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We analyze the role of intelligence in policymaking, assessing how intelligence informs decision making and understanding its impact on national security and international relations.

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Analytic Tradecraft Standards in an Age of AI

June 2024 by Gerald McMahon

Article

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

July 31, 2024 by Maria Robson-Morrow
Reports & Papers

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

April 2024 by Beth Sanner and Adam Siegel
Reports & Papers

Intelligence Community Ethical Practice

June 2023 by Robert Odell

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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

Network visualization

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

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 Community Ethical Practice

June 2023 by Robert Odell

Reports & Papers

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

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How Information Flows Impact Decision Making

May. 11, 2023

Article

from Center for Strategic & International Studies

Commuters wearing face masks walk across an intersection near an electronic billboard for China's armed forces during the morning rush hour in Beijing, Friday, Feb. 10, 2023.

China's 21st Century Aspirational Empire

May 2023 by Robert Odell

Reports & Papers

A worker cleans glass panels of the Bank of China headquarters building near a decoration setup for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 26, 2018. Chinese President Xi Jinping will chair the forum held in the capital city from Sept. 3-4, 2023.

Study Groups Explore Issues from Middle East Reform to Intelligence Use and Abuse

Fall 2022

Blog Post

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Report: Marking the CIA’s 75th Anniversary: Reflections on the Past, Visions of the Future

December 2022 by Calder Walton, Nidal Morrison and Michael Miner

Reports & Papers

Nathalia Holt, Nicholas Ryenolds, Calder Walton, and Maria Robson-Morrow speak on a panel “Pulling Back the Secret Curtain: Historical Perspectives.”