Anand Arun

About Anand Arun

SES-level leader and former adjunct professor with two decades of experience overseeing intelligence teams in the private sector and at the Department of Defense, Department of State, Department of Homeland Security, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. Provided tailored intelligence support to customers ranging from military personnel abroad to executive officials, including CEOs, Secretaries of Defense, four-star Generals, Ambassadors, and the President.Extensive experience in threat, risk, strategy, and forecasting analysis with a strong understanding of key national security challenges— including China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, terrorism, homeland defense, political and economic instability, cyber threats, and space-counter space—having led, briefed, and substantively reviewed analysis on all of these issues at the highest levels of the US government.Areas of Expertise: • Threat Analysis• Strategy & Policy Development • Strategy and Operations• Geopolitical Risk Analysis• Intelligence Analysis• Forecasting• Scenarios Analysis• Red Team Thinking • Thought Leadership• Executive Writing & Briefing • International Partner Engagement • Program Management• Strategic and Tactical Analysis• Structured Analytic Techniques• Executive Support• Cross-Functional Integration• Strategic Management & Oversight• Talent Development • Crisis Management • Corporate Communication• Congressional Engagement

Experience

1. Senior Defense Intelligence Analyst - Global Counterterrorism

   Defense Intelligence Agency

   Sep 2024 — Present

   Head of global terrorism analysis, responsible providing strategic vision, overseeing analytic output for hundreds of analysts, representing DIA in executive forums, developing analytic strategies, and managing analytic resources.

Education

• University of Michigan

  B.A.

• Georgetown University

  M.A.

• University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Graduate Certificate

• University of Oxford

  Executive Certificate

Skills

• Policy Analysis
• Foreign Policy
• Political Risk Analysis
• Yemen
• International Security
• Intelligence Analysis
• Counterinsurgency
• Al-Qaeda
• Army
• Political Science
• Government
• Al-Qaida
• South Asia
• Dod
• National Security
• Counterterrorism
• Defense
• Writing
• Arabian Peninsula
• International Relations
• Aqap
• Analysis
• Afghanistan