What is it about?
Drawing on examples from particularly the US defense sector, the article offers insights into the different modes or types of systems thinking found in relation to national-regional-to-global security intelligence focused enterprises and their study. Focus is especially on the dynamics (their strengths, weaknesses/limits, etc.) relating to more advanced and developing concepts, such as 'system of systems'. Other current intelligence challenges, such as relating to advancing 'legalism' and 'legalisation' trends, are also discussed.
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Why is it important?
Both from a strategic and operational perspective, there is always scope for continuing to optimise defence, security and intelligence enterprises across the globe in a constructive manner. So-called 'revelations' from people, such as most prominently in recent years Edward Snowden, might raise awareness - not always comfortably - about the challenges contemporaneously confronted (suggesting views answering 'what is it?' queries), but they do not always provide deeper and further ranging insights into most useful pathways forward, providing much needed helpful answers to 'so what?' and 'what does it mean?' questions for where to head next.
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The intent of this article, along with my other publications more generally, is to range across M4IS2 - Multi-agency, Multi-national, Multi-disciplinary, Multi-domain Information Sharing and Sense-making - areas of activity, whilst effectively communicating, at least beginning, insights into those challenges.
Dr Adam D.M. Svendsen
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This page is a summary of: Contemporary intelligence innovation in practice: enhancing “macro” to “micro” systems thinking via “System of Systems” dynamics, Defence Studies, April 2015, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/14702436.2015.1033850.
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