Advancing intelligence analysis: using natural language processing on East Pakistani intelligence documents

IF 0.8 3区社会学 Q1 HISTORY

Intelligence and National Security Pub Date : 2023-02-13 DOI:10.1080/02684527.2023.2170744

Ryan Shaffer, B. Shearn

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Abstract

ABSTRACT This article demonstrates how natural language processing (NLP) can be used by intelligence practitioners and scholars to analyse text. Using decades of unredacted East Pakistani intelligence reports declassified and released by the Government of Bangladesh, the article shows how machine learning can provide insight into intelligence documents. In particular, it provides a case study for how NLP can provide quantitative analysis that complements the work of qualitative analysis. Simultaneously, this article also demonstrates how NLP can provide historians with a quantitative methodology to better understand historical government records.

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推进情报分析：利用自然语言处理东巴基斯坦情报文件

本文展示了智能从业者和学者如何使用自然语言处理来分析文本。这篇文章利用孟加拉国政府解密和发布的数十年未经编辑的东巴基斯坦情报报告，展示了机器学习如何深入了解情报文件。特别是，它提供了一个案例研究，说明NLP如何提供定量分析，以补充定性分析的工作。同时，本文还展示了NLP如何为历史学家更好地理解政府历史记录提供定量方法。

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