INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL WILDFIRES
INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT IN THE AGE OF DIGITAL WILDFIRES

Summary/Abstract: This paper argues that the advent of a new phenomenon of “digitalwildfires” will generate changes within the intelligence tradecraft on parwith the paradigmatic shifts of 9/11 or the economic crisis of 2008, albeit ina subtler, more insidious way.Moreover, Big Data, as a promise of intelligence analysis doneautomatically, without the need of a theoretical background, is not apanacea – now, more than ever, there is a need for a new breed ofintelligence analysts that can bridge social science expertise with atradecraft that relies more and more on technology

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