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<p>This volume discusses the challenges the future holds for different aspects of the intelligence process and for organisations working in the field.</p> <p>The main focus of Western intelligence services is no longer on the intentions and capabilities of the Soviet Union and its allies. Instead, at present, there is a plethora of threats and problems that deserve attention. Some of these problems are short-term and potentially acute, such as terrorism. Others, such as the exhaustion of natural resources, are longer-term and by nature often more difficult to foresee in their implications.</p> <p>This book analyses the different activities that make up the intelligence process, or the 'intelligence cycle', with a focus on changes brought about by external developments in the international arena, such as technology and security threats. Drawing together a range of key thinkers in the field, <i>The Future of Intelligence</i> examines possible scenarios for future developments, including estimations about their plausibility, and the possible consequences for the functioning of intelligence and security services.</p> <p>This book will be of much interest to students of intelligence studies, strategic studies, foreign policy, security studies and IR in general.</p>