Miguel C. Vilombo

The Power in the Back Seats of Strategic Decision Making Process: Power-leadership-and-crisis-management Miguel C. Vilombo

The role of strategic intelligence analysis in relation to the decision-making process is critical within the modern globalized society. The function of the modern state in a highly competitive globalized world is to ensure the statehood survival. And above all to maintain its territorial integrity and safeguard the national security and interests; including economic, political, cultural, scientific and intellectual innovations and, historical heritage interests. All these demand strategic intelligence analysis to support decision makers in their decision making processes. Thus, the role of strategic intelligence analysis has become critical and wider in the scope as it deals with the impact of science and technology, its threats and vulnerabilities; both at national, sub-regional, regional and international levels including among other things, international terrorism, transnational organized crime and cyber-warfare, political violence, statehood failures and economic upheavals.