{"product_id":"a-guide-to-producing-actionable-intelligence-drivers-scenarios-and-policy-paperback","title":"A Guide to Producing ACTIONABLE INTELLIGENCE: Drivers, Scenarios, and Policy - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFulton T. Armstrong\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGood analysis is now more important than ever - whether we're drowning in information, choking on fake news, or simply trying to get a handle on what's going on. To understand events and make sound decisions in international relations, national security, politics, economics, business, and even our personal lives, we need analysis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eActionable intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e comes from understanding the underlying drivers of developments and enables someone making a decision to identify where they can influence events to promote the direct and indirect interests of their country, community, institution, or selves.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eThis manual teaches an analytical model practiced by the best strategic analysts of the U.S. Intelligence Community - enriched with insights from the author's unique career combining years at the CIA and National Intelligence Council, the White House, the State Department, and on staffs in the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eIt takes analysis out of the black box some of its practitioners, including high-priced consultants, keep it in and shows that good analysis is, ultimately, common sense made conscious, deliberate, and even fun. You will learn how to produce \u003ci\u003eanalysis for action\u003c\/i\u003e in a straightforward format that is, if you wish, as easy as filling in a form.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eAt the heart of the methodology is identifying the drivers of events and describing how those drivers are evolving - stronger\/weaker, away\/toward resolution - and what scenarios they can lead to. While policymakers often have to respond to the symptoms of problems, addressing the drivers, or the underlying causes, is the secret to effective policy.\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003eThe model also helps you check your biases, test your conclusions, and prepare your analysis for solid, punchy, interesting written or oral presentations.\u003c\/li\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003eThe author, who has taught analysis, writing, and briefing skills at universities and government institutions in the United States, Spain, Mexico, Cuba, and Central America, is proud to make this manual available to others who strive to master analytical tradecraft and produce actionable intelligence.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 158\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.34 x 11 x 8.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 07, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48290370879737,"sku":"9798218449506","price":26.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/Oze1qCIG-C9798218449506.webp?v=1776283271","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/a-guide-to-producing-actionable-intelligence-drivers-scenarios-and-policy-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}