Original title: TACtická inteligence: Přerušení cyklu teroristických útoků analýzou zpravodajských operací teroristů
Translated title: TACtical intelligence: Disrupting the terrorist attack cycle by analysing terrorists' intelligence operations
Authors: Dorak, Olivia Jeanne ; McDonagh, Ken (advisor) ; Ludvík, Jan (referee)
Document type: Master’s theses
Year: 2021
Language: eng
Abstract: TACtical Intelligence: Disrupting the Terrorist Attack Cycle by Analysing Terrorists' Intelligence Operations Keywords: terrorism, intelligence, confidence, intelligence competition, violent non-state actors Abstract: Commensurate with prevailing Realist influence in military and security studies,the majority of academic literature on topics of intelligence are from state-centric perspectives, failing to sufficiently address other actors who are taking on greater and more salient roles on the international security stage. In particular, the use of intelligence by violent non-state actors is a premature subject matter in the academic discourse, as literature at the intersection of the two disciplines tends to evaluate the ways in which state intelligence succeeds or fails with regards to, or acts upon violent non-state actors. Rarely are violent non-state actors perceived of as intelligence actors of their own respect. Nevertheless, an intelligence competition persists between the rivals. The intelligence competition between terrorist organisations, seeking to instigate attacks, and state agencies, seeking to thwart them, is underdeveloped in both terrorism and intelligence studies. This study finds terrorist organisations engage in an intelligence competition with their state adversaries-a pursuit to...
Keywords: confidence; intelligence; intelligence competition; terrorism; violent non-state actors; confidence; intelligence; intelligence competition; terrorism; violent non-state actors

Institution: Charles University Faculties (theses) (web)
Document availability information: Available in the Charles University Digital Repository.
Original record: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11956/150401

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