intelligence and globalisation. no longer the missing dimension of history?
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Intelligence and Globalisation
No longer the missing dimension of history?
Intelligence in the papers - every day for a decadebut not covered in a sophisticated way
The Strange World of Baylis & Smith?
Intell - a subset of Foreign Policy Analysis
The deck chair school of intelligence studies
Amy ZegartSpying Blind
What did intell miss between 1989 and 2003?
‘Targettism’ - The search for the next target
Jim Woolsey DCI 22 Feb 1993Economic intelligence“hottest current topic”
The New Terrorism – 1989? 1993? 2001?
Other people of interest in the 1990sOrganized crime kills more than war or terror
What does globalization do to the intell environment?
1. Cult/Econ provocation – diverse enemies2. Provides provoked with new weapons3. Removes boundaries – states then need
intel-led policy4. ‘Risk societies’ want pre-emption/cover5. Toilet cleaners of globalization6. But not prestigious – dirty agents
What does globalization do to the intelligence environment?
1. Complexity makes collection much harder2. Requires counter-intuitive sharing3. Enforcement – hunters not gatherers4. Trashes tac int cycle? – David Omand5. Dissolves foreign/domestic boundary 6. Corodes state secrecy – reverse gaze7. Towards Knowledge Intensive Security???
What does globalization do to intell services?
The World of Knowledge Intensive Security
1. What was intelligence in 1970/1990/20002. David Omand’s “Protected Info”3. Pressure for wholesale surveillance IMP?4. Or Data-veillance – many little brothers5. The pleasure of self-surveillance6. No longer just 3 agencies in gov - Locals7. Businesses – airlines banks ISPs8. How do we incorporate the citizen? - PNJ
Globalization conjures up a new ecology knowledge-intensive security?
Intelligence and the nation-state system
1. The Westphalian system- cake and eat it2. Strong global civil society = Dana Priest3. KIS = lots of data about int services4. Shift from political regulation to law5. Whistle-blowing - Shield Law Rep –R/dems6. Over the last 20 years business 7. How to engage with society? Trust ?
Globalization also conjures up regulation by revelation ???
Intelligence and two worlds of globalization?
Tin Foil Hat Cat says “thank you for listening”