This unit prepares intelligence professionals for senior analytic roles in the highly complex and dynamic contemporary intelligence environment.  Working with a mix of contemporary case studies in combination with current real world incidents and emerging issues students will be required to produce high quality intelligence assessments.  Presentations by senior government advisors, military and law enforcement leaders and corporate executives will expose students to the complex information needs of these decision makers.  As a result of industry engagement, students have the opportunity to examine the nuanced relationships between intelligence producers and users.  A major focus of this unit is the development of students’ abilities to identify emerging national and international security themes in time to provide warning as opposed to respond to surprise.