Janes

Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett are joined by Dr Claire Yorke, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow, to discuss the fascinating subject of empathy and why it is so important in decision making, our analysis and open-source intelligence.

Sean Corbett retired from the Royal Air Force in September 2018 after a 30-year career as a professional intelligence officer, where he reached the pinnacle of his profession. He then established a Defence, Security and Intelligence Directorate within a 'new space' geospatial intelligence company, Earth-i, where he advanced innovative Al applications to earth observation data in support of the defence and security sector, and instigated the concept of 'intelligence as a service', leveraging a wide spectrum of publicly available information to answer challenging questions for the community. In October 2019, he set up his own business as a consultant specialising in the provision of strategic advice, commercial intelligence, the space sector, and the optimisation of organisational leadership and change management.

Sean Corbett

AVM (ret’d) Sean Corbett CB MBE MA, RAF

Claire Yorke is an author, academic researcher, and advisor. Her expertise is in the role of empathy and emotions in international affairs, politics, leadership, and society.  In September 2021, she began a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship at the Centre for War Studies at the University of Southern Denmark, leading a new project funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Fund on Empathy and International Security (EIS). 

Between 2018 and 2020, she was a Henry A. Kissinger Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer at International Security Studies and the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs, Yale University. 

She is currently writing two books on empathy and emotions. The first focuses on their integral role in diplomacy, combining theory and practice with extensive interviews (Brookings Institution and Chatham House). Her second book examines how empathy and emotions are critical to effective political leadership (Yale University Press). In addition, working with Professor Jack Spence and Dr Alastair Masser, she has co-edited two volumes on diplomacy, which are were published in April 2021 (IB Tauris and Bloomsbury). 

Dr Claire Yorke

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow 

Empathy in Decision-Making, Analysis and OSINT


Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett are joined by Dr Claire Yorke, Marie Skłodowska-Curie
Fellow to discus why empathy is so important in decision making, our analysis and open-source intelligence.


Empathy In Decision-Making, Analysis And OSINT

Janes delivers validated open-source defence intelligence across four core capability areas threat, equipment, defence industry and country that are aligned with workflows across the defence industry, national security and government.

The World of Intelligence

Warren Strobel, National Security Reporter joins Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett in this podcast to understand the role open-source intelligence has to be play in Journalism.

Warren P. Strobel covers intelligence and security in the Wall Street Journal's Washington bureau. He has travelled with eight U.S.secretaries of state and covered conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa and elsewhere.  He and his colleagues' award-winning work at Knight Ridder Newspapers challenging the Bush administration's case for invading Iraq was featured in the 2018 Rob Reiner movie, “Shock and Awe.”

Since late 2021, Warren has written extensively about how Open-Source Intelligence has transformed the war in Ukraine and global understanding of that conflict, as well as its impact on the mission of U.S. and Five Eyes intelligence agencies. 


Warren P Strobel

National Security Reporter

OSINT and Journalism

Warren Strobel, National Security Reporter joins Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett in this podcast to understand the role open-source intelligence has to be play in Journalism.


In this episode we explore the impact of mis or disinformation in open source intelligence with Di Cooke CSIS International Security Program Visiting Fellow&nbsp;and KCL War Studies Doctoral Candidate.

Di Cooke is visiting fellow in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Her research portfolio examines the impacts of AI on national security, with a specific focus on the intelligence and information domains.  Past relevant work has included assessing opportunities for the IC to leverage emerging technology, examining the impact of AI on escalatory dynamics in defence, AI governance and standards development, as well as conducting open source investigations.  Most recently she has been tracking the advancement of synthetic media capabilities and examining the implications for OSINT from both a tradecraft and strategic perspective.  Prior to her current role at CSIS, Di was seconded to the UK MOD from the University of Cambridge to help inform and develop strategy-level AI policy, such as assurance guidance materials to help ensure UK Defence's AI operationalization approach is in accordance with its AI Ethical Principles.

Di Cooke

CSIS International Security Program Visiting Fellow and KCL War Studies Doctoral Candidate

Mis/Disinformation in Open Source Intelligence

Mis/Disinformation in open source intelligence

In this episode we explore the impact of mis or disinformation in open source intelligence with Di Cooke CSIS International Security Program Visiting Fellow and KCL War Studies Doctoral Candidate.


In this episode we speak to Gwyn Armfield, Brigadier General, USAF (retired) to discuss how OSINT supports Special Operational Forces in their operations.

Sean Corbett retired from the Royal Air Force in September 2018 after a 30-year career as a professional intelligence officer, where he reached the pinnacle of his profession. He then established a Defence, Security and Intelligence Directorate within a 'new space' geospatial intelligence company, Earth-i, where he advanced innovative Al applications to earth observation data in support of the defence and security sector, and instigated the concept of 'intelligence as a service', leveraging a wide spectrum of publicly available information to answer challenging questions for the community. In October 2019, he set up his own business as a consultant specialising in the provision of strategic advice, commercial intelligence, the space sector, and the optimisation of organisational leadership and change management.


Gwyn Armfield served for nearly three decades of active duty in the US Air Force retiring as a Brigadier General. He now leads a consulting company that advises clients on technology development, risk management and leadership. Gwyn is the co-author of the recent book “Lead to Serve and Serve to Lead: Leading Well in Turbulent Times.” While in uniform, Gwyn served as the US Central Command Vice Director for Strategy and Plans, the Deputy Commanding General for US and coalition special operations forces in Afghanistan as well as in a number of other capacities. Contact Gwyn or purchase his book through www.leadtoservebook.com, follow his posts on LinkedIn at Lead to Serve Book.

Gwyn Armfield

Brigadier General, USAF, retired

Use of OSINT to support Special Operational Forces


In this episode we speak to Claire Chu, Senior Chinese Analyst at Janes Group to discuss economic statecraft as a valuable element of your OSINT toolbox and how open source intelligence on state sponsored commercial activity can support their national interests.

Claire Chu is a senior China analyst at Janes Group. She specializes in the geopolitical and national security implications of China’s global economic activity. She recently joined Janes in 2022 after the company’s acquisition of RWR Advisory Group, where she was in the same role, leading the firm’s China practice. Claire launched RWR’s Belt and Road Monitor in 2017, which provides a comprehensive biweekly overview of China’s overseas trade and investment activities and policy developments, and served as the editor until 2020.  
  
Claire previously held research roles at think tanks including the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin, Germany, the Project 2049 Institute in Arlington, and the Center for the National Interest in Washington, DC. She has also worked on rule of law and governance issues at the Congressional-Executive Commission on China (CECC) and at Human Rights Watch. Claire has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives and her commentary has been featured in major media outlets in the United States, Europe, and Asia, including the Financial Times, Bloomberg, Voice of America, Foreign Policy, and Nikkei Asia.

Claire Chu

Senior China analyst at Janes Group

Using OSINT to understand geoeconomic influence and threat intelligence




Using OSINT to understand geoeconomic statecraft

Amy Zegart is the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution. She is also a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies, professor of political science at Stanford University, and a contributing writer to The Atlantic.

Amy Zegart

Stanford faculty, sr. fellow at Hoover Institution & FSI, Atlantic contributing writer

CEO and Founder IntSight Global Limited

OSINT Ethical Considerations with Amy Zegart

In this episode of The World of Intelligence we speak with Neil Spencer on the value of OSINT in the commercial sector. Neil Spencer is the Director of Strategy and Partnerships for LifeRaft. He has more than twenty years of security industry experience, during which time he has advised both corporate and government sectors. His research focuses on the security and intelligence markets to understand how new technologies, trends, and online data sources impact assets and operations.

Neil Spencer is the Director of Strategy and Partnerships for LifeRaft. He has more than twenty years of security industry experience, during which time he has advised both corporate and government sectors. His research focuses on the security and intelligence markets to understand how new technologies, trends, and online data sources impact assets and operations.

Neil Spencer

Director of Strategy and Partnerships, LifeRaft

OSINT in the Commercial Sector with LifeRaft

In the context of the Ukraine conflict this podcast examines the open-source environment that is now available to analysts to derive insight and intelligence, lessons learned and future implications.

In the context of the Ukraine conflict this podcast examines the open-source environment that is now available to analysts to derive insight and intelligence, lessons learned and future implications.


Recent Episodes

SEASON 1

OSINT and Journalism

Mis/Disinformation in Open Source Intelligence

Use of OSINT to support Special Operational Forces

Using OSINT to understand geoeconomic statecraft

OSINT Ethical Considerations with Amy Zegart

OSINT in the Commercial Sector with LifeRaft

OSINT in Action

About The Show

The World of Intelligence

Harry Kemsley

President of Government & National Security, Janes