Information sharing in military operations

Abstract

This volume explores the interpersonal, organizational, and technological enablers and barriers to information and intelligence sharing in multinational and multiagency military, humanitarian, and counterterrorism operations. To this end the contributions present case studies and other empirical research. UN and special operations headquarters are studied, along with multinational operations in Mali, Iraq, and Afghanistan by the UN and by U.S. Central Command. Perennial themes are the need for a holistic approach to information sharing--one that incorporates all the above enablers--and the importance of learning from experience, which should be the basis for operational planning. There is still considerable ground to be gained in enhancing the efficacy of information sharing in the context of defense and security, and the present book contributes to this goal. 1. Information Sharing in Military and Security Operations -- 2. Information Fusion: Intelligence Centers and Intelligence Analysis -- 3. Oh, Didn't Anyone Tell You? The Importance of Intra-Organizational Information Sharing -- 4. Information Sharing in Contemporary Operations: The Strength of SOF Ties- 5. Information Sharing among Military Operational Staff: The French Officers' Experience -- 6. Trust and Information Sharing in Multinational-Multiagency Teams -- 7. Information Sharing at United States Central Command -- 8. How Information Sharing Improves Organizational Effectiveness in Coalition Operations -- 9. Information Sharing Between U.S. and Japanese Forces Before, During, and After Operation Tomodachi -- 10. Conditions for Effective Intelligence and Information Sharing: Insights from Dutch-Japanese Cooperation in Iraq, 2003-2005 -- 11. Information Sharing in Military Organizations: A Sociomaterial Perspective -- 12. Information Sharing in Multinational Peacekeeping Operations -- 13. Stovepiping Within Multinational Military Operations: The Case of Mali -- 14. Managing the Media during the War in Mali: Between Restriction and Pragmatism -- 15. The War at Home: Putin's Information Strategy Toward the Russian Population -- 16. Enablers and Barriers to Information Sharing in Military and Security Operations: Lessons Learned -- Index.