TY - JOUR
T1 - Transforming the Australian intelligence community
T2 - Mapping change, impact and challenges
AU - Walsh, Patrick F
N1 - Patrick F. Walsh, Ph.D., 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 the forthcoming, Intelligence Leadership and Governance. Building Effective Intelligence Communities in the 21st Century, Routledge (due November 2020)
PY - 2020/10/20
Y1 - 2020/10/20
N2 - 9/11 produced significant changes to the US intelligence community, while in contrast the attacks resulted in incremental changes in the Australian intelligence community (AIC). Fast forward to 2017 however, this article examines how the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review has created the momentum for significant change in the AIC; and what challenges may arise from reform initiatives flowing from the review. While assessing the full impact of the current reform agenda will take years, this article assesses key changes made so far (2017 to October 2020) and if they are resulting in a more effective, coordinated and integrated intelligence community.
AB - 9/11 produced significant changes to the US intelligence community, while in contrast the attacks resulted in incremental changes in the Australian intelligence community (AIC). Fast forward to 2017 however, this article examines how the 2017 Independent Intelligence Review has created the momentum for significant change in the AIC; and what challenges may arise from reform initiatives flowing from the review. While assessing the full impact of the current reform agenda will take years, this article assesses key changes made so far (2017 to October 2020) and if they are resulting in a more effective, coordinated and integrated intelligence community.
KW - AIC
KW - Australian intelligence community
KW - AIC reform
KW - 2017 Independent intelligence review
KW - ONI
KW - national security intelligence
KW - intelligence governance
U2 - 10.1080/02684527.2020.1836829
DO - 10.1080/02684527.2020.1836829
M3 - Article
SP - 1
EP - 17
JO - Intelligence and National Security
JF - Intelligence and National Security
SN - 0268-4527
ER -