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Introduction -- Part I: How Do i Get Started? -- Who Are Your Clients? -- What Are the Key Questions? -- What is the Broader Context for the Analysis? -- How Should I Conceptualize My Product? -- What Is My Analytic Approach? -- Can Collaboration Contribute to a Better Answer? -- Part II: Where Is The Information I Need? -- How Do Models Help My Analysis? -- What Types of Information Are Available? -- Can I Trust the Sources? -- How Should I Assess the Reliability of Internet Information? -- Part III: What Is My Argument? -- Are My Key Assumptions Well-Founded? -- Can I Make My Case? -- Did I Consider Alternative Hypotheses? -- How Do I Deal With Politicization? -- How Might I Be Spectacularly Wrong? -- Part IV: How Do I Convey My Message Effectively? -- Is My Argument Persuasive? -- How Should I Portray Probability, Levels of Confidence, and Quantitative Data? -- How Can Graphics Support My Analysis? -- How Do I Present My Message in the Most Compelling Way? -- How Do I Know When I Am Finished? -- Part V: Case Studies -- Countering the Iranian Nuclear Threat: Stuxnet and Its Broader Implications -- Puzzling Food Poisonings in Germany -- The End of the Era of Aircraft Carriers -- Financial Crises in the United States: Chronic or Avoidable? -- Yemen: An Expanding Security Threat?