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Department of Strategic Intelligenceand Security Studies

Department of Strategic Intelligence and Security StudiesObjectives and Activities

The Department is a non-profit research center and an educational organization dedicated toadvancing strategic knowledge and insights on emerging and future transnational threats and risks,as well to contribute to the development of more effective and imaginative strategic intelligenceanalysis.The objectives of the Department are:1)

To contribute to the improvement of knowledge and understanding of the global trends -scientific-technological, economic-financial, demographic, environmental, geopolitical,religious-ideological, socio-cultural - that are shaping 21

century threats and risks to thesecurity and stability of contemporary societies.2)

To contribute to the development of strategic insights on emerging and future transnationalthreats and risks, including their impact on security (human security, national security andinternational security), on national economies, on governance (at the national, regional andinternational levels), and on the cohesion and stability of societies.3)

To contribute to the development of creative methods and tools of strategic thinking andintelligence analysis in order to deal more effectively with the chaos, complexity and rapidchange that characterize the current global threat environment.4)

To enhance opportunities for dialogue and analytical cooperation between government andnon-government (corporate, academic, think tank, NGO) analysts, and between analystsfrom different nations and cultural traditions.The Department conducts the following activities: (1) organize conferences and seminars; (2)conduct research projects; (3) publish analytical research papers; (4) set up a documentation centeron strategic intelligence and transnational security challenges; (5) organize a Master and courses onstrategic intelligence analysis and specific transnational issues and security threats.

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Department of Strategic Intelligenceand Security Studies

International Advisory Board

The Department international advisory council aims to involve leading innovative thinkers andexperts - government, business, academic and think tank - in the field of strategic intelligence,strategic and analytical thinking, global and national security challenges.The board includes distinguished experts from the US, Western and Eastern Europe, Russia, Israel,the Arab world, India, Japan and other Asian countries.

Affiliated Experts

The Department„s affiliated experts are a select group of scholars and researchers from around

the world specialized in areas of importance to the Department.

Contacts

Francesco D‟Arrigo