| ID | 116161 |
| Title Proper | Intelligence studies centers |
| Other Title Information | making scholarship on intelligence analysis useful |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Marrin, Stephen |
| Publication | 2012. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Improving intelligence analysis requires bridging the gap between scholarship and practice. Intelligence studies as an academic discipline is not very theoretical compared to the more established disciplines of political science and international relations. In terms of conceptual depth, levels of abstraction and theoretical development, even the theoretical portions of the academic intelligence studies literature could be described as policy relevant and potentially useful for practitioners, including intelligence analysts. Yet despite this orientation to the practitioner, there is still a substantial gap between scholars and practitioners, thus replicating within a more applied context the conventional theory/practice divide that exists in other fields. Those fields do, however, possess a variety of ideas and recommendations that could be used to bring scholarship on intelligence analysis closer to practice. If implemented, these ideas might help actualize the benefits of scholarship that are as yet still unrealized potential. |
| `In' analytical Note | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 27, No.3; Jun 2012: p.398-422 |
| Journal Source | Intelligence and National Security Vol. 27, No.3; Jun 2012: p.398-422 |
| Key Words | Intelligence Studies Centers ; International Relations ; Political Science ; Intelligence Analysts |