Description

Throughout history, the craft of intelligence has been one of the most difficult of all, and one of the most necessary. In an era of rapid change, it has become even more challenging and crucial. Populations migrate from one continent to another, sometimes bringing potential enemies to American shores. Adversaries mutate from familiar, if unfriendly, nations to shadowy terrorist cooperatives rooted in insular communities that can be nearly impossible to penetrate. The global balance shifts as Russia reasserts its power and once-poor Asian countries seek a larger role, both within their region and in world affairs. Technology brings new tools, new obstacles, and vast quantities of data to sift, evaluate, absorb, interpret, and act upon.