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This article was first published online in 2023 but it is part of a new special issue on analysis in support of strategic competition in the Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation. Thurston, C. Q. (2025). Back to the basics: international relations, intelligence, and strategic competition. Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 22(3), 265–272. https://doi.org/10.1177/15485129231185363 …

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Thrilled to have two new publications out! My article “Technical and cultural barriers to leveraging U.S. intelligence to evaluating national level strategies and plans” was based on interviews and a survey I conducted with senior intelligence and planning officers during 2019.  In the paper I argue that a high-speed information environment is forcing policymakers to …

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