Intelligence Studies Section Panels at ISA 2016 16-19 March 2016 in Atlanta, GA See below for the Intelligence Studies Section program at the International Studies Association (ISA) conference, 16-19 March 2016 in Atlanta, Georgia. The Intelligence Studies Section is one of 28 thematic sections that make up the ISA, has approximately 350 members, and has been sponsoring research about intelligence as a function of government since the mid-1980s. Additional information can be found here: http://www.isanet.org/ISA/Sections/ISS.aspx This Intelligence Studies Section content (4 straight days...28 panels and roundtables) is one small part of ISA’s much larger conference. The full conference program is over 300 pages; find details at the full conference website here: http://www.isanet.org/Conferences/Atlanta-2016 As the chair of the Intelligence Studies Section, if you have any questions please contact me at [email protected] or [email protected] Regards, Dr. Stephen Marrin ISAT/Intelligence Analysis James Madison University http://www.isat.jmu.edu/people/marrin.html https://jmu.academia.edu/StephenMarrin ---------------------------------------------------------------- WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 2016 WA31: Wednesday 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Heroism, Sacrifice and Memory in the Spy World Chair Charlotte V. Heath Kelly (University of Warwick) Disc. Richard James Aldrich (University of Warwick) The CIA Memorial Wall: A Monument to Secrecy Christopher R. Moran (Warwick University) Johnny Mike Spann, CIA & Afghanistan Mystic Chords of Sacrifice, Heroism and Memory Andrew Hammond (University of Warwick) Going on a Snipe Hunt: The Search for the Hero Analyst Mark Stout (Johns Hopkins University) Early Modern Spies, Heroes or Hirelings? Insights from a Pre-modern ‘CIA’ Ioanna Iordanou (Oxfrod Brookes) “Holding out for a hero?” CIA Trailblazers and the leadership of George Tenet. Dee Dutta (University of Warwick) WB31: Wednesday 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM Perspectives on intelligence and decision-making Chair Ruben Arcos (Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid) and Randy Pherson (Pherson Associates) Disc. Julian J. Richards (University of Buckingham) Ethics and decisions: why should it matter to intelligence? Fernando Velasco The Opportunities Incubator™: A New Technique for Making Strategic Foresight Analysis Actionable Randy Pherson (Pherson Associates) Communication and decisionmaking: implications for intelligence Ruben Arcos (Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid (Spain)) Military Intelligence as a Decisionmaking Tool: Conventional and Asymmetric Cases William J. Lahneman (Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University) Intelligence and Knowledge Development: What are the questions Intelligence Professionals Ask? Charles Vandepeer (University of Adelaide) 1 (Information current as of 7 January 2016) Intelligence Studies Section Panels at ISA 2016 16-19 March 2016 in Atlanta, GA WB84: Wednesday 10:30 AM - 12:15 PM Beyond the "Neuromancer": New and Old Ways of Examining Cyberspace Chair Emily Goldman (Department of Defense) Disc. Catherine Lotrionte (Georgetown University) The Violence of Hacking: The Normative Environment of State Violence in Cyberspace Aaron F. Brantly (U.S. Military Academy, West Point) The logic of bargaining with cyber weapons. Richard Andres (National Defense University) The changing face of war in cyberspace Michael Warner (US Department of Defense) LUNCHTIME EVENT Wednesday 12:30-1:30PM: Intelligence Studies Section Business Meeting (all attendees welcome). WC31: Wednesday 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM Intelligence Analysis and the Analyst-Policymaker Relationship: Key Case Studies since 1945 Chair & Disc: Michael Warner (US Department of Defense) Their Masters' Voices: The Intelligence Reporting on the West of the Stasi and KGB, 194591 Paul Maddrell (Loughborough University) Enemies or Opportunities: Israeli Intelligence Perceptions in a Changing Middle East Shlomo Shpiro (Bar-Ilan University) Doomed from the Start: Detente and American and Soviet Estimative Intelligence Benjamin Fischer (Retired) Pakistani Intelligence and India Julian J. Richards (University of Buckingham) Personality, Contingency and Culture in American Intelligence Assessments of the Al Qaeda Threat Mark Stout (Johns Hopkins University) WC64: Wednesday 1:45 PM - 3:30 PM Intelligence Secrecy, Privacy, and Accountability Chair Daniel S. Gressang (US Department of Defense) Disc. Genevieve Lester (Georgetown University) They Love Me, They Love Me Not: Privacy Norms, Public Opinion, and Government Surveillance in the War on Terror Stephen Okin (Georgetown University) Who’s Watching Us, and Why Should We Care? Erik Dahl (Naval Postgraduate School) Does Intelligence Demand Secrecy? Adam Henschke (National Security College, Australian National University) Accountability for the intelligence and security services: what does it mean and how could it be improved? Jamie Gaskarth (University of Plymouth) Reform in the IC: A Lesson in Irony Melissa A. Graves (University of Mississippi) 2 (Information current as of 7 January 2016) Intelligence Studies Section Panels at ISA 2016 16-19 March 2016 in Atlanta, GA WD28: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM Intelligence and National Security Decision-Making Chair & Disc. Erik Dahl (Naval Postgraduate School) Communicating Probability in National Security: Experimental Evidence from Military Decision Makers Jeffrey Friedman (Dartmouth College), Jennifer Lerner (Harvard University) and Richard Zeckhauser (Harvard University) Secrecy or Sunshine? How Leaks Affect Foreign Policy DecisionMaking Allison Carnegie (Columbia University) and Keren Milo (Princeton University) Strategic Warning Intelligence and Indicators for Peace Cathryn Thurston (National Intelligence University) Why Wisdom is Difficult to Achieve in Intelligence Products and Processes Michael Andregg (University of St. Thomas) A Prisoner's Dilemma Approach for Reducing Uncertainty in Intelligence Driven Mediations Christen Lee (Georgetown University) WD31: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM New Perspectives on Covert Action Chair Loch K. Johnson (University of Georgia) Disc. Richard James Aldrich (University of Warwick) Shades of Grey: Discreet and Covert Propaganda in Cold War British Practice, 1948-1963 Thomas Maguire (Darwin College, University of Cambridge) Bureaucratic Politics and the Construction of British Covert Action, 1948-1968 Rory Cormac (University of Nottingham) Did It Ever Happen? JFK, Bay of Pigs, and a Secret Press Briefing David M. Barrett (Villanova University) The limits of covert action: SAS operations during 'Confrontation', 1964-66 Christopher Tuck (JSCSC, Department of Defense) British deception in the early cold war: the strategic, the tactical, and the bizarre Huw Dylan (King's College London) WD50: Wednesday 4:00 PM - 5:45 PM A Look to the Future of Intelligence Education: Musts and Don’ts in Intelligence Teaching and Research Chair Stephen Marrin (James Madison University) Disc. Joseph S. Gordon (National Defense Intelligence College) Teaching Intelligence Studies for the 21st Century: Issues and Approaches Mark Phythian & David Strachan-Morris (University of Leicester) International Cooperation in Intelligence Education and Research: Strategies for innovation in a Changing World Niculae Iancu (Romanian Domestic Intelligence Service (SRI)) Towards Strategic Partnerships through Intelligence: Building a Regional Intelligence Education Program Irena Chiru (National Intelligence Academy) Simulation/Gaming Theory for the practice of intelligence analysis education and training Ruben Arcos (Rey Juan Carlos University, Madrid (Spain)) Changing the Course: Steering the National Intelligence University's Curriculum for a New Generation of Intelligence Professionals Duncan McGill (National Intelligence University) EVENING EVENT Wednesday 7:00-9:00PM: Intelligence Studies Section (ISS) Distinguished Scholar Roundtable and Reception, Honoring Jim Wirtz Sponsors: Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group; Georgetown University Press, & Praeger ABC-CLIO 3 (Information current as of 7 January 2016) Intelligence Studies Section Panels at ISA 2016 16-19 March 2016 in Atlanta, GA THURSDAY 17 MARCH 2016 TA31: Thursday 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Strategic analysis in support of international policy-making Chair Thomas A. Juneau (University of Ottawa) Disc. Stephen Marrin (James Madison University) Here (very likely) Be Dragons? The Challenges of Policy Relevant Prediction Rex Brynen (McGill University) NATO Defense College: Navigating between Strategic Education, Critical Analysis and Partnerships Brooke Smith-Windsor Strategic analysis in support of international policymaking and the pursuit of relevance: A synthesis Thomas A. Juneau (University of Ottawa) The Practise of Open Intelligence: The Experience of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service Jean-Louis Tiernan (Government of Canada) Stratfor: Merging Intelligence & Geopolitics Syed Kamran Bokhari (University of Westminster) TA74: Thursday 8:15 AM - 10:00 AM Intelligence and Threat Chair Aaron F. Brantly (U.S. Military Academy, West Point) Disc. James J. Wirtz (Naval Postgraduate School) ENISA, the Cybersecurity European Strategy and the fundaments for a Portuguese Intelligence National Cybersecurity Strategy Sandra Maria Rodrigues Balao (ISCSP-CAPP(P&G)-University of Lisbon) Testing the Terror Network Theory Daniela Richterova (University of Warwick) Security Institutions, Use of Force and the State: A Moral Framework Shannon Ford (Charles Sturt University) Data driven fantasies and maps of human terrain:Data driven fantasies