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How to Read a Map - Nigeria and its Rivers

Nigeria is one of the most sociologically and geopolitically complex operating environments in West Africa. Having previously explored...

How to read a map: Iran, the broader Middle East, and Africa

One of the central tenets of geopolitics is that geography has an inevitable influence on the way politics play out both within and...

Supply Chain ESG Risk Assessment and Due Diligence: You're Probably Doing it Wrong

The post-COP26 accelerated frenzy for all things ESG has led to increased demand for, and discourse around, methodologies for assessing...

It's Complicated: An Initial Guide to Investigations in the Global South - Part 2 - HUMINT

Following my prior post on OSINT in the Global South, in this post, I aim to survey some key considerations around analyzing human source...

Unsustainable: Why ESG Inc. is Broken and What it means for the Global South

Unless you've been living under a rock for a few years, you've probably heard the term 'ESG' bandied about by nearly every company and...

It's Complicated: An Initial Guide to Investigations in the Global South - Part 1 - OSINT

Gathering open source (OSINT) and human source (HUMINT) intelligence in investigations can be laborious and fraught work, especially in...

The Russia-Ukraine War: Perspectives from the Global South

Frustration, shock, disbelief, disappointment...all are apt descriptions of the general reaction of Western media and think tanks to the...

Evaluating Startups in Latin America: Risk Management Considerations

Amid reports of increasing investment, activity, and growth in Latin America’s startup ecosystem, it’s important to keep in mind the...

Separating Fact from Fiction: Perceptions of HUMINT

This is a joint blog post in which, given our different investigative backgrounds, we seek to address one of the most important questions...

James Bond on a Shoestring Budget: Private Sector Human Intelligence Training

HUMINT is more art than science. Nowhere is this truer than in the private sector. Compared to the public sector, private sector-based...