intelligence review

JIR contributors include journalists, consultants, and academics with specialist knowledge of political violence, insurgency, organised crime, and weapons proliferation.

Proposals for articles and submissions are welcome if they meet the following guidelines:

Focus
Jane's Intelligence Review aims to provide a clear picture of the nature of threats to regional and local stability; particularly the threats that arise from terrorist or insurgent groups, organised crime activities, and weapons proliferation. It strives to accomplish this through a combination of reporting from on the ground; analysis of groups, technologies, and techniques; and examination of underlying security issues.

Readership
Readers come from government, military, intelligence, business, academic, defence industry and law enforcement communities. The majority are analysts responsible for preparing briefings and assessments on security threats. Articles should be closely tailored for this level and type of readership.

Content
Jane's Intelligence Review covers issues relating to terrorism & insurgency, organised crime, weapons proliferation, as well as relevant broader security concerns. Transnational activities are of particular interest, and the review also publishes risk assessments of particular countries.

Style
Articles should provide new information on groups, their activities, techniques, or technologies involved in the fields outlined above.
Articles should analyse this information, putting it in the context of existing knowledge, and drawing attention to the significance of new developments.
All articles should include a short section at the end of the main text that identifies key questions raised by the article, provides predictive analysis of the threat under investigation, and issues that are worthy of further investigation.
Articles based on primary sources (interviews, briefings, research) are preferred, but when an article is based on secondary sources these should be fully referenced in the body of the text. Primary sources should be identified as fully as possible.

Length
Main feature articles should be between 2,500 and 3,500 words in length.
Shorter articles should be a maximum of 1500 words in length.

Format
Articles should be submitted in Word format by e-mail to the respective editor (see above).
Articles should include a headline, three bullet points outlining the piece's core analytical thread, and a 30-word (max) biography of the author.
Spelling should be checked using a UK English dictionary prior to submission.
Articles submitted to Jane's Intelligence Review should be original works, not previously published. If the article, or a similar article, has been submitted to any other publication the Editor should be informed at the time of submission.

• damage the character of a person by bringing them into hatred, ridicule or contempt;or
• affect them in their business or profession by suggesting they have been involved in disreputable conduct or have been negligent or incompetent in their work.

• Would you like the article to be written about you?
• Don't take anything at face value that anyone tells you for publication. Do they have an interest in the publication of the information they are supplying? Are they disgruntled or malicious? Do they have a hidden agenda? Will they be able to stand up in court and testify that the statements given to you were true and accurate? Always get the other side's view or comment before deciding to publish. Always aim for a balanced and fair report of the issue you are writing about. Don't jump to conclusions that you can't prove in court.
• Don't drag material down from the Internet and believe it is the gospel truth. Can you prove, in court, if necessary, the information you are thinking of using? Don't rely on newspaper cuttings for the facts for your article. This is hearsay and would be inadmissible in court.
• Be precise in what you publish. Don't make vague generalisations. Don't write ambiguous statements or material that could have a hidden meaning. Understand, very clearly, the implications of the words on the page. Don't hide behind the words "alleged" or "claimed" (except in reports of court proceedings) - they provide absolutely no protection.
• Unattributable briefings provide no protection whatsoever. The unattributable briefer will not appear in court as a witness for the defence..
• Always obtain the maximum possible amount of corroborative evidence to support your article or entry. Keep full notes of conversations and interviews, dated, with a note of location where appropriate, in a notebook retained safely for at least 18 months after publication of the article or entry. The same applies to any tape recordings made during the course of researching the material.