Douglas Farah - Central and South America
Douglas Farah - Central and South America
Douglas Farah - Central and South America
- Former award-winning Bureau Chief for the Washington Post in Latin America and West Africa, and member of the investigative team covering conflict, gangs, drug wars and illicit economies.
- Since 2005, president of IBI Consultants working with the U.S. departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and others to conduct cutting edge fieldw
- Former award-winning Bureau Chief for the Washington Post in Latin America and West Africa, and member of the investigative team covering conflict, gangs, drug wars and illicit economies.
- Since 2005, president of IBI Consultants working with the U.S. departments of Defense, State, Homeland Security and others to conduct cutting edge fieldwork and open source data mining to map, identify and design disruption strategies for transnational criminal and criminalized state actors in Latin America.
- Bilingual English/Spanish, with extensive network, access and placement with communities of key influencers across Central and South America.
Dr. Adam Lajeunesse - Arctic
Douglas Farah - Central and South America
Douglas Farah - Central and South America
- Co-author: China’s Arctic Ambitions (2017); co-editor: Canadian Arctic Operations, 1941-2015 (2017).
- Fellow, Arctic Institute of North America.
- Member, editorial board, the journal Arctic.
- Regular participant at the inter-agency Arctic Security Working Group.
- Associate Professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Canada.
Ed Lemon - Central Asia
Douglas Farah - Central and South America
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
- Top expert on Central Asia's relationship with Russia and China and Islamic radicalism in Central Asia.
- Since 2009, he has spent almost three years working and conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
- Speaks Russian and Tajik; President of The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
- Through his research, has es
- Top expert on Central Asia's relationship with Russia and China and Islamic radicalism in Central Asia.
- Since 2009, he has spent almost three years working and conducting fieldwork in Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Russia.
- Speaks Russian and Tajik; President of The Oxus Society for Central Asian Affairs.
- Through his research, has established networks of over 200 researchers and key informants across Central Asia, including in closed communities.
- Research Assistant Professor at The Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
- President of the East-West Center from 1998 through 2016.
- Past Chair of the Pacific Economic Cooperation Council.
- Research adviser to two high-level bi-national Japan-U.S. commissions.
- Taught Southeast Asian international relations at Johns Hopkins.
- Legislative assistant [for defense, trade and foreign policies] to the late Senator Wm V. Roth, Jr of Delaware
David Otto - Africa
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer - Arctic
- Assisted in securing the release of the Chibok girls from factions of Boko Haram and ISWAP.
- Led exercise measurement projects in the CAR and port cities in Sudan, Eritrea, Djibouti, Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Madagascar and Mozambique
- Conducted 3 years of field research on Boko Haram in Lake Chad region
- Speaks French and Broken English
- Grandfather was the first Premiere of British Southern Cameroon
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer - Arctic
Dr. Charles E. Morrison - Indo-Pacific
Dr. P. Whitney Lackenbauer - Arctic
- Chair in the Study of the Canadian North at Trent University, Canada
- Network lead of the North American and Arctic Defense and Security Network (NAADSN – www.naadsn.ca).
- Traveled extensively throughout circumpolar Arctic (www.lackenbauer.ca).
Dr. David Pollock - Middle East
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
- Former Chief of Near East Research for the U.S. Information Agency
- Former State Department Senior Advisor for the Broader Middle East
- Harvard BA and PHD; taught Middle East Studies at Harvard
- Fluent in Arabic and Kurdish; working knowledge of Turkish
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
Adam M. Pechter - Founder and CEO
- Yale BA, Vanderbilt Law School JD, Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) MA
- Proficient in Arabic and Spanish
- Before founding firm, served as the Policy Director for New Jersey gubernatorial campaign and as COO, New Jersey Commerce Commission