Anatomy of Success: On Strategic Intelligence and Its Relevance
Year: 2026

This article studies perceived intelligence successes instead of the often-researched failures. The aim is to find common and distinctive indicators for successes by comparing three cases involving strategic intelligence: the intelligence support for the Northern Ireland negotiations in 1998, the French 2013 military intervention in Mali and the Swedish strategic turnaround in the mid-2010s. The cases examined illustrate the fundamental role of strategic intelligence in shaping and supporting na