Author(s): Florian COLDEA
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2019
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Issue/ Volume: 21/2019
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Abstract
Intelligence is as much a profession as it is a discipline, as it is the gathering of
information and the information itself. Intelligence is both a product and a process. It
has a specific jargon, working methodologies, specific knowledge, and its own doctrines,
theorizing it; it has its own means and methods of work and has grown into a fully-
fledged academic field. Strategic intelligence is constantly trying to get straight two
fundamental questions of the activity: what is its purpose, and what are its methods. The
rest are a myriad of adjacent questions regarding objectives, how they are selected, what
are the terminological details, its history, its limits etc.
Keywords: intelligence education, theory, practice, case-studies, guidelines.
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