An Evidence-Based Evaluation of 12 Core Structured Analytic Techniques

Since its inception more than 60 years ago academic and professional writing has generated a great deal of useful practitioner case-knowledge but little in the way of scientifically validated research on intelligence practice. A recent review of 5,800 articles encompassing 172,000 pages confirms thi...

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Published in:International journal of intelligence and counterintelligence 2017-04, Vol.30 (2), p.368-391
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