Strategic Surprise, Intelligence and Terrorism: Developing a Tolerance for Disaster

<p>This is the first of a two-part podcast set on the concept, and uses, of Strategic Intelligence.  In this episode, Tom and I lay out the actual, social function of Strategic Intelligence and look at it place in the long history of divination.  Strategic surprise, or intelligence failures, often are neither: a surprise or a `failure“, at least on the part of Intelligence Agencies.  What they often are is a breakdown in communications between the players involved; a breakdown that is often facilitated by a gross misunderstanding of what Strategic Intelligence can and cannot do. In the second segment, we</p> <p>The post <a href="https://warontherocks.com/strategic-surprise-intelligence-and-terrorism-developing-a-tolerance-for-disaster/">Strategic Surprise, Intelligence and Terrorism: Developing a Tolerance for Disaster</a> appeared first on <a href="https://warontherocks.com">War on the Rocks</a>.</p>