Abstract:

There is a direct relationship between foreign policy crisis and decision-making. In the decision making-process, access to information is critically important. Although information can be provided by various methods, it is common to obtain it from intelligence sources. In this respect, there is a strong connection between crisis management and intelligence, depending on the nature of the crisis. In fact, the function of intelligence is not only to obtain or produce information. Protecting information from enemies’ access (counter-intelligence), distort-impose knowledge (propaganda), to persuade their target audience by using it in combination with fear (psychological warfare), to carry out actions that will alter the conflict/contention environment in favour of the friendly sides with a secret hand (covert operations) are activities carried out by intelligence agencies. From this point of view, in foreign policy crises, intelligence appears to be a more active actor than previously thought. Examining intelligence functions through the perspective of a sample crisis is critical to understanding the relationship between crisis and intelligence. The role of intelligence functions in the Sanjak Crisis will be examined in this study to reveal the contribution of intelligence to crisis management.

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