Government & Military Research
Mei's Intelligence Background
Mei's educational expertise focused on government and military intelligence analysis, providing actionable insights through open-source intelligence analysis for executive level stakeholders.
Please note that most of Mei's previous intelligence work is still under security clearance and therefore cannot be shared publicly. If you want to learn about their work, please email them.
Soft Skills
Cross-discipline Coordination
Deriving Actionable Insights
Stakeholder Presentation
Project Management
Community Engagement
Qualitative Skills
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)
Threat Assessment
Trade Route Analysis
Disease Surveillance
Quantitative Skills
Data Mining
Statistical Data Analysis
Case Studies
The Twilight War that Never Happened
China and Russia are Getting Bolder
Military intelligence briefings are often presented to executive level leadership as succinct one-page reports consisting of a summary, background context, and 3 potential recommendations. This particular study delves into the collaborative maneuvers executed by China and Russia over contested Japanese territory in August 2020. Leveraging threat assessment techniques, Mei conducted a comprehensive review of open-source intelligence to inform leadership about the most effective course of action in response to such provocations.
Key Skills
Deriving Actionable Insights
Stakeholder Presentation
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Threat Assessment
Statistical Data Analysis
Picture by Elena Lacey; GETTY IMAGES.
It Only Takes 3 People to Create a Tiger
China and Censorship in the Age of COVID-19
Mei's graduate thesis was an in-depth investigation of China's censorship strategies during the initial phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Employing a combination open-source and social media intelligence, alongside on-the-ground disease surveillance methodologies, Mei provided a real-time reconstruction of the dissemination of COVID-19 information in China during the spring of 2020. Systematically analyzing changes in the censorship landscape over time, Mei then lays out the impact of COVID-19 on China's future censorship policies.
Key Skills
Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT)
Social Media Intelligence (SOCMINT)
Data Mining
Disease Surveillance
Deriving Actionable Insights