From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic - Adversary and Enemy Intent, Gauging Intent, Decisionmaking, Motive, Neuroscience, Proliferators, Deterrence
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
| Author: | Progressive Management | ISBN: | 9781476487564 |
| Publisher: | Progressive Management | Publication: | August 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
| Author: | Progressive Management |
| ISBN: | 9781476487564 |
| Publisher: | Progressive Management |
| Publication: | August 18, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
| Language: | English |
From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic is an interagency, multidisciplinary collection of 12 essays addressing operational and academic perspectives on the elusive concept of an adversary's "intent"—its indicators and relation to behavior. It is primarily intended for the operational and policy community in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the Department of Homeland Security, and other US government agencies. The authors are from the intelligence community, the military services, US government agencies, federally funded research and development centers, academia, and the private sector.
The essays in this volume address the following set of critical questions:
• "What do we mean by intent?
• How can intent be measured?
• What is the relationship of intent to behavior?
Contents * FOREWORD * PREFACE * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Introduction * PART 1 * Operational Perspective: Basic Issues in Gauging Intent * 1 From Shoe Leather to Satellites: Shifting the Conceptual Lens * Kathleen L. Kiernan and Daniel J. Mabrey * 2 Betting Responsibly: An Effects-Based Thinker's Framework for Characterizing Intent * Harry A. Foster * 3 Gauging the Intent of Nation-States and Nonstate Actors: An Operator's Perspective * Gary Schaub, Jr. * 4 From Observation to Action: Redefining Winning and Sovereignty for the Information Age * John W. Bodnar * PART 2 * Academic Perspective: Theory and Research in Gauging Intent * 5 Anthropological Reflections on Motive and Intent and the Strategic Multilayer Assessment Typology * Lawrence A. Kuznar * 6 Psychology: Policy Makers and Their Interpretations Matter * Margaret G. Hermann * 7 Intent from an International Politics Perspective: Decision Makers, Intelligence Communities, and Assessment of the Adversary's Intentions * Keren Yarhi-Milo * 8 Social Cognitive Neuroscience: The Neuroscience of Intent * Sabrina J. Pagano * 9 Neuropsychological and Brain-Imaging Techniques * Abigail J. C. Chapman * 10 Desperate Measures: Different Types of Violence, Motivations, and Impact on Stability * Thomas Rieger * 11 Communications: Framing Effects and Political Behavior * Toby Bolsen * 12 Decision Science: A Subjective Decision Modeling Approach for Identifying Intent * Elisa Jayne Bienenstock and Allison Astorino-Courtois * ABBREVIATIONS
From the Mind to the Feet: Assessing the Perception-to-Intent-to-Action Dynamic is an interagency, multidisciplinary collection of 12 essays addressing operational and academic perspectives on the elusive concept of an adversary's "intent"—its indicators and relation to behavior. It is primarily intended for the operational and policy community in the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the Department of Homeland Security, and other US government agencies. The authors are from the intelligence community, the military services, US government agencies, federally funded research and development centers, academia, and the private sector.
The essays in this volume address the following set of critical questions:
• "What do we mean by intent?
• How can intent be measured?
• What is the relationship of intent to behavior?
Contents * FOREWORD * PREFACE * EXECUTIVE SUMMARY * Introduction * PART 1 * Operational Perspective: Basic Issues in Gauging Intent * 1 From Shoe Leather to Satellites: Shifting the Conceptual Lens * Kathleen L. Kiernan and Daniel J. Mabrey * 2 Betting Responsibly: An Effects-Based Thinker's Framework for Characterizing Intent * Harry A. Foster * 3 Gauging the Intent of Nation-States and Nonstate Actors: An Operator's Perspective * Gary Schaub, Jr. * 4 From Observation to Action: Redefining Winning and Sovereignty for the Information Age * John W. Bodnar * PART 2 * Academic Perspective: Theory and Research in Gauging Intent * 5 Anthropological Reflections on Motive and Intent and the Strategic Multilayer Assessment Typology * Lawrence A. Kuznar * 6 Psychology: Policy Makers and Their Interpretations Matter * Margaret G. Hermann * 7 Intent from an International Politics Perspective: Decision Makers, Intelligence Communities, and Assessment of the Adversary's Intentions * Keren Yarhi-Milo * 8 Social Cognitive Neuroscience: The Neuroscience of Intent * Sabrina J. Pagano * 9 Neuropsychological and Brain-Imaging Techniques * Abigail J. C. Chapman * 10 Desperate Measures: Different Types of Violence, Motivations, and Impact on Stability * Thomas Rieger * 11 Communications: Framing Effects and Political Behavior * Toby Bolsen * 12 Decision Science: A Subjective Decision Modeling Approach for Identifying Intent * Elisa Jayne Bienenstock and Allison Astorino-Courtois * ABBREVIATIONS
