STRATEGIC FORESIGHT IN INTELLIGENCE

The present study is intendet to be a brief overview of the role and importance of the strategic foresight in the intelligence process. Strategic foresight is one component of prospective studies and refers to a systematic process of comprehensive analysis on future's probabilities for a wider range of actions. Strategic foresight's goal is to create viable strategic alternatives, based on strategic analysis. In Romania, prospective studies are approached with restraint even if there are challenges to national security, which could be eliminated with them. The same type of studies may provide insights that we lack in the decision making, a proper management to handle the challenges which generate insecurity.