TY - JOUR
T1 - Strategic intelligence practice in the Australian intelligence community
T2 - Evolution, constraints and progress
AU - Walsh, Patrick F
AU - Harrison MBE, Mark
N1 - Patrick F. Walsh, PhD, is a former intelligence analyst who has worked in Australian national security and law enforcement agencies. He is an associate professor, intelligence and security studies at the Australian Graduate
School of Policing and Security, Charles Sturt University, Australia. He has consults to government and his research focuses on a range of intelligence capability issues including governance, leadership, intelligence and ethics, biosecurity, health security and cyber. He is the author of Intelligence and Intelligence Analysis, Routledge, UK 2011; Intelligence, Biosecurity and Bioterrorism, Palgrave Macmillan, UK, 2018; and Intelligence Leadership and Governance. Building Effective Intelligence Communities in the 21st Century, Routledge, 2020.
Mark Harrison MBE is a former senior leader in the Australian intelligence community with over 30 years’ experience within the law enforcement domain. He has a strong research and publication focus on criminal intelligence, forensic
intelligence and Geoforensics delivered through Adjunct professorial positions with Charles Sturt University and the University of Canberra. He is also a member and adviser on several national and international intelligence and securityrelated committees.
PY - 2021/4/9
Y1 - 2021/4/9
N2 - This article explores the development of strategic intelligence practice in Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) since 9/11. It shows how strategic intelligence practice has been forged by both external (political and policy) and internal (institutional) factors over the last two decades. Key institutional factors that have either progressed or constrained the growth of strategic intelligence practice include leadership, organizational cultural, cognitive, technological issues and training and education. Despite constraints, strategic intelligence practice again is gaining more traction in the NIC. The article concludes with observations about how its value can be further optimized by the community in the future.
AB - This article explores the development of strategic intelligence practice in Australia’s national intelligence community (NIC) since 9/11. It shows how strategic intelligence practice has been forged by both external (political and policy) and internal (institutional) factors over the last two decades. Key institutional factors that have either progressed or constrained the growth of strategic intelligence practice include leadership, organizational cultural, cognitive, technological issues and training and education. Despite constraints, strategic intelligence practice again is gaining more traction in the NIC. The article concludes with observations about how its value can be further optimized by the community in the future.
KW - Strategic intelligence
KW - Australian intelligence community
KW - national security
U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2021.1911434
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2021.1911434
M3 - Article
SN - 0268-4527
VL - 36
SP - 660
EP - 675
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
IS - 5
ER -