US-China competition is defined by disparities in military, economic, and international power. While the US maintains a significant lead on Chinese military operability and economic clout, Chinese “soft-power” trends are strengthening relationships and developing business with the international community in ways the US has been unwilling or incapable of replicating. The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has […]
The US withdrawal from Afghanistan created a power vacuum which was rapidly exploited by the Taliban and its affiliated groups. Afghanistan’s use as a base for violent extremism organizations (VEOs) under the Taliban in the 1990’s has regional actors worried about modern-day Afghanistan becoming a catalyst for regional instability. Tajikistan, who shares an 843-mile border […]
Washington, DC – October 06, 2021 – The Air Force has awarded a multi-year contract to conduct Global Market Research Reports (GMRR) to Navanti Group. Navanti support will include conducting market research to enhance industrial preparedness and give government planners a clear understanding of global logistics networks and issues related to cultures, customs, infrastructure, supply […]
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened […]
Press Release: Washington, DC – September 21, 2021 – Office of the Secretary of Defense, Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) named Navanti Group’s CEO Fred Payne a ‘Patriotic Employer’ for contributing to the national security and protecting liberty and freedom by supporting employee participation in America’s National Guard and Reserve Force. The […]
Press Release: Washington, DC – August 17, 2021 – the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has awarded the new Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning Support activity to Navanti Group to provide a broad range of technical assistance to USAID/Nigeria mission. Navanti’s support will include data quality assessments, field-based monitoring, evaluations, enhanced data analytics through improvement […]
Water-Borne Improvised Explosive Devices (WBIEDs) have been in use as an asymmetric warfare tactic since at least the early 1970s. The most famous incident involved the successful detonation of a bomb-laden skiff against the USS Cole on October 12, 2000. Since then, few notably successful WBIED attacks have occurred which would threaten the maritime status quo of military and civilian transit. Nevertheless, growing Iranian influence has precipitated the use of WBIEDs amongst many of their terrorist proxies abroad, most notably the Houthis in Yemen, and Hamas/Palestinian Islamic Jihad in Gaza. There is evidence to suggest that while few WBIED attacks by Iranian proxies have proven successful, increasingly sophisticated and now unmanned WBIEDs will continue to develop as a mainstay of tactical options amongst members of the Iranian Threat Network (ITN).
Navanti’s data collection and analysis are based on networks of on-the-ground researchers from all walks of life: journalists, academics, and humanitarian workers, to name a few. Our analysts also keep abreast of open source reports to inform their work. Below, these analysts have summarized and contextualized the most important pieces they have read and listened to over the past month.
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