Central Intelligence Agency, as realized, 2015-present
Contemporary · realized scope
The Central Intelligence Agency is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the United States federal government, operating under the Director of National Intelligence. It was established by the National Security Act of 1947 and is headquartered in Langley, Virginia, with operations conducted globally. It is principally associated with the collection, analysis, and dissemination of foreign intelligence for national security purposes, as well as covert action programs authorized by the executive branch.
Cluster:Pragmatic Achievement
Defined by elevated Evidence-Based Reasoning, with Achievement & Excellence, Material Aspiration, and Progress & Innovation running high alongside it. Sanctity & Transcendence and Tradition & Continuity sit low. The pattern is secular and outcome-focused: performance and evidence over inherited forms.
Full profile
All 22 dimensions in one fixed order, grouped by the contrast axis each feeds, so any two entities can be read side by side. Switch to “By axis” to group them by the axis each feeds.
Neighbors
- 1Napoleon (rule), as realized, 1799-1815Distance: 14Compare
- 2Deng (PRC leadership), as realized, 1978-1992Distance: 15Compare
- 3The Prince (Machiavelli), as stated, 1532Distance: 17Compare
- 4Baathism, as stated, 20th c.-presentDistance: 18Compare
- 5Leviathan (Hobbes), as stated, 1651Distance: 18Compare
The Three Axes (Detail)
Each bar is one pole’s pull, pointing the way it pushes the result. The dot is where the two pulls add up.