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In this podcast Harry Kemsley and Sean Corbett revisit some of the key themes they covered in 2022 and discuss what they have learnt about the power of 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

Open-source Intelligence - what we learnt in 2022


OSINT – What we learnt in 2022

Open-source Intelligence - what we learnt in 2022

In this episode we take a more practical look at open source intelligence and its role in understanding the current situation in Iran as it sits at the crossroads of a range of geopolitical choices, the result of which will play a large role in determining the course of the country’s internal dynamics, as well as its external relations with other states. Janes Country Intelligence customers can also access our supporting special report on Iran at Customer.Janes.com

Srishti Punja is a Senior Analyst with the Janes Country Intelligence Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team and joined Janes in 2019. She has spent most of her time at Janes conducting extensive research on nuclear proliferation issues, with a focus on Iran.

Srishti Punja

Senior Analyst, Country Intelligence Middle East and North Africa (MENA), Janes

Jake Abel is a Pursuit Customer Success Manager with Janes, where he has spent the last 11 years leveraging his experience in the intelligence and defense communities to support Janes unique customer base. Prior to joining Janes, Jake served as an Intelligence Officer with the Defense Intelligence Agency where he was a subject matter expert on Iran. He has also spent time with the US Congress, conducting oversight for the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, as well as working as a foreign policy assistant with the Office of the Speaker. 

Jake Abel

Pursuit Customer Success Manager, Janes

Lewis Smart is the Manager of the Janes Country Intelligence Middle East and North Africa (MENA) team. He used to head Janes' CBRN desk and still covers CBRN issues across the MENA region. He is also the template lead for JCIN's politics profile.

Lewis Smart

Country Intelligence Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Team Manager, Janes

In this episode we take a more practical look at open source intelligence and its role in understanding the current situation in Iran as it sits at the crossroads of a range of geopolitical choices, the result of which will play a large role in determining the course of the country’s internal dynamics, as well as its external relations with other states.


Iran at a crossroads

We invited some of our most popular guests back to take us to the next level of what everyone needs to consider for their OSINT and why technology, ethics, culture and empathy are increasingly important.

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 

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

Alison Evans is Head of Tradecraft and Subscriber Services at Janes. enhancing our customers capability and capacity for open source intelligence. Previously, a senior analyst and Head of an Asia Pacific Country Intelligence and OSINT team. Alison is also a distinguished linguist with advanced Japanese, Korean, and German language skills and has worked in local government in Japan, within the European Commission and the commercial aviation sector in South Korea. 

Alison Evans

Head of Tradecraft and Subscriber Services, Janes

Emily Harding is deputy director and senior fellow with the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). She joined CSIS from the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), where she was deputy staff director. In her nearly 20 years of government service, she has served in a series of high-profile national security positions at critical moments. While working for SSCI, she led the Committee’s multiyear investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections. The five-volume, 1,300-page report reshaped the way the United States defends itself against foreign adversaries seeking to manipulate elections, and it was lauded for its rigor, its thoroughness, and as the only bipartisan effort on election interference. During her tenure on the Committee, she also served as the subject matter expert on election security, counterintelligence and associated cybersecurity issues, and the Middle East. She oversaw the activities of 18 intelligence agencies and led SSCI staff in drafting legislation, conducting oversight of the intelligence community, and developing their expertise in intelligence community matters.

Emily Harding

Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, International Security Program, CSIS

Taking open source intelligence considerations to the next level and why technology, ethics, culture and empathy are so critical.


Next Level OSINT Considerations - Part 2

Next Level OSINT Considerations

Next Level OSINT Considerations - Part 1

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.

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.


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.


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OSINT – What we learnt in 2022

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