Paradigm Shift: U.S. Strategic Intelligence in the 1990's

摘要

Intelligence in the 1990's and beyond will be more complicated, not easier. as aresult of the end of the Cold War. At the same time. expectations of intelligence will be even higher. In the past, the intelligence community's primary job as to 'know' the Soviet Union. With the loss of the Soviet paradigm. other security issues have moved up in relative priority, and the built-in excuse for not concentrating on them is gone. Customers will be asking the intelligence community for information on a broader spectrum of issues than ever before. Their requirements will reflect a considerably different emphasis than during the Cold