Introduction: shifting paradigms and shifting gears - a perspective on why there is no post-Cold War intelligence agenda, Alan E. Goodman. National assessment systems: assessment machinery - British and American models, Michael Herman the US Government's experience with intelligence analyses - pluses and minuses, Harold P. Ford the German analysis and assessment system, Harald Nielsen national intelligence assessment - Australia's experience, A.D. McLennan. The producer/user interface: American presidents and their intelligence communities, Christopher Andrew organizational politics and the development of Britain's intelligence producer/consumer interface, Philip H.J. Davies intelligence analyst/manager relations at the CIA, John A. Gentry. New analytical priorities: proliferation and arms control, Paula L. Scalingi analysis and assessment for peacekeeping operations, Sir David Ramsbotham security intelligence, the national interest and the global environment, Simon Dalby. The open source revolution: intelligence analysis in the age of electronic dissemination, Peter Sharfman private enterprise intelligence - its potential contribution to national security, Robert David Steele.