Research in strategic intelligence

Evidence for
consequential
decisions.

Strategic intelligence examines how forces across technology, security, institutions, and society interact, so decision-makers can understand what is changing, why it matters, and which choices may shape what comes next.

This site has a focused purpose: to showcase important research studies in the strategic intelligence space and make them useful beyond a doctoral audience. Begin with an accessible explainer, then follow the argument into its methods, evidence, and limits. The formal scholarly record belongs in repositories such as ProQuest.

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Research studies
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Public entry layer
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Archive status
Growing

Explainers / Start here

The research, without the dissertation.

Written for a general reader, each explainer leads with the human question and the stakes. If you want to go further, its interactive research presentation keeps the method, evidence, and limitations within reach.

Research studies / Go deeper

Research for a wider field of view.

Each study opens a purpose-built presentation of the scholarly work. Inspect the research question, method, evidence, and limitations at your own pace, then follow its formal record to ProQuest when available.

2 studies

Study 01 2026
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 ONE RESEARCHER 7 models · 6 vendors · 8 days · 1 auditable record
Research TradecraftSocial Sciences

The Terminal Experiment

Finishing a question that cannot pay you back

Using a deliberately unwinnable question about faith traditions as its test case, The Terminal Experiment documents how one researcher and seven role-separated AI model variants carried a governed inquiry to a defensible null. Its nine-case inner study uses blind coding and cross-family adjudication, with five outcome-eligible cases analyzed through preregistered crisp-set QCA. The governed record makes provenance, disagreement, review, and repair inspectable without claiming empirical validation or superiority.

Methodology
Nine-case comparative pilot · calibrated blind double-coding · cross-family adjudication · preregistered crisp-set QCA (N = 5)
Keywords
AI-assisted researchAI research governanceProvenancePreregistrationQCA
AuthorScott W. Waddell, D.S.I. Passphrase required Enter presentation
Study 02 2025
SHARED DIGITAL LAYER 4 national cases · IT-sector focus · 18 shared questions
Cyber PolicyStrategic Resilience

Advancing U.S. Cyberspace Policies in the Age of AI and Web 3.0

A comparative case study on securing United States national security interests

A qualitative comparison of Estonia, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States examining how cyberspace policy can adapt to AI and Web 3.0 while safeguarding critical infrastructure. The study draws context-specific lessons for U.S. regulation, public-private collaboration, workforce development, and harmonized international standards.

Methodology
Structured-focused comparative case study · two-cycle qualitative coding · thematic analysis
Keywords
Cyber policy adaptationCritical Infrastructure ProtectionArtificial intelligenceWeb 3.0Cybersecurity governance
AuthorScott Wayne Waddell Open presentation Explore study

Field of inquiry / 04 connected domains

A field shaped by connected forces.

  1. 01

    Global change and foresight.

    Emerging forces, plausible futures, and the second-order effects that can redraw a strategic landscape.

  2. 02

    National security and statecraft.

    Policy, institutions, alliances, competition, and the choices that shape security over time.

  3. 03

    Technology and resilience.

    Cyber policy, critical infrastructure, artificial intelligence, and the dependencies connecting modern systems.

  4. 04

    Intelligence and research tradecraft.

    Methods for collecting, testing, interpreting, and communicating evidence with provenance and limits intact.

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