Grey Dynamics

Thank you for joining the Great Dynamics Podcast, today I spoke with Samuel Bendett! Samuel is an advisor with the CNA Strategy, Policy, Plan, and Program centre where he is a member of the Russia Studies program.

He's also an adjunct senior fellow at the Center for New American Security. His work involves research on Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military systems and artificial intelligence, as well as Russian military capabilities and decision-making during crises. 

And he's also an honorary Mad Scientist, which is very cool with the US Army TRADOC Math Scientist Initiative!

• Russian military developments and failures in Ukraine
• How Ukraine turned the table on the "masters" Hybrid Warfare 
• The effectiveness of Turkish and Irani drones
• The role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the Ukraine War
• Military technology developments despite sanctions

You can find more out about Samuel's work via his Twitter 

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In this episode of the Grey Dynamics Podcast, I spoke with Gareth Westwood. Garrett is an 11 year veteran of the intelligence community in the uk. He served in different roles in the military as well as in the foreign service. In the last two years, He spent his time building and running an internal global corporate intelligence team in a large pharmaceutical company as the head of Global Intelligence. 

• Gareth's career starting as Music teacher
• The intersection of complex musical composition and technical intelligence analysis 
• The value of joining the military and foreign service 
• Why it is crucial to focus on accuracy, brevity and clarity in your briefings to intelligence consumers 
• Keeping lists and prioritisation to combat burnout as an intelligence analyst 
• How the take over of Afghanistan was predicted but still shocking (Read Ghost Wars by Steve Coll)
• OSINT Tools, Tips and Tricks 

You find Gareth on LinkedIn: Gareth Westwood

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In this episode of the Grey Dynamics Podcast, I spoke with my old mentor partner and friend Julie Nel! Julie is an experienced senior leader within the security industry, with a career spanning 30 years across UK Military and Law Enforcement. She specialises in Intelligence and Serious and Organised Crime and has served as Force Director of Intelligence and the National Lead for Intelligence in Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabularies (HMIC).

Currently, she is the founder and managing director of the private intelligence and investigative firm B4secure 

• Julie's career in the military and police
• The value of intelligence-led policing
• The creativity of OSINT researchers 
• What it takes to be a great intelligence analyst
• Facing and dealing with PTSD and survivor's guilt 
• The power of having hobbies to switch off from work 

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In this episode, I sat down with my friend and former British Army engineer, paratrooper turned humanitarian, adventurer, filmmaker and entrepreneur Dave Luke.

Dave is Artios Global's CEO and an Information and Strategy advisor who has led humanitarian relief, research assessments and media production in complex emergencies and transitional states for 15 years. He has worked in more than 50 countries.

1. His journey from Northern Ireland to the highest peaks in the world.
2. His love for humanitarian work
3. The art of storytelling and its role in research and intelligence.
4. How to lead with unconditional honesty and trust
5. Building your own tribe
6. Being fearless in approaching opportunities

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Thank you for joining the Grey Dynamics podcast. We have a very special guest, Jack Margolin! Jack is the program director of the Conflict-Affected States Program at C4ADS, which is a nonprofit organization that uses publicly available information and emerging technology to disrupt international crime and conflict. He has investigated corruption, arms trafficking, and nuclear proliferation from Russia to South Sudan.

• Illicit Nuclear Technology Procurement by companies in Pakistan and India
• Sudanese state-owned cartel and its connections with the Wagner Group 
• Comparing and contrasting publicly accessible information (PAI) and open source intelligence (OSINT) 
• Flight data tracking using C4ADS's proprietary ADS-B Exchange data tool 
• How the desire of being first on Twitter can lead to misinformation propagation 
• North Korean networks in Africa
• Find your passion and niche down if you want to stand out and build transferable skills 

You can find Jack's work at https://c4ads.org/people/jack-margolin/ or via Twitter @Jack_Mrgln

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Hello everybody! Thank you for joining the Grey Dynamics Podcast. I'm your host Ahmed Hassan.

We spoke with Kyle Cunliffe. Kyle is a lecturer at Salford's University Intelligence Programs. His research focuses on intelligence and Cyberspace, particularly where those two meet. 

• The difficulties facing human intelligence practitioners in a growing world of high-tech surveillance.  
• How video games inspired Kyle to study intelligence.
• The Tensions between intelligence scholars and practitioners.
• Knowing what you are good at and utilising that for a role in Intelligence.
• Information overload through social media.
• And much more!

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If you want to get in touch with Kyle: @Kyle_Cunliffe on Twitter.

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Thank you for joining the Grey Dynamics podcast today! 

We have a very illustrious guest, Jason L. Jason served as a Marine for 12 years.

After that, he joined the Nuclear Security Industry. And from there on out, he was recruited by the CIA.

Today he has a different role in the Intelligence Community (IC).

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The Grey dynamics podcast offers insight into the often murky and hidden world of intelligence. Brought to you by current and former intelligence practitioners that know the routes through the grey zone. With your host Ahmed Hassan.

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