Analysis of the role of private intelligence companies in intelligence management

Intelligence is a product that is developed in accordance with the conditions of the time, and obtained by revealing the data obtained in order to take precautionary measures against the unknown, to combat possible problems and to give direction, by passing through the intelligence filter. In the literature, intelligence is defined as mind, intelligence, understanding, knowledge, insight, heard, received, collected news and information. However, when we examine it technically, the scope of the word intelligence is the product produced as a result of processing raw information, classification, evaluation, interpretation and analysis. This product consists of all the activities that include planning, research, collecting evidence, evaluating them with various mental and experiential scientific methods, producing a result and using the most appropriate method. After the end of the Cold War period and the September 11 attacks, important changes have occurred in the field of security and intelligence in the international arena. With the effect of real political thought, the acceleration of technological developments in the field of security and intelligence, which is the main task of states in the struggle to dominate and maintain their existence, and the camouflage strategies of hegemonic states have revealed changes in intelligence management. One of the most important of these changes is that states have started to use private intelligence companies that are effective on a global scale. The increase in the use of private intelligence companies and the situations experienced have brought a new discussion in international relations. The effects of the use of private companies in intelligence management on the states and their practices in the regions they serve have become questionable. As a result, in this study, the role of private intelligence companies in the future of intelligence was analyzed within the scope of the realpolitik paradigm, by considering the intelligence systems of the United States (USA) and the Russian Federation (RF) and the internationally prominent private companies associated with these states.