The key objective of this project was to identify and then refine cutting-edge socio-cultural analytic models currently employed within the intelligence community, tailored to anticipate aspiring WMD actors and identify points of leverage within their national decision-making communities. Drawing on these collective findings, learn about primary takeaways and promising avenues for the way ahead.

Kerry M. Kartchner is senior advisor for strategic communications in the Department of International Security and Nonproliferation at the U.S. Department of State. Kartchner also is a distinguished faculty member in Missouri State University’s Graduate Department of Defense and Strategic Studies, where he teaches courses on arms control, strategy, defense planning, and strategic culture. He is co-editor of On Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century (with Jeffrey Larsen).