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In anticipation of the upcoming Knowlton Project event on the strategies and tools necessary to counter threat finance, the Praescient Analytics team recently sat down for a discussion with Jeff Dressler, senior research analyst at the Institute for the Study of War and author of a series of definitive reports on the Pakistan-based terrorist group known as the Haqqani network…. Read more »
Threat Finance is the next topic of Praescient’s Knowlton Project, an important effort to anticipate, understand, and solve our nation’s most pressing national security challenges. Through this initiative, Praescient aims to bring together a robust network of experts in national security, defense, technology, and business who can bring their collective knowledge and experience to bear… Read more »
In the years since September 11th, the amount of money the United States has spent on counterterrorism programs has dramatically increased— both in the government and in the private sector. With all the resources that we have invested in countering terrorism it is important to be able to assess the effectiveness of these programs. Despite… Read more »
Endemic conflict and the lack of good governance has produced a humanitarian crisis in Yemen, where basic services are not being provided to the country’s population. 5 million Yemenis are in need of emergency aid, rising food prices are pushing more and more Yemeni families to the brink of desperation, and the country is quickly running… Read more »
The Niger Delta, the main oil-producing region in Nigeria, has a history of opposition to the central government in Abuja. It began as a non-violent movement led by environmental activist Ken Siro-Wiwa (who was eventually executed by the military dictator Sani Abacha) aimed at seeking redress for the environmental and economic damage that oil extraction… Read more »
Every morning, 50% of Americans reach for a mobile telephone as they prepare for their day. It’s likely that some of you are reading this blog post from your mobile phone. 25% of Americans login to their email account at least once a day. We use the Internet to stay in touch with friends and… Read more »
In 1990, the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Institutes of Health teamed up to begin what would be referred to as the Human Genome Project (HGP), an international research effort to sequence and map all of the genes of our species. Completed in April 2003 with a cost of over 3 billion dollars,… Read more »
As the U.S. Senate gears up for another political battle over the U.N. Convention on the Law of the Sea, American businesses have already become anxious about the potential resource bonanza that may await them in the Extended Continental Shelf. Under customary international law, as reflected in the Law of the Sea Convention, every coastal… Read more »
The following post was written by one of Praescient’s Advanced Analysis Fellows, a former marine biologist who is working with the Initiatives Group, and articulates how traditional research and analysis techniques can be (and ought to be) applied across disciplines to support special projects. The Initiatives Group is a collective of thought-leaders, subject matter experts,… Read more »
The U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) initiative to embed special operations teams in contested villages across Afghanistan is proving to be one of the most effective engagement methods currently employed in theater. Village Stability Operations (VSO) place highly trained Special Operations Forces (SOF) units in rural villages to live and work amongst the villagers and… Read more »