Author(s): Adrian-Liviu IVAN
Publication name: Romanian Intelligence Studies Review
Publisher name: Mihai Viteazul National Intelligence Academy
Publication type: Journal article
Publication date: December 31, 2022
Pagination:
Issue/ Volume: 28/2022
DOI:
The first modern Romanian intelligence school1 was established
in August 1992, precisely 30 years ago! Its birth is closely related to the
democratic course of the state and came as a natural continuation of the
reformation and democratization process of the intelligence activity that
began with the establishment of the Romanian Intelligence Service a year
earlier, in 1990. Thus, in August 1992, through Government Decision the
Superior Institute of Information (SII) was constituted, which was a
higher education unit dedicated to intelligence studies. The beginning
was not an easy one! Without a national or regional tradition of academic
studies in the field, without a consolidated scientific foundation, SII was,
in the 1990s, a pioneering, exploratory endeavour that sought to
harmonize the practical training needs of intelligence officers with the
aspiration to consolidate the field of intelligence as an independent field
of scientific investigation, related to the disciplines of psychology and
sociology. Only three years later, in April 1995, the Superior Institute of
Information became the National Institute of Information (NII), which
gave it the desired scope of a military institution of higher education at a
national level. The objective of the Institute at that time was to meet the
national quality standards in university education and to give validity
and coherence to the training efforts of the new officers.
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