
The World of Intelligence
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.
Latest episodes

Sep 28, 2022 • 33min
OSINT Ethical Considerations with Amy Zegart

Aug 5, 2022 • 37min
OSINT in the Commercial Sector with LifeRaft
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.

Jul 21, 2022 • 40min
OSINT in Action
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.

May 3, 2022 • 12min
Ukraine Conflict Review (April 2022)
Podcast recording date: 26 April 2022. Huw Williams of our EMEA news team chairs a discussion focussed on the Russian invasion of Ukraine featuring Amael Kotlarski, Senior Analyst at Janes, Thomas Bullock, Senior Russia and CIS OSINT Analyst at Janes and James Rands, C4ISR Manager at Janes.

May 3, 2022 • 39min
Coming of Age for OSINT Technology: A Conversation with Emily Harding
In the latest episode of The World of Intelligence podcast we speak to Emily Harding, Deputy Director and Senior Fellow, International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) around the latest technology in OSINT, in particular we cover the recent report "Move Over JARVIS, Meet OSCAR: Open-Source, Cloud-Based, AI-Enabled Reporting for the Intelligence Community" which is available to download here: https://www.csis.org/analysis/move-over-jarvis-meet-oscar

Mar 24, 2022 • 41min
The application of OSINT in the counter-terrorist role
In this episode of the World of Intelligence podcast, we speak to Don Rassler, Director of Strategic Initiatives at the Combating Terrorism Center at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The conversation in this episode is focused on the utility and application of OSINT in the counter-terrorism arena.

Mar 4, 2022 • 32min
Ukraine Conflict: A Review of the First Week
Huw Williams of our EMEA news team chairs a discussion focussed on the Russian invasion of the Ukraine asking why were the Russian actions so different to expectations, what were they trying to achieve and what went wrong? Amael Kotlarski, Senior Analyst at Janes, Thomas Bullock, Senior Russia and CIS OSINT Analyst at Janes and James Rands, C4ISR Manager at Janes, discuss these questions across the land, maritime and air domains with reference to combat, logistics, command and control, communications, ISR and planning.

Feb 24, 2022 • 37min
Russia/Ukraine - Coming of Age for OSINT?
In the latest episode of The World of Intelligence podcast, we speak to Thomas Bullock, Senior Russia and CIS OSINT Analyst at Janes and Christian Haimet, Country Intelligence Analyst at Janes, about the real-world utility of OSINT.

Feb 2, 2022 • 31min
Bringing integrated data to life
In the first episode of the year, Harry and Sean discuss the value of interconnecting and integrating open-source intelligence data through the lens of several use cases. We discuss both the theoretical and the practical OSINT purposes to realise the real value of data manipulation in solving specific problem sets.

Dec 20, 2021 • 45min
Commercial OSINT challenges with Fivecast
In this episode of The World of Intelligence we talk about some of the current real-world challenges we face and how commercial open-source providers like Janes and like our guests, Fivecast, have started to solve some of those challenges and how we are supporting government agencies. Fivecast is a world leading provider of digital intelligence solutions that enable public and private organisations to explore the masses of data, uncovering insights which are critical to protecting their communities.