Author(s): Ingmar WESTERMAN
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: June 30, 2019
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 21/2019
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Abstract
This text is a revised version of the keynote speech that the author delivered at
the 2019 conference of the European chapter of IAFIE. The conference took place in
Bucharest and was hosted by the Romanian National Intelligence Academy “Mihai
Viteazul”. A considerable number of European intelligence and security services
participated in this gathering of intelligence practitioners and scholars dedicated to
intelligence education. The text makes a case for integrating intelligence practice and
scholarship, drawing attention to some of its conditions, reasons and benefits. Several
examples ranging from established AIVD routine to some of the service’s latest initiatives
stress the significance of a close(r) cooperation between intelligence work, its study and
other academic disciplines and perspectives.
Keywords: intelligence education; integrating intelligence scholarship and
practice; IAFIE; AIVD.
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