Wednesday, 27 November 2013 11:00
Good judgment in forecasting international affairs - The Washington Post
The Economist’s The World in 2014 issue just hit newsstands, focusing international attention on the geopolitical outcomes we can expect to see over the next 12-14 months. The issue features an article by University of Pennsylvania psychologist Phil Tetlock and journalist Dan Gardner on the Good Judgment Project, a research study funded by the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA, the U.S. government’s analog to DARPA), which makes such geopolitical predictions every day.
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Thursday, 21 November 2013 13:22
A New Model for Defense Intelligence
On November 20, the Intelligence Project at Brookings and the National Intelligence University co-hosted a discussion with Lieutenant General Michael T. Flynn, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), to examine this uncertain future, DIA’s role in this complex security environment and a new model for defense intelligence that ensures preparedness to address these challenges and the crises of tomorrow.
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Thursday, 14 November 2013 14:14
NGA Intel Maps ‘Key’ To Philippine Disaster Response; 4 More Ospreys On Way
The US military’s relief effort for the typhoon-ravaged Philippines is ramping up, with four more V-22s on the way from Japan, the USS George Washington carrier group due any time, the amphibious ships Germantown and Ashland en route, and the intelligence community providing highly detailed geolocation data — known to old-timers as maps.
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Thursday, 24 October 2013 00:00
James Clapper, on top of the secret empire
James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, is not your sleek, button-down spy chief.
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Tuesday, 22 October 2013 16:58
Inside the Looking Glass: A Peek at the DIA's Eye on the World
WTOP's J.J. Green recently was granted an exclusive look at the Defense Intelligence Agency's situation center. In this three-part series, he talks with DIA Director Michael T. Flynn about the agency's global monitoring capabilities, the threats facing the United States and the future of intelligence efforts. (Part 2)
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