The Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Studies: : Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series Rubén Arcos Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

The Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Studies

Description

Internationally, the profession of intelligence continues to develop and expand. So too does the academic field of intelligence, both in terms of intelligence as a focus for academic research and in terms of the delivery of university courses in intelligence and related areas. To a significant extent both the profession of intelligence and those delivering intelligence education share a common aim of developing intelligence as a discipline. However, this shared interest must also navigate the existence of an academic-practitioner divide. Such a divide is far from unique to intelligence – it exists in various forms across most professions – but it is distinctive in the field of intelligence because of the centrality of secrecy to the profession of intelligence and the way in which this constitutes a barrier to understanding and openly teaching about aspects of intelligence. How can co-operation in developing the profession and academic study be maximized when faced with this divide? How can and should this divide be navigated? The Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence provides a range of international approaches to, and perspectives on, these crucial questions.

Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Navigating the Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Studies – Rubén Arcos, Nicole K. Drumhiller, Mark Phythian
Chapter 2: Being on the Outside Looking In: Reflections of a Former Practitioner Turned Academic - David Omand
Chapter 3: Neither Knuckle-draggers nor Carpetbaggers: Proposing the Periclean Ideal for Intelligence Educators - Nicholas Dujmovic
Chapter 4: Intelligence, Science and the Ignorance Hypothesis – David R. Mandel
Chapter 5: Intelligence and the US Army War College: The Academic-Practitioner Relationship in Professional Military Education – Genevieve Lester, James G. Breckenridge, and Thomas Spahr
Chapter 6: Assessing the Quality of Strategic Intelligence Products: Cooperation and Competition between Scholars and Practitioners - José-Miguel Palacios
Chapter 7: Lessons Learned for the Private Sector Intelligence Analyst – Michael J. Ard
Chapter 8: Understanding and Countering Hybrid Threats Through a Comprehensive and Multinational Approach: The Role of Intelligence – Rasmus Hindren and Hanna Smith
Chapter 9: Building Ecosystems of Intelligence Education: "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly" - Irena Chiru and Adrian-Liviu Ivan
Chapter 10: The Academic-Practitioner Relationship in France: From Strangers to Partners - Damien Van Puyvelde
Chapter 11: Playing to Our Strengths: Combining Academic Rigour and Practitioner Experience in Delivering Intelligence Education in Australia - Troy Whitford and Charles Vandepeer
Chapter 12: The Academic/Practitioner Divide in Intelligence: A Latin American Perspective - Andrés de Castro García and Carolina Sancho Hirane
Chapter 13: Teaching Ethical Intelligence in a World that Doesn't Think It Needs It – Jan Goldman
Chapter 14: Bridging the Divide – Rubén Arcos, Nicole K. Drumhiller, Mark Phythian
List of Tables and Figures
Bibliography
About the Authors

Product details

Published	Apr 14 2022
Format	Hardback
Edition	1st
Extent	330
ISBN	9781538144466
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations	2 tables; 4 graphs;
Dimensions	9 x 6 inches
Series	Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

This finely crafted volume explores ongoing efforts to bridge the gap between intelligence professionals and academics. Reflecting the contributors’ diverse careers and national perspectives, these essays offer novel ways to improve intelligence research, teaching, and practice. The volume identifies new opportunities for collaboration, while showcasing some of today’s most innovative thinkers in the field of intelligence studies.

James J. Wirtz, U.S. Naval Postgraduate School
The Academic-Practitioner Divide in Intelligence Studies, which displays a rich assortment of global academic and practitioner perspectives, confers the most comprehensive examination of the complexity surrounding the paradoxical—divergent while also symbiotic—relationship between professionals and scholars of intelligence, in their quest to develop intelligence as an academic discipline.

Florina Cristiana Matei, Naval Postgraduate School
The editors and authors have produced a unique and timely contribution. As the security environment becomes increasingly complex, bridging the academic-practitioner divide is becoming more necessary. This excellent volume skillfully identifies where the red lines and challenges are yet usefully shows how both academics and practitioners can work closer together to progress teaching and research excellence in the intelligence field.

Patrick F. Walsh, Charles Sturt University, Editor, Australian Institute of Professional Intelligence Officers Journal, author of Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis
Those who know don’t speak; those who speak don’t know.’ Practitioners’ traditional view of academic researchers is challenged by this diverse collection on comparative developments in Intelligence Studies. It shows how productive relationships can be enhanced while acknowledging correctly that the gap neither can nor should be eliminated entirely.

Peter Gill, International Studies Association Distinguished Scholar