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Military intelligence fusion for complex operations : a new paradigm /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Connable, Ben
Corporate Authors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.), Rand Corporation
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand Corp., 2012.
Series:Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) ; OP-377-RC.
Subjects:
Military intelligence > United States.
Military intelligence > Methodology.
Behavioral assessment > United States.
Behavioral assessment > Methodology.
Counterinsurgency > United States.
Counterinsurgency > Methodology.
Counterinsurgency > Social aspects.
Online Access:http://www.rand.org/content/dam/rand/pubs/occasional_papers/2012/RAND_OP377.pdf
Table of Contents:
  • Assumptions and definitions
  • The current analytic paradigm : fusion as a method, not an approach
  • Systems analysis is inadequate to understand complex environments
  • Analyses in Afghanistan and Iraq have been channelized
  • Military intelligence created a "white" intelligence capability
  • There is a natural inclination to channelize and focus on the enemy
  • Color-coding is a false paradigm that undermines analytic fusion
  • A paradigm shift in fusion analysis for complex operations is needed
  • Implementing the new paradigm requires both change and compromise
  • A new paradigm requires a shift in the analytic workforce dynamic
  • Fusion for the "post-COIN" environment.