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Comparative Intelligence Systems

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Comparative Intelligence Systems

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Course Description

Introduce students to the area of intelligence activities; adopt basic terminology and categories related to the topics of intelligence; understand the tasks of national intelligence systems and business intelligence systems, especially in relation to the strategic decisions in the narrow area of national security, political and economic decisions and the role of the national intelligence system in the overall social development (social intelligence); to familiarize students with general intelligence models and models of individual states. The course has a conceptual, analytical and applicational objective.

Study Programmes

undergraduate
Military Leadership and Management - study
(6. semester)

Learning Outcomes

  1. Introduce the intelligence field
  2. Understand and adopt intelligence terminology
  3. Understand the role of intelligence in national security
  4. Understand the role of national intelligence system in the political system
  5. Understand the role of national intelligence system in social development
  6. Understand the role of intelligence in business
  7. Understand the role of intelligence in the decision-making process
  8. Acquire knowledge about the foreign national intelligence systems
  9. Acquire knowledge about intelligence models
  10. Apply intelligence (counterintelligence) results in managing

Forms of Teaching

Lectures

Seminars and workshops

Exercises

Other

diskusije; studije slučaja; studije država

Week by Week Schedule

  1. Lectures: Introduction to the course, a description of the content and objectives of the course, the structure of the course, an introduction to the seminar, review of the literature Seminar: Data collection techniques: OSINT Exercises: Intelligence community of the USA
  2. Lectures: History of intelligence Seminar: Data collection techniques: OSINT Exercises: Israel: national intelligence system
  3. Lectures: Basic terminology and definition: intelligence, counterintelligence, security services ; business intelligence/business counterintelligence; business espionage/business counterespionage Seminar: Data collection techniques: HUMINT Exercises: United Kingdom: national intelligence system
  4. Lectures: Intelligence systems in political systems, intelligence systems in national security systems, intelligence systems in military organizations, management of intelligence systems Seminar: Intelligence analysis: military theme Exercises: Russian Federation: national intelligence system
  5. Lectures: Intelligence systems and typology of government: totalitarianism, authoritarianism and democracy Seminar: Intelligence analysis: business theme Exercises: Slovenia: national intelligence system
  6. Lectures: (Counter)intelligence, (counter)espionage Seminar: None Exercises: None
  7. Lectures: Intelligence techniques and methods/data collection techniques (HUMINT, SIGINT, OSINT, etc.); intelligence circle Seminar: None Exercises: None
  8. Lectures: Counterintelligence tactics, techniques, and functional areas Seminar: None Exercises: None
  9. Lectures: Security services: areas of operation and techniques Seminar: None Exercises: None
  10. Lectures: Covert actions Seminar: None Exercises: None
  11. Lectures: Intelligence systems, and democracy and human rights: intelligence oversight (professional, parliamentary, civil, judicial); Seminar: None Exercises: None
  12. Lectures: National (in)security: intelligence abuses and illegal action Seminar: None Exercises: None
  13. Lectures: Supranational intelligence systems: controversies, dilemmas and achievements Seminar: None Exercises: None
  14. Lectures: Republic of Croatia: national intelligence system - past, present and future Seminar: None Exercises: None
  15. Lectures: Review of the overall teaching and preparing students (through discussion) for final oral examination Seminar: None Exercises: None

Literature

(.), Dover, Robert; Goodman, S. Michael; Hillebrand, Claudia (2013.)(eds.) Routledge Companion to Intelligence Studies, London/New York: Routldge,
(.), Gill, P.; Marrin, S.; Phythian, M.(2009.)(eds,) Intelligence Theory: Key questions and debates, London/New York: Routledge.,
(.), Johnson, K.L. (2007.)(ed.) Handbook of Intelligence Studies, London/New York: Routledge,

For students

General

ID 282332
  Summer semester
4.0 ECTS
L0 English Level
L1 e-Learning
30 Lectures
5 Seminar
10 Exercises