METHODOLOGICAL NORMATIVITY IN INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL RESEARCH
METHODOLOGICAL NORMATIVITY IN INTELLIGENCE AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Summary/Abstract: This article approaches intelligence activity from the point of view of the norms regulating sociological research, based on the premise that the main concern of both sociology and intelligence is to investigate the social aspect and find ways of interacting with it. Discussing intelligence work within the theoretical and methodological framework specific to sociological research offers intelligence professionals a complete and objective view of the threats/risks to national security and also the possibility of constantly improving the quality of products they put together for strategic decision makers. While intelligence work cannot be reduced to the methodologies of social sciences, these methodologies contribute significantly to the scientific truth contained by intelligence products. This aspect changes the focus/core of intelligence work from the “art of collecting” to the “science of analysis” and gives substance to the role that scientific research methods could play in increasing the quality of intelligence products.

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