Overview
Essay:
critically evaluate features of intelligence practices from a broader socio- economic perspective.
Choose from one of the three topics:
Does the Intelligence Community need to reform and reorientate in light of the rise of China? If it does, what changes need to be made. This is a broad question, and you may want to focus on a single aspect of intelligence such as how intelligence is collected, early warning against cyber attacks, classification or cyber. It is ok if you pick one or a couple areas of focus and ignore others.
Should the United States ever practice enhanced interrogation? No matter what your answer is be sure to consider, legal, ethnical and strategic considerations. Also be sure to consider several different scenarios against several types of targets.
Increasingly, prominent newspapers report classified information from leaks and informants. What are the costs and benefits of these leaks? Focus on a single recent episode such as leaked information reported in major newspapers during the recent Afghan withdrawal, or the Russian Invasion of Ukraine.