Our analysts and collectors have a multi-disciplinary blend
of academic, diplomatic, military, logistic, intelligence, aid, journalist and financial backgrounds, with
extensive on-the-ground experience, supported by a wide network
of contacts and sources, and superb background reference material. We
work collectively, often virtually, to provide you with the best product.
•The Director of Research
and Analysis is James Spencer, who holds a BA (Hons) in Arabic with
Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies, and a Masters in International Relations. He has extensive
experience of all aspects of low-intensity conflict and the wider
Middle East / Islamic Africa region
as both a practitioner and an analyst.
An influential commentator, he speaks and writes regularly, in public and privileged arenas.
•Other senior members of the team are:
Edward Harris, Head of the Africa Desk; and Mervyn
Patterson, Head of the Asia Desk.
•Our clients have included governmental organisations, law
firms, security companies, extractive industries, financial service companies, media, communications firms,
and academia.