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		NIU Opens Innovative, Unclassified Research Lab in Washington, D.C.In a research lab above a Chevy Chase Cheesecake Factory and a T-Mobile, students, government employees, and experts from industry and academia are attempting to address some of the nation’s most pressing technological challenges.While the collaboration is inspired by a goal to strengthen partnerships in the National Intelligence Strategy released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) ...
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		DNI  Haines kicks off NIU’s 2024 Academic YearThe National Intelligence University Convocation and Installation of President Ceremony on August 25 marked the beginning of the academic year and formally installed Dr. John Ballard as NIU’s next president. More than 150 new students attended the convocation ceremony and over 700 intelligence and national security professionals began classes this fall at NIU’s main campus and academic centers...
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				Research Shorts are a cross between conventional intelligence products and the shorter academic papers published by universities and think tanks. Research Notes fuse current events with a research insight. Though most of our Research Shorts and Research Notes appear within government channels, those below have cleared for public release.  Articles are presented in PDF Format.
		Why Define Intelligence?For more than a half-century, government leaders, intelligence 
practitioners, and scholars have sought to define and redefine 
intelligence in the national security sense. The effectiveness of the US 
Intelligence Community (IC), without consensus on this basic term,
begs the question: Does defining intelligence matter? The answer is an
emphatic yes. Defining intelligence is critical for the IC and the 
nascent intelligence studies discipline. Achieving agreement on what 
intelligence is would better focus IC missions, authorities, resources, 
and oversight. Moreover, understanding what it should be is essential
to envisioning and achieving an efficacious future intelligence 
enterprise to enable sound decisions in a rapidly changing world.
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		Integrating GenAI and Strategic  Foresight for 21st Century  National SecurityToday’s political leaders are using military force as a go-to solution for 
geopolitical disputes in Ukraine, Gaza, and beyond. This assertiveness is 
not confined to isolated regions; it is an emergent global phenomenon. 
Victory in these and future conflicts requires pivoting to a foresight-based 
approach that informs strategies rooted in a deep understanding of 
complex global dynamics. Building a generative-artificial intelligence
(GenAI)-powered “cognitive operating system” to navigate uncertainty 
can harness GenAI’s ability to synthesize vast arrays of data into 
coherent, actionable insights. Integrating GenAI with strategic foresight 
will bolster the US national security ecosystem’s capacity to think, act, 
and adapt in an unpredictable, ever-changing global landscape.
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		Blind Spots: Preventing Will-To Fight Intelligence FailureRecent US failures to accurately evaluate “will to fight” in Afghanistan 
and Ukraine are said to derive from IC analytic deficiencies and a US 
military culture that prioritizes weapons and technology. However, they
are rooted more in how the United States projects influence globally and 
structures its government. Intelligence customers and producers focus 
on military capabilities of friends and foes and on the intentions of 
foreign leaders, while focusing less on the will of the military forces and 
local populace. Ongoing efforts to improve analytic methods will not 
prevent recurring failures. Only institutional reforms within the national 
security and foreign policy communities to prioritize human influence 
and greater IC assertiveness in initiating long-term, in-depth collection 
and analysis on the human aspect will resolve this institutional blind spot.
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