Ruben Arcos

Rubén Arcos is lecturer and researcher of communication sciences at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid (Spain). He is the founder and chapter chair of Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) for Spain and founding co-director of IntelHub. He is a freelance contributor of Jane's Intelligence Review and deputy editor of The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs. He has served for almost 10 years as coordinating director of the first ever Master...See more

Rubén Arcos is lecturer and researcher of communication sciences at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid (Spain). He is the founder and chapter chair of Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals (SCIP) for Spain and founding co-director of IntelHub. He is a freelance contributor of Jane's Intelligence Review and deputy editor of The International Journal of Intelligence, Security, and Public Affairs. He has served for almost 10 years as coordinating director of the first ever Master's degree in Intelligence Analysis in Spain. Arcos is national representative in the NATO/STO task group SAS-114 on "Assessment and communication of uncertainty in intelligence to support decision making". Arcos has published extensively in intelligence studies, strategic communications, and experiential learning in intelligence through simulations and games. Latest publications include "The Impact of Intelligence on Decision-Making: The EU and the Arab Spring" (with José Miguel Palacios) in Intelligence and National Security; two edited volumes (with William Lahneman) of The Art of Intelligence: Simulations, Exercises, and Games (Rowman & Littlefield), and the edited volume (with Randolph Pherson) Intelligence communication in the Digital Era (Palgrave). See less