write-a-paper-on-the-country-you-chose-to-analyze

Resources

Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Chapters 5, 6
• Lecture 1: Collection
• Lecture 2: Analysis – Part 1
• Lecture 3: Analysis – Part 2
• Link (PDF): U.S. Government. A tradecraft primer
• Link (website): Covert Action: A systems approach Wood
• Minimum of 3 reliable/academic/library resources

Introduction
Using open source material, collect information on a country of your choice.

Activity Instructions
Write a paper on the country you chose to analyze. Consider the following questions:

• What are the country’s weaknesses, its strengths, its threats, its geography, and its economic capabilities?
• What recommendations would you make for policy toward this country?

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• 2-3 pages (approx. 300 words per page), not including title page or references page
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• 
  Title
  page with topic and name of student
• References page

Grading and Assessment
This activity will be graded based on the Written Analysis Grading Rubric.

Learning Outcome(s): 1, 4, 5
1. Assess the theoretical effectiveness of intelligence and covert action with regard to analyzing governmental structure and national security policy.
4. List the different kinds of intelligence and examine how it is gathered.
5. Examine the history and structure of U.S. intelligence.