| ID | 092455 |
| Title Proper | Managing national security and law enforcement intelligence in a globalised world |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | O'brien, Kevin A |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | This article argues that there are five major challenges currently facing Western intelligence communities. First - ensuring skills retention for intelligence officers and analysts, while developing knowledgeable managers and customers, all in an increasingly-complex security environment. Second - instituting and inculcating knowledge and expertise in these staff - while addressing an opponent in al-Qaeda which demonstrates increasingly sophisticated use of IT, new media, etc. Third - drawing-in outside expertise from the research and business communities, as is done currently in the US and Canada but in only a very limited manner in the UK. Fourth - overcoming institutional rigidity in dividing the foreign and domestic - alongside rigid sharing and co-operation relationships. Fifth - creating truly collaborative environments that offer genuine socio-cultural incentives to collaboration rather than mere 'IT solutions'. |
| `In' analytical Note | Review of International Studies Vol. 35, No. 4; Oct 2009: p.903-915 |
| Journal Source | Review of International Studies Vol. 35, No. 4; Oct 2009: p.903-915 |
| Key Words | National Security ; Enforcement Intelligence ; Globalised World ; Complex Security Environment ; Canada ; United States |