Global Security and Intelligence Studies: Volume 4, Number 1, Spring / Summer 2019 - Couverture souple

Schnyder, Melissa

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1633918181 ISBN 13 : 9781633918184

Editeur : Westphalia Press, 2019

Synopsis

This first issue of the year features three original research articles, a research note, a unique perspective from a field setting, commentary on a policy-relevant issue, and two book reviews. Together, the research articles examine a breadth of issues related to intelligence and global security. First, in Forging Consensus? Approaches to Assessment in Intelligence Studies Programs, Jonathan C. Smith explores how assessment structures function in Intelligence Studies degree programs in the United States, including the extent to which evidence supports a cross-institutional consensus on methods of assessment. Based on an analysis of eight programs, the findings have implications for how well the current assessment structures help to advance the discipline as a whole. Next, Aidan Parkes offers a theoretically informed study in Power Shifts in the Saudi-Iranian Strategic Competition. In contrast to studies that view the rivalry as an example of the broader Sunni-Shia debate, alliances, or great power patrons, Parkes critically analyzes how tensions and conflict between Iran and Saudi Arabia develop parallel to global shifts in power. His article sheds light on how polarity theory can add a novel perspective to the Saudi-Iranian contest, as opposed to viewing it as isolated and regional. Finally, Fábio Nogueira de Miranda Filho’s article, Legitimacy of Intelligence According to Political Thinkers, is grounded in political philosophy. Nogueira de Miranda Filho examines the ideas of twelve prominent Western political thinkers, and then assesses the extent to which their political philosophies support the legitimacy of the modern intelligence service apparatus. Ranging from Machiavelli to Rousseau, Marx, Hayek, and many others, Nogueira de Miranda Filho evaluates an impressive breadth of political thought in offering a philosophical basis on which society may (and in some cases, may not) grant legitimacy to the intelligence service.In addition to these thought-provoking research articles, with this issue comes GSIS’s inaugural research note publication by Michelle Watts and Mark Colwell. Their note, Exploring the Digital Divide: Information Technology Governance and Native Nations, advances a novel research program that focuses on assessing information technology needs and current usage patterns among members of Native Nations across the United States, as well as exploring perceptions of the digital divide among indigenous populations. The Spring/Summer Voices from the Field section features a report by Jim Schnell entitled Considering Context as a Factor in HUMINT Collection and Analysis: A Voice from the Field. Schnell, who is currently conducting a Fulbright Scholar in Myanmar. In addition, with this issue we are very pleased to share the first Policy RelevantEssay authored by a doctoral student. In What Social Psychology Tells Us aboutInternational Tolerance of Gross Human Rights Abuses, Morgan Randolph Rust applies insights from two social psychology theories—cognitive dissonance and social exchange theory—to shed light on why there are inconsistencies when it comes to the enforcement of international law to prevent mass atrocities. Lastly, we present two book reviews in this issue. Joel Wickwire offers a reviewof Joanna Kulesza’s book, Due Diligence in International Law, which providesa timely commentary on states’ obligations to international law, particularly in light of rising tides of nationalism and isolationism, and Margaret S. Marangione reviews Reasoning for Intelligence Analysts by Noel Hendrickson, delivering insights into tools and methodologies for intelligence professionals in a complex world.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Westphalia Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1633918181
• ISBN 13: 9781633918184
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 134
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