Intelligence
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An International Public Health and Virus Surveillance Network for National Security
“An International Public Health and Virus Surveillance Network for National Security,” is the title of a paper by Dr. Deon Canyon, Dr. Sebastian Kevany and retired Rear Adm. Michael S. Baker forSecurity Nexus. This article highlights the necessity for the United States to increase national...
Competitive Security Gaming: Rethinking Wargaming to Provide Competitive Intelligence that Informs Strategic Competition and National Security
Summary: Generating competitive intelligence to make intelligent decisions in a world increasingly facing complex security challenges is more difficult than ever before. Competitive Security Gaming reframes wargaming in terms of strategic, operational and tactical competition rather than...
Cyber Security and Law Enforcement Seminar: "The Challenge of Cybercrime and 'Hacktivism'"
From14–18 August 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted a Cyber Security and Law Enforcement Seminar titled “The Challenge of Cybercrime and 'Hacktivism.'” The five-day workshop was held in Washington, D.C. It was designed to help participants evaluate and...
GLOBAL TRENDS: National Intelligence Council Report
Global Trends Hompage Excerpt: Welcome to the 7th edition of the National Intelligence Council’s Global Trends report. Published every four years since 1997, Global Trends assesses the key trends and uncertainties that will shape the strategic environment for the United States during the...
Maritime Domain Awareness and Maritime Fusion Centers
Excerpt: The essential mission of a MFC is to strengthen MDA by gathering and analyzing data from multiple sources, fusing it into meaningful information, and disseminating actionable intelligence to operational commanders to directly improve national security, safety, economy, and environment...
NESA-IISS South Asian Security Forum in Bahrain
25 to 27 March 2022 – The NESA Center and its partner, the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), co-hosted the sixth annual South Asian Strategic Forum in the Kingdom of Bahrain. This unique Track 1.5 dialogue brought together 40 participants from India, Pakistan, Afghanistan,...
New Report on Central American Instability
July 14, 2016 Intelligence fusion centers may be the type of security apparatus that countries in the Northern Triangle need to combat organized crime according to Dr. Thomas Bruneau. In the most recent Perry Center Occasional Paper, Dr. Bruneau, a distinguished Professor Emeritus of...
PTSS Program Director James Howcroft Published in The American Interest
PTSS Program Director James Howcroft Published an article in The American Interest online magazine. The article explores how to put intelligence to work against ISIS terrorists returning from Syria to their countries of origin. Full text of the article, entitled "Dare to Share", can be...
Security Professionals Improve English Language Skills to Fight Terrorists
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 12, 2019) – To feel more confident speaking about counterterrorism topics in a language that is not their native tongue, seven security professionals...
Strategic Competition, National Security and the Need for ‘Competitive Intelligence’
“Strategic Competition, National Security and the Need for ‘Competitive Intelligence’” is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Deon Canyon forSecurity Nexus. This article illustrates how Competitive intelligence lies at the center of any strategy to maintain political,...
The Intersection of Global Health, Military Medical intelligence, and National Security in the Management of Transboundary Hazards and Outbreaks
DKI APCSS’ Dr. Deon Canyon, retired Rear Adm. Michael S. Baker, M.D. and Dr. Sebastian Kevany, University of California, San Francisco, all collaborated to co-author a comprehensive paper titled “The Intersection of Global Health, Military Medical intelligence, and National Security in the...
USF and the NESA Center Host the 5th Great Power Competition Conference
On 28–29 April 2022, TheUniversity of South Florida (USF) College of Arts and Sciencesand theNear East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studieshosted the 5th Great Power Competition Conference titled“The Future of National Security After 9/11: Where We are We Now? Where Will We be in...
NATO Intelligence and Information Sharing: Improving NATO Strategy for Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations
Current global conflict trends are pulling NATO away from its traditional collective defense mission into stability and reconstruction (S&R) operations with greater frequency. S&R environments require NATO to collaborate with and support host nation governments, international organizations...
Alumni Publication: Cyberwar, Netwar: The Untouchable and Unpredictable by Charani Patabendige
On 31 January 2023,Modern Diplomacy publishedNESA Center alumna Charani Patabendige's article titled"Cyberwar, Netwar: The Untouchable and Unpredictable." Charani LCM Patabendige is a Research Assistant and an Acting Research Analyst at the Institute of National Security Studies (INSS), the...
J5 Academic Paper: “NEOM City: Integrated Campaigning and Competition with China”
Abstract: NEOM City is a planned futuristic metroplex that serves as a $500 billion cornerstone of the Vision 2030 strategic framework that reduces Saudi Arabia’s dependence on oil and diversifies its economy. Currently, USCENTCOM does not have a plan to capitalize on what will become a regional...
The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0
The RAND Corporationrecently published a research report titled "The Rise of Generative AI and the Coming Era of Social Media Manipulation 3.0: Next-Generation Chinese Astroturfing and Coping with Ubiquitous AI." The authors argue thatU.S. adversaries can use generative AI for social media...
2024 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community
On 11 March 2024, theOffice of the Director of National Intelligence published the2024 Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intelligence Community. The report reflects the collective insights of the Intelligence Community, which is committed every day to providing the nuanced, independent, and...