Intelligence Fusion Paradigm: Understanding Complex Operational Environments Implementing the Institutional Analysis and Development Framework.

摘要

How might military practitioners incorporate social science concepts into the intelligence analytical framework to better define and understand the human dimension of an area of operation. Current military intelligence doctrine vaguely prescribes the analysis of the roles and interactions of humans in a complex operational environment. Whether soldiers are employing military force, conducting key leader engagements, or providing humanitarian assistance, the analytical process by which intelligence professionals develop assessments should be applicable across the full range of military operations. This paper uses the Institutional Analysis and Development (IAD) framework to integrate social science concepts into intelligence analysis to facilitate an understanding of the human domain in military operations. Evaluation of the operational environment using an analytical framework is critical to the intelligence analyst's work, and it provides the granularity that senior-level leaders need to formulate sound foreign policy. The framework is applied to a case study of the Massacre of Cibicue Creek in 1881. This historical case study takes Bill Yenne's 'Indians Wars: The Campaign for the American West' account of the arrest of Noche-del-Klinne, a medicine man, and the subsequent fighting between Apache indians and the 6th U.S. Cavalry. The IAD framework provides contextual understanding of the events that took place in Cibicue between late August and early September 1881 from a Chiricahua Apache perspective.