THE ROLE OF ANALYSIS IN GREAT BRITAIN PRE

With a major in Security and Intelligence at Ohio State, you have many class options to choose from. Because of these options, you are able to take courses focused on topics you are extremely interested in. History has always intrigued me, so when I found out that I could take “History of Modern Intelligence,” I was ecstatic. I jumped at the opportunity and it has been one of the most interesting classes I’ve taken so far.

In this paper, I discuss the role of analysis (as an element of intelligence) in the position of Great Britain in pre-World War I. This is a very interesting topic because a lot of analysis that was done, was disregarded by policy makers and military commanders alike. Intelligence itself did not obtain the respect it now has, until after the first World War, when all of the world powers realized how vital intelligence is.

Final Paper

This was the final paper for my first major class. It holds special significance to me because I spent many, many hours writing this, going through all of my ideas, and going to office hours to make sure I was headed in the right direction. Also, the turning in of this paper signified the end to my first completed course for my major, it was a happy moment for me.

In this paper, I delve into my ideal intelligence community for the United States. We were instructed to completely scrap the current structure and make our own intelligence community from scratch. I learned that I am very good at organizing and assigning tasks from this assignment. It takes a lot to be as effective as possible, while cutting out redundancy and unnecessary entities.

This artifact is a personal experience where I grew as a person. International Affairs Scholars took a trip to Toronto, Canada and it was an amazing experience. The first night there, my friends and I were lost in the city of Toronto for two solid hours, we walked six miles of circles and getting turned around, but we had fun being lost. Before it became dark, we had figured out how to get back to the hotel, and stopped for dinner (we were so exhausted).

During this trip, we visited the Royal Ontario Museum, and the Aga Kahn Museum (which were both breathtaking). We listened to a speaker talking about immigration in Canada and how the Syrian Refugee Crisis effected Canada’s usual immigrant intake. We explored Casa Loma (pictured) and it was spectacular. I have an amazing group of friends and we grew a lot closer over our trip abroad.