The impact of intelligence on decision-making: the EU and the Arab Spring

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2018-02-06

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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group

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This article examines the 2007 EU all-source intelligence assessment ‘Worst Case Scenarios for the Narrower Middle East’ and the lack of policy response to the warning provided. SIT-6577/07 mostly predicted and provided forewarning on some of the events lately known as the Arab Spring, as well as a rise of anti-European terrorism, and an increase of refugees and migrants in the European Union. The article offers a post-mortem analysis of the key judgements and main findings of the most significant intelligence product declassified by the EU and discusses the main question: Why the warning was not effective?

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Rubén Arcos & José-Miguel Palacios (2018) The impact of intelligence on decision-making: the EU and the Arab Spring, Intelligence and National Security, 33:5, 737-754, DOI: 10.1080/02684527.2018.1434449