The issue of the Greek Financial Crisis was within your firm in 2015 because it had a subsidiary in that country. Management made a decision in 2015 to scale down the size of the subsidiary; management did not want to leave, but they decided it best to reduce the investments in the subsidiary. Now the management of the firm wants a re-evaluation of the situation in Greece; they want to decide whether they should begin re-investing in the subsidiary: specifically management wants a brief background on the crisis, i.e. what got Greece into this situation and what efforts were made to to help the Greek government; where do things stand at this time, i.e. what is the likely future of the country economically and politically over the next couple of years; they want an idea of what other MNEs with subsidiaries serving the Greek market are doing; and of course, what options might be available for as far as the subsidiary is concerned. DRAW FROM REPUTABLE SOURCES – NEWS MEDIA AND BUSINESS JOURNALS THAT ARE NOTEWORTHY – AND GET A BALANCED PERSPECTIVE. (EXAMPLES: ARTICLES FROM THE ECONOMIST, FOREIGN AFFAIRS JOURNAL, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, THE NEW YORK TIMES, THE BBC, AL JAZEERA.) YOU MAY ALSO DRAW FROM PUBLICATIONS BY THINK TANKS OR RESEARCH INSTITUTES. 

2 pages

• Textbook: Chapters 13, 14
• Lecture 1, 2
• Link (website): Church Committee Reports Archive
• Link (website): The CIA’s Family Jewels
• Link (website): Spying in a transparent world, ethics, and intelligence in the 21st century
• Link (website): The Operation that killed Bin Laden
• Link (website): U.S. National Intelligence: An Overview
• Link (PDF): The 9/11 Commission Report (Chapter 13)
• Link (PDF): National strategy for information sharing and safeguarding
• Link (website): The WMD Commission Report
• Link (website): ‘Curveball’: I Lied about WMD to Hasten Iraq War
• Link (PDF): The Worldwide Threat Assessment 

Introduction
Efforts to improve, alter, or reorganize the intelligence community are as old as the community itself. The use of the word “reform” remains problematic in that it can imply that something that needs fixing, as opposed to simply being improved. (Lowenthal, 2017) 

Initial Post
What are the human elements that can complicate intelligence reform? Can you find past examples that support your position from past accounts in a journal article or newspaper? You may also find some useful information in the resources section above. 

Secondary Posts
Read postings provided by your instructor or fellow students. Read and respond to the conclusions drawn by your classmates. Remember to read the feedback to your own major postings and reply throughout the week. 

Writing Requirements

• In addition to one initial post, respond to at least two peers.
• Initial Post Length: minimum of 250 words
• Secondary Post Length: minimum of 200 words per post
• Using APA format, provide at least one citation with corresponding references page and use appropriate in-text citation(s) referring to the academic concept for the initial post.