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3 Needs of the Intelligence Community
3 Needs of the Intelligence Community
Pages 7-14
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First, he highlighted what policy makers, as the customers, expect and need from the IC analysts. Second, he introduced the notion of an analytic framework, which analysts use to make sense of received information and help policy makers understand the issues they face.
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As such, the framework has a longer shelf life beyond specific answers to narrower questions. Third, analysts warn policy makers, as appropriate, of impending developments or crises, he said.
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He also pointed to differences in the two communities' areas of inquiry (areas of narrow focus compared to those with a broader focus or with considerable ambiguity) , consumers (fellow experts in a substantive area compared to policy makers, who are generalists)
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customer sets: war ghters, policy makers, and the DOD acquisition fi community. Strayer explained that the 2015 National Military Strategy1 defines national military objectives as follows: deter, deny, and defeat state adversaries; disrupt, degrade, and defeat violent extremist organizations; and strengthen the global network of allies and partners.
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In closing, Strayer emphasized that warfighters need information in a different form than policy makers. Warfighters, who are often put in harm's
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Gaukel referred to a book written by the late Alexander George.2 The author lamented that much of what scholars focus on is of little interest to national security analysts and policy makers. However, he also pointed out that far too many national security analysts and policy makers have little knowledge of scholarly work that actually might assist them.
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Needed subject domains cover a huge spectrum and include, but are not limited to, areas such as understanding deterrence and escalation; implications of massive destruction power; risk of pandemics, either naturally occurring or intentionally caused; and conflict or migration exacerbated or perhaps triggered by climate change. In closing, Gaukel pointed out that intelligence analysts and policy makers accept uncertainty, but in applying research to practice, analysts need to figure out the tipping point or how to sort out the true positives from the false positives and negatives.
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The role of intelligence analysis is to alert policy makers to potential tradeoffs, at times to areas they might not have thought about. The analysts generally report what they think is happening on a given issue and why, and what they think will happen next.
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