3-71. Obtaining required information is often more complex and requires leveraging the national to tactical intelligence capabilities. For stability operations, commanders often require more detailed intelligence and intelligence preparation of the battlefield products to determine how best to conduct operations and influence the local populace to enhance stability. The identification and analysis of threats, terrain and weather, and civil considerations are critical in determining the most effective missions, tasks, and locations in which stability operations are conducted. Therefore, diverse and detailed intelligence products are important to support stability operations. Intelligence and civil affairs will work together to identify key influencers and understand societal fault lines and grievances, both relating to current operations and those that originally contributed to fragility or violence to ensure successful stabilization. Civil affairs operations strive to ensure that existing grievances are not exacerbated.