INTELLIGENCE STUDIES

Posted: January 6th, 2014

Questions along the lines of the following topics are best for using the theory and models presented in the course:

1. Why was a selected historical or contemporary interagency operation a success or failure? (Do not pick the 9/11 case) Or, Why will a future selected interagency operation likely be a success or failure?

2. How can a selected agency improve its interagency operations? This would be an in-depth case study of an individual agency with the development of detailed recommendations.

BASED ON THE ABOVE CONCLUSION:

Develop your general and specific research questions for an intelligence research project you will pursue during the course (you should have one general and one specific research question). Your research questions must initiate either an explanatory (why and how questions) or predictive (what will happen) study (i.e., descriptive questions that ask who, what, where, and when questions are not used).

Include a short discussion of how you developed the questions and why you are interested in this topic. Also include a short description of your access to local college, university, base, or public libraries that you plan to use in your research. Include a short list of what databases (online or CD-ROM) that the libraries have that should facilitate your research.