South Asia Stability Assessment Academic Consortium. Author | Editor: Popp, G., Canna, S. & St. Claire, C. (NSI, Inc). The Strategic Multi-layer Assessment (SMA) office provides planning support to the Combatant Commands with complex operational imperatives requiring multi-agency, multi- disciplinary solutions that are not within core Service/Agency competency. Solutions and participants are sought across the […]
Continue ReadingThe Effects of CyberNeurobiology and CyberPsychology on Political Extremism. Author | Editor: Orlina, E. & Desjardins, A. (NSI, Inc). These reports will provide the operational and policy communities with a deeper understanding of the unique behavioral and neurobiological factors that underlie political extremism, specifically in the cyber realm. There are three volumes contained within this […]
Continue ReadingInsights from Neurobiology on Influence and Extremism. Author | Editor: Orlina, E. & Desjardins, A. (NSI, Inc). These reports will provide the operational and policy communities with a deeper understanding of the unique behavioral and neurobiological factors that underlie political extremism, specifically in the cyber realm. There are three volumes contained within this series: Cyber […]
Continue ReadingNational Security Challenges: Insights from Social, Neurobiological, and Complexity Sciences. Author | Editor: Astorino-Courtois, A. (NSI, Inc), Cabayan, H. (Joint Staff), Casebeer, W. (DARPA), Desjardins, A. (NSI, Inc), DiEuliis, D. (HHS), Ehlschlaeger, C. (ERDC), Lyle, D. (USAF) & Rice, C. (USA/TRADOC). This White Volume assesses U.S. long term national security challenges, employing a global perspective […]
Continue ReadingInfluencing Violent Extremist Organizations and Their Supporters without Adverse Side Effects Author | Editor: Davis, P. (RAND) Summary In developing strategy to affect violent extremist organizations (VEOs) it is useful to take a “system perspective” to characterize the different elements of a VEO and the larger environment in which the VEO operates. It is also useful to […]
Continue ReadingTowards a Framework for Dealing with Potential Unintended Consequences of Influence Activities Authors | Editors: Ackerman, G. (National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism); Asal, V. (University at Albany, State University of New York); Canna, S. (NSI, Inc.); Davis, P. (RAND and Pardee RAND Graduate School); DeRouen, K. (University of Alabama); Helfstein, S. (Combatting Terrorism Center […]
Continue Reading5th Annual SMA Conference. Author | Editor: Canna, S. & Popp, G. (NSI, Inc). The 5th Annual Strategic Multi-layer Assessment (SMA) Conference was held at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland from 29-30 November 2011. The SMA program is prioritized by the Joint Staff (JS/J-3/DDGO) and executed by ASD (R&E) RFD. The focus […]
Continue ReadingA Guide to Analytic Techniques for Nuclear Strategy Analysis. Author | Editor: Bragg, B. & Popp, G. (NSI, Inc). The Concepts & Analysis of Nuclear Strategy (CANS) project undertaken for US Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) was tasked to examine the utility of alternative analytic techniques for assessing nuclear force attributes and sufficiency under a variety of […]
Continue ReadingAttribute Tradeoff Model (ATOM): Model and Software Documentation. Author | Editor: Bragg, B., Orlina, E. & Salwen, M. (NSI, Inc). The ATOM model seeks to link discrete and measurable force posture attributes (such as flexibility, sustainability and reach) to such broad concepts as deterrence and counter proliferation in a systematic and meaningful way. Given New […]
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