Government & Military Research

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.

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Case Studies

A Russian A-50 plane taking off from a runway.
Source: Planespotters.

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. 

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Two COVID pandemic workers in PPE standing outside a closed building. One worker is standing over a man lying on the street, presumably incapacitated by his infection.

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.

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