorne Teitelbaum

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Computer Communications
  • Computers
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles
  • International Relations
  • International Trade
  • Internet
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Network Computing
  • Reconnaissance Aircraft
  • Web Browsers
  • Word Processors

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Economics
  • Geospatial Intelligence and Artificial Intelligence Analytics
  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.