Course ID: | INTL 8290. 3 hours. |
Course Title: | Strategic Intelligence |
Course Description: | Examines the use of intelligence agencies to gather, assess, and
disseminate information to US foreign policymakers and explores
the use of intelligence for covert action and for
counterintelligence. Compares and contrasts US intelligence with
practices in regimes throughout the world. |
Oasis Title: | STRATEGIC INTEL |
Prerequisite: | INTL 6200 or permission of department |
Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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Course Objectives: | Provides the student with a sound understanding of information
flows in the making of American foreign policy. Students will
learn about the sequencing of how information flows from the
field, through the White House and other bureaucratic layers.
Students will gain a nuanced understanding of the methods of
covert action and the intricacies of counterintelligence both in
the area of American foreign policy as well as in the foreign
policy making of other nations. |
Topical Outline: | 1) Definitions of strategic intelligence
2) Theories of intelligence
3) The intelligence cycle
4) Planning and direction
5) Collection
6) Processing and production
7) Analysis
8) Dissemination
9) Covert action
10) Counterintelligence
11) Intelligence accountability
12) The future of American intelligence |