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Analytic Tradecraft Standards in an Age of AI

June 2024 by Gerald McMahon

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Enhancing the Intelligence Cycle: How to Leverage Feedback to Provide More Valuable Intelligence

July 31, 2024 by Maria Robson-Morrow
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Challenging Biases and Assumptions in Analysis: Could Israel Have Averted Intelligence Failure?

April 2024 by Beth Sanner and Adam Siegel
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Intelligence Vendor Checklist

Jan. 16, 2024 by Maria Robson-Morrow, Katherine Tucker and Paul Kolbe

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Analytic Tradecraft Standards in an Age of AI

June 2024 by Gerald McMahon

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

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Enhancing the Intelligence Cycle: How to Leverage Feedback to Provide More Valuable Intelligence

July 31, 2024 by Maria Robson-Morrow

Article

President Biden chairs Situation Room meeting

AI Agents in Diplomacy – Promoting Stability or Chaos?

May. 22, 2024 by Gerald McMahon

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

This photo released by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service Saturday, April 20, 2024, shows an unmanned aerial vehicle drop a dummy bomb during its flight as Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visits the training ground of the Moscow Military District.

Challenging Biases and Assumptions in Analysis: Could Israel Have Averted Intelligence Failure?

April 2024 by Beth Sanner and Adam Siegel

Reports & Papers

from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs

A battle-scarred home draped with an Israeli flag in Kibbutz Be'eri, an Israeli communal farm on the Gaza border. AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov

Intelligence Vendor Checklist

Jan. 16, 2024 by Maria Robson-Morrow, Katherine Tucker and Paul Kolbe

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from Harvard Business Review

Professor Unmasks Russian Spy Who Stole the Secrets of Concorde

Nov. 25, 2023 by Alex Farber

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from The Times of London

The British-French SST as it touched down at Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport

Forging a Democratic Decision Advantage

October 2023 by Heidi von Stein and Michael Miner

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

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The New Cold War

Sep. 5, 2023 by Calder Walton

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from Today Explained

Lessons for Today's Cold War 2.0 with Russia, China

Aug. 8, 2023 by Christina Pazzanese

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from Harvard Gazette

NATO’s Concept for Deterrence and Defence of the Euro-Atlantic Area (DDA)

Aug. 2, 2023 by Stephen R. Covington

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, United States President Joe Biden, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoana stand during a meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council during a NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, July 12, 2023.

Putin and Prigozhin: It’s Complicated

Jul. 28, 2023 by Beth Sanner

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

A composite image of a tank being loaded on a truck as people line the streets and two paper masks of Vladimir Putin and Yevgeny Prigozhin.

The Real-Life Events of "Oppenheimer"

Jul. 26, 2023 by Calder Walton

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from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School

A black and white image from the film Oppenheimer showing Cillian Murray as Oppenheimer with his hat puled down over his face shielding himself from press photographers.