by nsiteamadmin | Mar 8, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Geopolitics, Pagano, S., Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Technical Report, Terrorism, ViTTa
Question (AR1.Q1): How will the future of ISIS in Syria and Iraq impact the presence of ISIS in Africa? Author | Editor: Pagano, S. (NSI, Inc). While the consideration of ISIS’s fate in Syria and Iraq of course adds significant value to the question of ISIS in Africa,...
by nsiteamadmin | Mar 8, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, ASIA, Bragg, B., China, Gray Zone, Pagano, S., Qualitative Analysis, Stevenson, J., Technical Report
Violating normal: How international norms transgressions magnify gray zone challenges. Author | Editor: Stevenson, J., Bragg, B. & Pagano, S. (NSI, Inc). The current international system presents multiple potential challenges to US interests. In recent years,...
by nsiteamadmin | Mar 8, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, Bragg, B., Gray Zone, Pagano, S., Qualitative Analysis, Stevenson, J., Technical Report
Specifying and systematizing how we think about the Gray Zone. Author | Editor: Bragg, B., Pagano, S. and Stevenson, J. (NSI, Inc). In their continued work on the changing nature of the threat environment General Votel et al (2016) forecast that the majority of...
by nsiteamadmin | Jan 14, 2017 | 2017, All Publications, MIDDLE EAST, Pagano, S., Qualitative Analysis, SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, Syria, Technical Report, Terrorism
Question (R3 QL7): How does Da’esh’s transition to insurgency manifest itself in Syria; which other jihadist groups might offer the potential for merger and which areas of ungoverned space are most likely to offer conditions conducive for Da’esh to...
by nsiteamadmin | Dec 13, 2016 | 2016, All Publications, Bragg, B., Iran, MIDDLE EAST, Pagano, S., SMA Publication, SMA Reachback Cell, SME Elicitation, Technical Report, ViTTa
Question: What internal factors would influence Iran’s decision to interfere with the free flow of commerce in the Strait of Hormuz or the Bab el Mandeb? Author | Editor: Bragg, B. & Pagano, S. (NSI, Inc). Iran’s Strategic Interests All of the SMEs either...
by nsiteamadmin | Mar 1, 2015 | 2015, AFRICA, All Publications, Bragg, B., Brickman, D., Desjardins, A., Nigeria, Pagano, S., Popp, G., SMA Publication, Stability, Stability Analysis / StaM, Technical Report
Stability Model Users’ Guide: Incorporating StaM Analysis of Nigeria for Illustration. Author | Editor: Bragg, B., Brickman, D., Desjardins, A., Popp, G. & Pagano, S. (NSI, Inc). Over the past decade the United States Government has recognized the...