List of Contributors Abbreviations Introduction: Warning - The Highest Purpose and Most Challenging Mission of Intelligence Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning & Stig Stenslie 1. Punggye-ri, 2006 - North Korea's First Nuclear Test Soo Kim 2. London, 2006 - The al-Qaeda Transatlantic Bomb Plot Michael S. Goodman 3. Tbilisi, 2008 - Russia Invades Georgia Daniela Richterova 4. Wall Street, 2008 - The Global Financial Crisis John A. Gentry 5. In Amenas, 2013 - Terrorists Attack Petroleum Interests Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning 6.

Crimea 2014 - Russia's Annexation of Crimea Tom Røseth & Tobias Sæther 7. Mosul 2014 - The Rise of ISIS Nikki Ikani 8. Palmyra, 2015 - ISIS Attacks Cultural Heritage Sites Zeynep Egeli & Lars Haugom 9. Paris 2015 - ISIS Attacks Paris Pauline Blistène 10. Kyiv, 2015 - Russia's Cyber-Attack on Ukraine's Power Grid Aaron Brantly 11. Wuhan, 2019 - A Global Pandemic Damien van Puyvelde 12. Capitol Hill, 2021 - Insurrection in Washington DC Stephen Coulthart 13. Bergen, 2021 - Russia's Strategic Acquisition Bid on Bergen Engines AS Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning 14: Kabul, 2021 - The Taliban Overtakes Kabul Kristian Gustafson 15: Kyiv, 2022 - Russia's Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine Huw Dylan 16: Sindh, 2022 - Climate Change Floods in Pakistan Stig Stenslie Conclusion: Towards Better Warning - Lessons and Recommendations for Intelligence Bjørn Elias Mikalsen Grønning & Stig Stenslie References Index.