Military intelligence fusion for complex operations
Subtitle: a new paradigm
By: Ben Connable
Contributors: National Defense Research Institute (U.S.); Rand Corporation
Series: Occasional paper -- OP-377-RC; Occasional paper (Rand Corporation) -- OP-377-RC.
Publisher: Rand Corp.
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Santa Monica, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 28
ISBN-13: 9780833076229
Subjects: Military intelligence; Methodology; Behavioral assessment; Counterinsurgency; Social aspects
Notes: "National Defense Research Institute."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 27-28).
Table of contents: title: Assumptions and definitions; title: The current analytic paradigm : fusion as a method, not an approach; title: Systems analysis is inadequate to understand complex environments; title: Analyses in Afghanistan and Iraq have been channelized; title: Military intelligence created a "white" intelligence capability; title: There is a natural inclination to channelize and focus on the enemy; title: Color-coding is a false paradigm that undermines analytic fusion; title: A paradigm shift in fusion analysis for complex operations is needed; title: Implementing the new paradigm requires both change and compromise; title: A new paradigm requires a shift in the analytic workforce dynamic; title: Fusion for the "post-COIN" environment.