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Kent Center Occasional Papers

The Kent Center, a component of the employee-only Sherman Kent School for Intelligence Analysis at CIA University, strives to promote the theory, doctrine, and practice of intelligence analysis.

One of the Center's primary goals is to build and share a comprehensive body of professional knowledge.

The Kent Center Occasional Papers listed below contribute to the ongoing development of that body of knowledge, offering an opportunity for intelligence professionals and interested colleagues-in an unofficial and unfettered vehicle-to debate and advance the theory and practice of intelligence analysis.

Statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed in Occasional Papers are those of the authors. See the disclaimer below for complete caveats regarding the content of the papers.

The Sherman Kent Center for Intelligence Analysis Occasional Papers

Volume 1:

No. 1: Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Strategic Warning (PDF Print Version)

No. 2: Improving CIA Analytic Performance: Analysts and the Policymaking Process (PDF Print Version)

No. 3: Improving CIA Analytic Performance: DI Analytic Priorities (PDF Print Version)

No. 4: When everything is intelligence - nothing is intelligence (PDF Print Version)

No. 5: Sherman Kent and the Profession of Intelligence Analysis (PDF Print Version)

Volume 2:

No. 1: Strategic Warning: If Surprise is Inevitable, What Role for Analysis? (PDF Print Version)

No. 2: Tensions in Analyst-Policymaker Relations: Opinions, Facts, and Evidence (PDF Print Version)

No. 3: Sherman Kent's Final Thoughts on Analyst-Policymaker Relations (PDF Print Version)

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Disclaimer:

All statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed in Occasional Papers are those of the authors. They do not necessarily reflect official positions or views of the Kent School, the Central Intelligence Agency, or any other US Government entity, past or present.

Nothing in the contents should be construed as asserting or implying US Government endorsement of an article's factual statements and interpretations.

These papers have been prepared with the support of Central Intelligence Agency funds and are published with the consent of the authors.


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