This book examines intelligence analysis in the digital age and demonstrates how intelligence has entered a new era. While intelligence is an ancient activity the digital age is a relatively new phenomenon. This volume uses the concept of the digital age to highlight the increased change complexity and pace of information that is now circulated as new technology has reduced the time it takes to spread news to almost nothing. These factors mean that decision-makers face an increasingly challenging threat environment which in turn increases the demand for timely relevant and reliable intelligence to support policymaking. In this context the book demonstrates that intelligence places greater demands on analysis work as the traditional intelligence cycle is no longer adequate as a process description. In the digital age it is not enough to accumulate as much information as possible to gain a better understanding of the world. To meet customers’ needs the intelligence process must be centred around the analysis work – which in turn has increased the demand for analysts. Assessments not least predictions are now just as important as revealing someone else’s secrets. This volume will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies security studies and international relations.|Intelligence Analysis in the Digital Age | Military & Strategic Studies
