Making Strategic Analysis Matter

Abstract

This research was conducted for the organization formerly known as the Long-Range Analysis Unit -- now called the Strategic Futures Group -- of the National Intelligence Council (NIC). Its aim is to concentrate on consumers of intelligence and ask how they might be better served by analysis whose focus is longer term or more strategic than the current reporting that dominates today's intelligence production. These proceedings report on a workshop, held on July 1, 2010, attended by distinguished current and former policymakers as well as intelligence officers. Table of Contents: Chapter One -- The Purpose of Strategic and Long-Term Analysis; Chapter Two -- Issues in Strategic Analysis; Chapter Three -- A Provocative Example: U.S. Policy in the Middle East; Chapter Four -- Strategic Analysis and Policymakers; Appendix A -- Strategic Analysis: Lessons from Practice in Other Realms; and Appendix B -- List of Participants.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2012
Accession Number
ADA558133

Entities

People

  • Gregory F. Treverton
  • Jeremy J. Ghez

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Department Of State
  • Employment
  • European Union
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Intelligence Community (United States)
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Systems
  • Public Policy
  • Recreation
  • Risk Analysis
  • Strategic Analysis
  • Unified Combatant Commands
  • United States Strategic Command

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Business Analytics
  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies