INTELLIGENCE STUDIES – AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE?
INTELLIGENCE STUDIES – AN ACADEMIC DISCIPLINE?

Author(s): Ivan R. Dimitrijević
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Security and defense, Military policy, Secret Service / Secret Police
Published by: Institut za strategijska istraživanja
Keywords: Intelligence Studies; academic disciplines; epistemology; methodology; theory
Summary/Abstract: Is Intelligence Studies an academic discipline? The subject of many debates, Intelligence Studies represents an intellectual corps of almost four-decade long academic efforts focused on the development of science journals, research monographs, scientific conferences, university academic programs, theses and dissertations, research projects, etc. Its epistemological base is located somewhere between the disciplines of Political Science, International Relations, Security Studies, and History, and its thematic scope is practically limitless, covering topics from Management Studies, through Psychology, to Sociology of professions. This review of the development of Intelligence Studies is trying to map all the established elements of the Studies as a possible academic discipline, and to collect all the intellectual efforts related to critical examination of the Studies within the available academic sources. The expected result should be embodied in the comprehensive map of pros and cons related to the epistemological, methodological, and theoretical potential of the Intelligence Studies at present. State of the art sources and academic contributions in this field will be used as a material for analysis.

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