Intelligence studies

Intelligence studies is an interdisciplinary academic field that concerns intelligence assessment and intelligence analysis. Intelligence has been referred to as the "lost dimension" of the fields of international relations (IR) and diplomatic history, as the secretive nature of the subject means most intelligence successes are unknown.^[1]

Among the academic journals concentrating on the subject are the Intelligence and National Security and International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence while other periodicals in the fields of IR and security studies, such as International Security, publish articles concerned with intelligence studies regularly.

Many universities, such as Aberystwyth, teach intelligence studies as an independent degree or as part of courses in IR, security studies, military science or related subjects.^[2]