Includes bibliographical references and index.

Foreword / Kjell Grandhagen -- Introduction: An old activity in a new age -- The historical backdrop -- Intelligence as decision-making support -- The necessity of experts -- Open-Source and social media intelligence -- Analysing with artificial intelligence -- Warning of hybrid threats -- Futures and forecasting -- Capturing the customer's attention -- Avoiding politicisation -- Being ethically conscious -- Conclusion: Towards an analytic-centric intelligence process.

"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 describe 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 changes mean that decisionmakers 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 the customers' needs, the intelligence process must be centred around the analysis work - which makes it more demanding than ever to be an analyst. Assessments, and 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"-- Provided by publisher.

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