1st Edition
Strategic Minds The Role of Intelligence Education in Advancing National Security Analysis
Introduction: The Evolution of Intelligence Education
James D. Ramsay and Nell Bennett
1. The integration of statistical learning in intelligence education: is the academy equipping tomorrow’s intelligence professionals to analyze data-centric threats?
James Ramsay and Andrew Macpherson
2. Strengthening DHS intelligence analysis education: core competencies, gaps, and challenges
Michelle Black and Lana Obradovic
3. Data-Science literacy for future security and intelligence professionals
Stephen Coulthart, M. Shahriar Hossain, Jessica Sumrall, Christopher Kampe and Kathleen M. Vogel
4. Creativity training needs assessment for homeland security enterprise: a case for creative thinking
Alexis L. d’Amato and Samuel T. Hunter
5. The view from the top: IAFIE presidents on the organisation and the field
Michael Landon-Murray
6. Teaching analytic objectivity in universities: an aspirational or achievable goal?
Barry A. Zulauf
Biography
James Ramsay is Professor of Security Studies, and Head of the Department of Security Studies and Criminology at Macquarie University. He has over 25 years’ experience in public/environmental health, security studies/intelligence, emergency management, occupational safety. Dr. Ramsay serves on the board of the International Association for Intelligence Education and as their educational practices chair.
Nell Bennett has a PhD in Political Science from Macquarie University. She is the Managing Editor of the Journal of Policing, Intelligence and Counter Terrorism, and is a Research Fellow with the Blue Security Consortium and La Trobe Asia.
