Political Science 355 - The Intelligence Process and American Foreign Policy

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Colgate University

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D. Macdonald This course introduces students to the complex and crucial process of obtaining, analyzing, and producing intelligence in the making of American foreign policy. Subjects covered include cognitive and psychological impediments to the successful uses of intelligence, covert action, bureaucratic constraints on the intelligence process, product sharing with other nations, the uses of disinformation, counterintelligence, moral and ethical issues raised in a democratic society, and efforts to improve the intelligence process since 9/11. Historical and contemporary case studies are used, with an emphasis on the "long war" against terrorism. Prerequisite : POSC 366 (may be taken concurrently).

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.colgate.edu

Phone Number:

(315) 228-1000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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