In the United States in the late 1950s and early 1960s, arms control gained traction as the preferred option for dealing with Soviet nuclear advances. The development of the first imaging satellites is often credited with enabling nuclear arms control under the conventional wisd…
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The purpose of this paper was to evaluate the appearance of North Korea and Iran as significant cyber threats to the United States, in addition to China and Russia. This paper presented key findings and studies that showed the timeline of significant events through the history o…
The way in which the U.S. government communicates threats to the public has been profoundly impacted by the events on and after 9/11. Writers, scholars, and public intellectuals have noted the use of certain terminology by government officials and politicians has contributed to …
This study examines the motivation factors that make some individuals (terrorists) confidential informants. The study is based on the assumptions of Maslow's hierarchy of needs and Herzberg's motivation-hygiene theories. Accordingly, main assumption of the present study is that …
The primary objective of this study was to develop an understanding of the role of intuition, a so-called “hidden intelligence,” in the decision-making styles of leaders, using Nigeria and the United States as models of study. The study was undertaken to determine if there is a …
This dissertation traces the history of the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), the educational testing agency for Ghana, Nigeria, Liberia, Sierra Leone and the Gambia. WAEC was created in 1952 on the eve of independence from Britain. This dissertation studies the transiti…
The purpose of this study was to explore the feelings, thoughts, behaviors and/or experiences of Saudi participants with regard to the major tenets of Multiple Intelligences (MI) theory as it related to the Saudi context. The literature indicated that MI theory had raised the co…
Human enhancement continues to be hotly debated by both 'professionals' and academics, and increasingly also by the general public. This is no surprise, given that the idea of making human beings better - individually and collectively - has existed for centuries. Parents appear …
This study interrogates the way in which marketing is carried out, or not carried out within a high technology based small business. The business in question was the basis of a case study undertaken over an 18-month period. This researcher aimed to examine how the combination of…
The present study attempted to determine the relationship between empathy, intelligence, and PTSD in US Army soldiers returning from deployment in Iraq. Linear regression was used to test the hypotheses that: soldiers with higher levels of empathy would experience greater arousa…
Congressional oversight of intelligence, long shrouded in secrecy and insularity, firmly entered the public domain following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the decision to intervene militarily in Iraq in March 2003. Intelligence controversies surrounding both o…
Most terrorist groups do not survive past their first few years of existence. All terrorist groups, even those that survive for decades, face a basic and constant existential threat: discovery of their activities, personnel, and plans by government law enforcement and intelligen…
The intersection of intelligence analysis and decisionmaking, or knowledge and action, is more problematic than conventionally understood. Rather than listen to and incorporate intelligence analysis into their decisions, decisionmakers frequently ignore it. This gap between anal…
This work examines how the conceptualization of knowledge as both problem and solution reconfigured intelligence and law enforcement after 9/11. The idea was that more information should be collected, and better analyzed. If the intelligence that resulted was shared, then terror…
The events of 9/11 and the failure to find Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) in Iraq have sparked a general debate in the United States regarding how the US intelligence community should be reformed to more effectively protect the nation. However, amidst this debate one aspect o…
This study explores national security intelligence education within U.S. civilian universities. Intelligence education is of interest to higher education institutions, as signaled by the rapid increase of "intelligence studies" programs across the U.S. since September 11, 2001. …
Although dominant effects of tasks on individuals' information-seeking behavior is accepted by many scholars, a limited number of studies has been conducted to reveal the nature of the relationship between tasks and information-seeking behavior. In their studies, some earlier re…
This dissertation addresses early British intelligence activities and Anglo-Ottoman relations by viewing the activities of army officers and private individuals as a collective pursuit to safeguard British imperial interests. It offers a new understanding of the relationships be…
The high stakes of reasoning in intelligence are best seen in its failures. Pearl Harbor, September 11th, and Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction all evocatively illustrate the potentially serious consequences of flawed reasoning in intelligence. Naturally, as a result, every eff…