Inteligência estratégica: uma ferramenta essencial à defesa estatal

Abstract

The present work aims to analyze the extent to which the strategic intelligence activity contributes to the defense being an excellent tool to support the decision maker as well as to elucidate the importance of this theme for society today. Managing a state proves to be an arduous task, and for that it seems reasonable to use an ability to anticipate facts before they occur to facilitate decision-making. To achieve this goal, an exploratory research was conducted to collect data on the existing bibliography of the subject and thus reach conclusions about the problem analyzed. It will be seen in this paper a history of Strategic Intelligence as well as some concepts related to the subject. In a second part, we will analyze State Defense and the various tools that a government can use to carry it out effectively. And finally, in a third part, there is the association between Strategic Intelligence and State Defense, analyzing some cases that have already occurred and explaining the importance of such cooperation between these two areas.