HANDBOOK ON CSDP
2.6. THE SINGLE INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS CAPACITY (SIAC) by Jose Morgado and Radoslaw Jezewski
The Single Intelligence Analysis Capacity (SIAC) is the working arrangement whereby the EU Intelligence and Situation Centre (EU INTCEN) and the EU Military Staff Intelligence Directorate (EUMS INT) jointly provide intelligence analysis and early-warning and situational awareness to the EEAS leadership and also to the EU institutions and Member States. SIAC is the single point of entry for the civilian and military/defence intelligence and security services of EU Member States when they provide strategic classified documents or briefings to the EU institutions.
HOW DOES SIAC WORK? SIAC delivers a unique joint service, combining intelligence from all participating Member States’ military and civilian intelligence and security services within the SIAC framework. Built on an ‘all-sources approach’ and supported by the OSINT Division and the EU Satellite Centre (Satcen), SIAC analyses, processes and distributes strategic intelligence. The SIAC analysts work on all regions and all areas of major foreign and security policy interest to the EU. Since 2016, the EU Hybrid Fusion Cell, created by decision of the European Council, provides intelligence support to all EU actors.
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WHO ARE SIAC’S CUSTOMERS? SIAC provides intelligence support to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the European Commission (HR/VP) and all EEAS structures. It supports various EU decision-making bodies in the fields of the Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), the Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP), counter-terrorism and countering hybrid threats, including the Political and Security Committee (PSC) and the EU Military Committee (EUMC). Since its inception in 2007, SIAC has provided intelligence to the Council, the Commission and the Member States, in order to create a common basis of understanding.
SIAC INTELLIGENCE PRODUCTS SIAC products, ranging from top level Flash Briefing Notes to in-depth Intelligence or Threat Assessments, are based on intelligence provided by EU Member States’ intelligence and security services, reports from EU delegations, CSDP missions and operations, satellite imagery analysis from SatCen, as well as on a wide range of open sources.
