Intelligence - Serviciul Român de Informaţii

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�Another
historical depiction by Ph.D. Tiberiu Tănase reveals new details about the establishment of Dobrogea's
Intelligence and Security Service, during First World War.
�Marius
Sebe continues his series of articles on the intelligence challenges of the 21st Century by detailing the
novelties in governmental intelligence, as well as the emergence and rapid development of private intelligence.
Concluding his study, Mr. Sebe foresees the replacement of 20th Century's Informational Era with the new wave
of the Intelligence Era.
�In
his brief yet didactic study, Paul Georgescu details the Romanian Intelligence Service's efforts to support local
public authorities, stressing the impact intelligence estimates have on local security environments.
�Oana
Magdalena Ciobanu's article on risk management in corporatist societies is a well documented and
extensive introduction to the notions of risk an threats, as well as to intelligence's contribution to reducing the
former two.
�Bogdan
Alexandru Antipa's article, the first in an upcoming series, introduces readers to the relatively
unexplored realm of heraldry, seen as a means of understanding the ”social, political and cultural processes of a
historical age” and, moreover, an useful tool to accurately understand historical events.
�In
his article on „Media Manipulation and Propaganda Techniques”, Bogdan Negoi exposes disinformation,
intoxication, lies, rumors and persuasion from a sociological perspective.
�In
an era when the word ”intelligence” comprises too many meanings for the general public to have a clear grasp
at it, Ilie Tudor Ciuflea brings useful clarifications, encompassing the mutations it has suffered in the 21st Century.
�Persuasion
must be a constant preoccupation for intelligence analysts more than for anyone else, and Nicolae
Rotaru's study of it constitutes a good start for a better understanding of the phenomenon.