THE CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS AND POLICYMAKERS
THE CHALLENGING RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INTELLIGENCE ANALYSTS AND POLICYMAKERS

Summary/Abstract: The present article investigates the reasons why tensions and dysfunctions appear in the relationship between analysts and policymakers, the misunderstandings that cause intelligence reports to be either inadequate or discarded, the nature of the analysts and policymakers’ individual and respective jobs and the possible sources of incongruence. The aim of the article is to provide a better understanding of what each community could do to fluidise the process of analysis and decision-making, what responsibilities policymakers should assume and what characteristics intelligence reports should exhibit to be more useful and timely.

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