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The Wider World In-Person

The role of an intelligence operative is to collect information. In the case of World War II, the most ubiquitous method for this was eyewitness reports or human intelligence, referred to by the shorthand, HUMINT. Today, we have much more technology to help gather information, including various forms of aerial surveillance, soil and chemical testing to determine the presence of nuclear or chemical weapon development, cyber tracking, GPS, and more. Intelligence analysts take this collected information, synthesize it, analyze it, and make estimates to determine what an ally or adversary is doing and is likely to do next. Once these forecasts to national leaders, it is then up to those leaders to determine how or whether to act upon them or ignore them. We look at a number of historical and current examples of leaders catastrophically ignoring the intelligence they have been provided.

Join our Adult Program Coordinator, Diane Chido as we discuss global affairs in our monthly program, Wider World. We meet on the third Monday at 5pm and discuss an article on a new topic each time. The October article is available here: https://www.jeserie.org/uploads/trust%20chido.pdf, or you can pick up a hard copy at the library.

Date:
Monday, October 20, 2025 Show more dates
Time:
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Time Zone:
Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
Location:
Meeting Room
Audience:
  Adult  
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Diane Chido

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