Services

Research and Analysis

Will there be early elections in Pakistan? To what extent is Beijing willing to use military force to secure its investments in Afghanistan and Central Asia? These are the sort of questions thrown our way by concerned investors–and these are the sort of questions we shine at answering for entities deeply leveraged in volatile locations.

We can help you assess:

  • Currency volatility
  • Emerging opportunities
  • Political change and instability
  • Security threats
  • Supply chain risks

From public databases to social media, open source data is increasingly ubiquitous and often unstructured. Making sense of it requires the right methodology or tradecraft.

Good analytic tradecraft — paired often with open source or proprietary software — enables one to assess the reliability of sources, distinguish the signals from the noise, and separate valid information from disinformation. It reduces the likelihood of error and results in a product that intellectually empowers the customer.

All of our products utilize industry-standard structured analytic techniques, such as key assumptions and quality of information checks. The end result: analysis that provides warning of threats and alerts the customer to potential opportunities.

Our bespoke reports marry our subject-matter experts with structured analytic techniques (SATs) — including key assumptions checks and analysis of competing hypotheses. SATs, when employed correctly, reduce the risk of analytical error and increase the accuracy of assessments.

Services

  • Customized reports leveraging our subject-matter experts along with structured analytic techniques (SATs) — including key assumptions checks and analysis of competing hypotheses. SATs, when employed correctly, reduce the risk of analytical error and increase the accuracy of assessments.
  • Due diligence investigations, leveraging our local networks and multilingual deep search capabilities. 

Previous Work

  • For a large global organization, we produced an assessment warning of a major rupture to the political balance of power in an Asian country in which it was planning a high-risk venture.

Curriculum Development and Instruction

We’ve provided large organizations with curriculum development and instructional services on political and security issues in the Middle East and South Asia, including on terrorist organizations that may serve as physical threats to their assets and infrastructure. Our team of leading experts from academia and the policy world bolster the capabilities of your in-house practitioners.

Services

We’ve provided large organizations with curriculum development and instructional services on political and security issues in the Middle East and South Asia, including on terrorist organizations that may serve as physical threats to their assets and infrastructure. Our team of leading experts from academia and the policy world bolster the capabilities of your in-house practitioners.

Previous Work

  • Authored and edited chapters for instructional textbook on counterterrorism issues in the Middle East and South Asia for major public organization.
  • Instruction for major public organizations on Middle East and South Asian insurgent groups and terrorist organizations.

Strategic Communications

Perception management is more complicated than ever before, presenting both new challenges and opportunities.

A tweet about your organization by a random Joe in his bedroom could go viral in an instant while you and your employees are asleep. Armies of “bots” deployed by malicious entities could contaminate the public sphere with false information or “fake news” concerning your group.

At the same time, digital and social media empower organizations to reach new audiences in ways that are more cost-effective than traditional marketing and public relations.

Services

  • Speechwriting and strategic communications guidance.
  • Social media engagement, reputation monitoring, and analysis.
  • Foreign-language media monitoring and analysis.

Previous Work

  • Authored English-language speeches for Middle Eastern head of state given in East Asia.
  • Conducted case study of how an organic, social media campaign forced a major private company to change personnel in a country with low levels of internet access.
  • Produced monthly reviews of vernacular media coverage of key power brokers in country with rapidly growing private media industry.

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