October 2023
Intermediate to advanced
570 pages
24h 55m
English
At a conference on analysis sponsored by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the mid-2000s, an invited senior investment manager made an interesting assertion about her firm’s prowess at predicting markets: “We are so good at foreign market forecasts because our financial analysts carry 60 different passports.” At that moment, it was clear how culture limited the ability of not only the CIA but also the entire US Intelligence Community (IC) to understand foreign governments’ behaviors. Every officer in the IC carries an American passport – one of the prerequisites for obtaining a security clearance is a willingness ...
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