Ann Caracristi Institute For Intelligence Research
We Value Rigorous Inquiry
As the dedicated research unit of National Intelligence University—the accredited university of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC)—the Ann Caracristi Institute for Intelligence Research (CIIR) represents the IC’s premier resource for academic intelligence research. CIIR serves to support, advance, and promote NIU’s academically rigorous research on topics critical to U.S. intelligence and national security.
The Institute houses NIU’s expert research faculty, prestigious Research Fellowship Program, and a number of pioneering intelligence research centers, which use state-of-the-art research methods and tools to analyze a synthesis of classified and unclassified data on cutting-edge topics. CIIR took point on the IC’s preeminent COVID-19 academic research initiative “A World Emerging from Pandemic: Implications for Intelligence and National Security,” in partnership with the Pentagon’s distinguished Strategic Multilayer Assessment Group.
A World Emerging from Pandemic: Implications for Intelligence and National Security,
The Ann Caracristi Institute for Intelligence Research serves to support, advance, and promote NIU’s academically rigorous research on topics critical to U.S. intelligence and national security.
We Foster Academic Freedom
CIIR research faculty and fellows use state-of-the-art research methods and tools to analyze a synthesis of classified and unclassified data on cutting-edge topics.
Fellowship Program
Intelligence professionals are competitively selected for the opportunity to conduct critical, innovative, and academically rigorous research on a full-time basis in support of U.S. intelligence and national security.
Research Centers
CIIR administers these centers in partnership with NIU’s College for Strategic Intelligence and School for Science and Technology Intelligence.
Our People
Faculty members specialize in a broad range of research topics pertaining to current and emergent intelligence and national security issues.
In The Media
By Calling It a ‘Cold War’
We Risk Containing Ourselves
10/03/22
The Hill
Will the National Security Strategy Defund the Government?
05/17/22
The Hill
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10/21/22
The Ciper Brief
It's True, The World Has Always
Been Complex - But Not Like This
05/09/22
The Hill
The Intelligence Community's Silence is Deafening
08/20/21 | The Hill