KNOWLEDGE AND SECURITY IN MODERN SOCIETY THROUGH INTELLIGENCE
KNOWLEDGE AND SECURITY IN MODERN SOCIETY THROUGH INTELLIGENCE

Summary/Abstract: THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF KNOWLEDGE AND SECURITY IN MODERN SOCIETY THROUGH INTELLIGENCE. STARTING FROM THE DESIDERATUM OF THE EVOLUTION OF THE HUMAN BEING THROUGH KNOWLEDGE AND OF ENSURING THE STATE OF SECURITY AS AN INDISPENSABLE CONDITION OF EVOLUTION, THE ROLE AND NECESSITY OF INFORMATION IN THE COMPLEX DYNAMICS NECESSARY FOR THEIR FULFILLMENT ARE HIGHLIGHTED. THE SIGNIFICANCE AND CONTENT OF INFORMATION, COMBINED WITH ITS JUDICIOUS USE, CAN TURN IT INTO A RESOURCE FOR MAXIMIZING POWER GLOBALLY, IN TODAY'S SOCIETY MARKED BY A DIVERSE RANGE OF CLASSIC OR ASYMMETRIC RISKS AND THREATS. THE NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION, A COMPLEX NOTION THAT IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF THE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTIONS, HAS A DEFINING ROLE IN THE INFORMATIVE COMMUNICATION NECESSARY TO ENSURE THE BALANCE OF THE SECURITY EQUATION, ITS VALENCES BEING HIGHLIGHTED BY THE OPTIMAL INTERACTION BETWEEN THE INTELLIGENCE INSTITUTIONS AND THE STRATEGIC DECISION MAKER. COLLATERAL TO THE CLASSICAL PERSPECTIVES OF THE CONCEPT OF INTELLIGENCE (PROCESS, PRODUCT ORGANIZATION), THE AUTHOR ACQUIESCES TO THE IDEA THAT INTELLIGENCE HAS BECOME A BRANCH OF THE SOCIAL SCIENCES, WITH AN IDEOLOGICAL CORPUS AND A SPECIFIC NORMATIVE CORPUS, WHICH AIMS TO IDENTIFY ANTICIPATORY SOLUTIONS TO THE SECURITY PROBLEMS OF TODAY'S SOCIETY.

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