by nsiteamadmin | Feb 6, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Canna, S., Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism, ViTTa
Question (R2 QL8): How does the U.S./Coalition view Shia extremism? Different from Sunni extremism? How do Sunni communities, Shia communities, MENA countries, and media perceive the U.S./Coalition position on combatting extremists? Author | Editor: Canna, S. (NSI,...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 31, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, Reedy, K., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R2 QL7): What significance will small military groups, particularly in Northern Syria, have in a post-ISIL Levant? How should CENTCOM best shape or influence these groups? Author | Editor: Reedy, K. (RAND). The primary theme that all of the experts touched...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 30, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Astorino-Courtois, A., Geopolitics, MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R3 QL6): How will the population in northwest Syria react to future Salafist political institutions? Author | Editor: Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI, Inc). Similar to points made by other contributors to this SMA Reach-back report, Dr. Kathleen Reedy of Rand...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 26, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Case Study, Geopolitics, Iraq, MIDDLE EAST, Reedy, K., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R2 #5): What are potential unanticipated complications or reactions (or “black swans”) with respect to defeating ISIL in al-Raqqah? Author | Editor: Reedy, K. (RAND). Predicting the unanticipated is always a challenge, but contributors have identified a...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, AFRICA, All Publications, Communications, Geopolitics, MIDDLE EAST, Nigeria, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Steckman, L., Survey Methods, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism, Tunisia
Question (R2 #2): In countries where polling shows favorable opinions of ISIL (Syria, Nigeria, Tunisia, Senegal and Malaysia), what does this tell us? What do these countries have in common? What is our best approach to influence/inform? Author | Editor: Steckman, L....
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 24, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Communications, Cyber, Iraq, McCulloh, I., MIDDLE EAST, Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R2 QL1): Have sentiments changed since the December 2014 polling? Have recent IO efforts in Mosul influenced these sentiments? What other means can we use to influence? Author | Editor: McCulloh, I. (Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab). Data...
