Epistemic communities: Intelligence studies and international relations

Fry, Michael; Hochstein, Miles

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“…In general, scholars and practitioners of intelligence tend to be wedded to the robust paradigms of realism, with little time for the generalities and perceived vacuities of social theorists. 2 However, this article seeks to demonstrate that postmodernism may be a valuable analytical tool. The argument is that postmodernist perspectives do indeed capture important elements of the contemporary intelligence environment.…”

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Towards postmodern intelligence

Rathmell¹

2002

Intelligence and National Security

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Section: Andrew Rathmellmentioning

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Towards postmodern intelligence

Rathmell¹

2002

Intelligence and National Security

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“…Policy makers expect intelligence agencies to produce the specific knowledge to support the narratives used by decision makers (Palacios 2018, 188-189). Consequently, intelligence agencies do not merely objectively describe reality, but, for a range of reasons -be it limitations in data collection as well as specific aims of intelligence products -participate in the creation and reproduction of a social reality (Fry and Hochstein 1993). Moreover, the formulation of concrete threats is not just a result of intelligence work, but is a political activity, distorted by ideological bias (Jackson 2010, 458-459).…”

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The construction of threats by intelligence agencies: analysing the language of official documents in Slovakia

Kovanič

2021

Critical Studies on Terrorism

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Intelligence agencies play a prominent role in the production of knowledge about national security threats and their evaluation. This function is not just a value-neutral technical activity, but a social and political action. The purpose of this article is to explore the ways in which the Slovak Information Service, an intelligence agency responsible for the protection of national security, discursively constructs security threats and assigns enemy images to specific actors. The analysis was conducted on the publicly available parts of the agency's Annual Reports. It utilised qualitative document analysis, supplemented by quantitative analysis of the frequency of use of specific keywords. The analysis, which identified the main threats connected to internal security, is constructed in a manner which connects terrorism with migration and the Muslim faith, assigning terror identities to specific groups. The agency's constructions of internal threats were also utilised in the political discourse. Moreover, securitisation rhetoric was used in connection to the movements promoting human rights and fighting fascism, labelling them as left-wing extremists. In the field of foreign threats, their construction depends on both international developments and domestic political dynamics.

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“…Haas & 1999). 6 The epistemic community concept has been invoked in many empirical studies -such as the case studies of the International Organisation Special Edition of 1992 and subsequently by Fry and Hochstein (1993); Hjorth (1994); Richardson (1994) and Thomas (1997) among others. However the author remains sceptical that these prove the concept's use in its current form.…”

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Epistemic Communities: A Reply to Toke

Dunlop

2000

Politics

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This article contests the understanding of Peter M. Haas's ‘epistemic communities’ approach, forwarded by David Toke in his article in Politics of May 1999. It is argued that while Toke diagnoses the approach's failing correctly, the cause he identifies is off the mark. This particularly concerns his assertion of a positivist dogma underscoring the thesis, which is rejected as a misinterpretation of Haas. Rather, it is contended that the framework's inability to engage with the real world of politics, and the other groups therein, is a product of its lack of theoretical refinement and rigorous empirical examination.

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Epistemic communities: Intelligence studies and international relations

Cited by 27 publications

References 29 publications

Towards postmodern intelligence

Towards postmodern intelligence

The construction of threats by intelligence agencies: analysing the language of official documents in Slovakia

Epistemic Communities: A Reply to Toke

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