Intelligence and Security
The Center for Peace and Security studies (CPASS) sponsors in-depth research exploring the challenges facing the intelligence community. CPASS scholars combine their vast professional experience in intelligence work with their rigorous academic research to address issues such as intelligence reform, analysis,and the role of intelligence work in homeland security.
Forthcoming Publication
Analyzing Intelligence by Roger George and James Bruce
Georgetown University Press
In April, 2008 the Center will welcome a new volume Analyzing Intelligence (Georgetown University Press, 2008 forthcoming) edited by professional intelligence analysts, published academics and Security Studies Program (SSP) faculty members Roger Z. George and James Bruce. The essays in this volume are for students and scholars of intelligence. The chapters address what the profession of intelligence analysis has been, where it is headed, and how it can improve its performance in the post-9/11 and Iraq/WMD period.
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Related Publications
- "Intelligence, Policy and the War in Iraq"
During the run-up to the invasion of Iraq, writes the intelligence community's former senior analyst for the Middle East, the Bush administration disregarded the community's expertise, politicized the intelligence process, and selected unrepresentative raw intelligence to make its public case.
- Analyzing Intelligence
Drawing on the individual and collective experience of recognized intelligence experts and scholars in the field, Analyzing Intelligence provides the first comprehensive assessment of the state of intelligence analysis since 9/11.
- ""No Torture. No Exceptions" Series"
Paul Pillar contributes to the debate on the use of torture.
Related Media Files
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"The Right Stuff - What the CIA Got Right in Iraq"
- September 19, 2007
- Paul R. Pillar discusses his article "The Right Stuff" on two intelligence community assessments about Iraq that were supervised by him and were published before the war.
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"The 'Reliable Replacement Warhead' and the Future of US Nuclear Forces"
- March 19, 2007
Dr. Ivan Oelrich, Vice President for Strategic Security Programs at the Federation of American Scientists; Adjunct Professor in the Security Studies Program
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