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Author Biography

Vadym Chernysh holds a Ph.D. in law. He developed and teaches the author’s course “National Security” for master’s students in National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”. Currently Vadym Chernysh is also a Head of the Governing Council of Center for Security Studies “CENSS.” From 2016 till 2019, he was Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories. In 2015-2016, he was a negotiator in the Minsk process for the peaceful settlement of the situation in the East of Ukraine (Trilateral Contact Group). He was a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine in 2007. Since 2010, he has been a member of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists (USA). Vadym has been a speaker at international forums, including: Aspen Security Forum (Aspen Institute, USA), Oslo Forum (Norway), Stockholm Forum on Peace and Development (SIPRI, Sweden), Fragility Forum (World Bank, USA) and others.

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5038/1944-0472.18.3.2425

Subject Area Keywords

Espionage, Europe and EU, Intelligence studies/education, National power, National security, Threat assessment

Abstract

Intelligence activity is unique; it can be a valuable and powerful tool in the hands of state leaders. Leaders should rely not solely on their perception or intuition to leverage the intelligence instrument of national power but rather on understanding this phenomenon and its inherent qualities. Often, political leadership may confuse the functions of intelligence and law-enforcement agencies, leading to the ineffective or inefficient use of national power instruments to achieve strategic goals. Leveraging the intelligence instrument of national power in prolonged conflicts with a larger adversary is a crucial aspect of statecraft. The role of intelligence can be vital for gaining advantages and should not be limited to supporting other instruments of national power. Drawing on the Serbian-Kosovo tensions of 2023, particularly in September, the article demonstrates how intelligence could have helped Kosovo avert certain adverse developments, providing relevant examples from other countries.

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