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| name = WIKISTRAT | logo = Wikistrat.png | type = Private | foundation = 2009 | location_city = Washington, DC, United States | industry = Geostrategy | products = Strategic intelligence | revenue = | | homepage = {{URL|wikistrat.com}} | num_employees = }}Wikistrat Inc. is a geostrategic analysis and business consultancy founded in Israel in 2010[1] and headquartered in the United States. It describes itself as the world's first crowdsourced consultancy leveraging a global network of over 2,000 subject-matter experts.[2][1] AnalystsRather than employing a stable of in-house analysts, Wikistrat maintains a network of hundreds of academics, consultants, journalists, and retired government/military personnel. Contributors are invited to participate in a given project if they have relevant expertise, and each individual is compensated for his or her time. Analysts can accept or refuse invitations on a case-by-case basis.{{cn|date=June 2018}} The company uses gamification to incentivize analyst participation. CEO Joel Zamel, who is also head of Psy-Group[3], said in 2013, "[Wikistrat's platform] uses a gamification engine we created that incentivizes analysts by ranking them at different levels for the work they do on the platform. They are immediately rewarded through the engine, and we also track granular changes made in real time. This allows us to track analyst activity and encourages them to put time and energy into Wiki analysis."[4] Among the notable members of Wikstrat's analytic community are Richard Weitz, Daniel Pipes, Parag Khanna, Kenneth R. Timmerman, Daveed Gartenstein-Ross, Shaukat Qadir, James Joyner, James C. Bennett, Leon Hadar, Michael Rubin, Mark Galeotti and Anne-Marie Slaughter.{{cn|date=June 2018}} HistoryThe company was founded in 2010 in Israel by Joel Zamel and Daniel Green.[1] After studying counter-terrorism, Zamel founded Wikistrat Inc. and became CEO, while Green came aboard as the company's chief technology officer. Dr. Thomas P.M. Barnett joined the firm as chief analyst a year later. Barnett is no longer with the firm. 2011 Grand Strategy CompetitionBetween June and July 2011, Wikistrat hosted an "International Grand Strategy Competition" which tested the company's collaborative competition approach. More than thirty teams of MA and PhD students representing universities and think tanks participated in the month-long competition in which teams simulated thirteen countries. Participants' affiliations included the UK Defence Forum,[5] the New York University School of Continuing and Professional Studies' Center for Global Affairs,[6] the University of Kentucky's Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce,[7] Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service,[8] and the University of Sussex.[9] The team from Claremont Graduate University's School of Politics and Economics won the competition and a $10,000 prize.[10] The NYU team's predicted that Russia would ultimately have to outsource its security if it were to continue experiencing demographic decline, and if its economy were to remain heavily dependent on commodity exports.[11] Participants from the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies argued that India was rooting for Pakistan's disintegration, considering the collapse of the Muslim state as a prerequisite to fully institutionalizing India's alliance with the United States.[12] Students at Sussex believed that North Korea would collapse without Chinese support and therefore recommended that the nation diversify its allies.[13] Organizers were surprised by the level of interest in the competition.[14] Media exposureIn 2010, it ran a simulation on the death of North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il, the results of which were referenced (in articles by the organization's chief strategist) on CNN,[15] Time[16] and World Politics Review[17] after Kim died in late 2011. The firm has been cited by such media outlets as CNN, Reuters, Russia Today, Fox News and NPR as a consultancy of reference for geopolitical issues.{{cn|date=June 2018}} In 2013, Wikistrat ran a simulation for AFRICOM that explored various futures for illicit trafficking in the Trans-Sahel region of Africa.[18] In January 2014, Wikistrat analysts predicted the rise of a separatist movement in Crimea seeking Russian annexation. This process unfolded in March 2014,[19] prompting digital magazine InformationWeek to write that Wikistrat "beat the CIA."[20] 2016 US presidential election campaignUS Special Counsel Robert Mueller ― who is investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 American elections ― questioned Wikistrat founder Joel Zamel about his relationship with George Nader, a witness who is cooperating in the Special Counsel investigation. Mueller also asked questions about the work of Wikistrat.[21] Donald Trump Jr. had met with Zamel, Nader, and Erik Prince in Trump Tower in August 2016. Their discussion reportedly included an offer on the part of Zamel for pro-Trump manipulation of social media.[22]See also
References1. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-probe-into-u-a-e-influence-broadens-1522718922|title=Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens|last=Tau|first=Byron|date=2018-04-03|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2018-04-03|last2=Ballhaus|first2=Rebecca|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660|last3=Viswanatha|first3=Aruna}} 2. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.wikistrat.com/about/|title=About Wikistrat|publisher=Wikistrat|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 3. ^https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/10/rick-gates-robert-mueller-ted-cruz-hillary-clinton 4. ^{{cite web|last=Ungerleider|first=Neal|title=Why This Company Is Crowdsourcing, Gamifying the World's Most Difficult Problems|publisher=Fast Company|url=http://www.fastcompany.com/3022299/why-this-company-is-crowdsourcing-gamifying-the-worlds-most-difficult-problems|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160307202850/https://www.fastcompany.com/3022299/why-this-company-is-crowdsourcing-gamifying-the-worlds-most-difficult-problems|archive-date=March 7, 2016}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=UK Defence Forum competes with world's best|url=http://www.defenceviewpoints.co.uk/articles-and-analysis/uk-defence-forum-competes-with-worlds-best|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=CGA student team in global Wikistrat Grand Strategy Competition|url=http://nyuglobalcitizen.wordpress.com/2011/06/06/cga-student-team-in-global-wikistrat-grand-strategy-competition/|publisher=The Global Citizen|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 7. ^{{cite news|last=Ziegler|first=Erin Holaday|title=Patterson Students WikiStrat Globally|url=http://uknow.uky.edu/content/patterson-students-wikistrat-globally|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=University of Kentucky News|date=13 June 2011}} 8. ^{{cite web|title=Four Students Compete in Wikistrat International Strategy Competition|url=http://msfs.georgetown.edu/226834.html|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 9. ^{{cite web|last=Hakner|first=James|title=Sussex students battle top strategic minds in global comp|url=http://www.admin.susx.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/?id=8760|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 10. ^{{cite web|title=CGU team takes first place, $10,000 prize in International Grand Strategy Competition|url=http://www.cgu.edu/pages/4546.asp?item=5301|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 11. ^{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=Thomas P.M.|title=Future grand strategists: Russia will someday be forced to outsource its security |url=http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2011/06/23/future-grand-strategists-russia-will-someday-be-forced-to-outsource-its-security/#ixzz1Q2DZOHGO|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=Time|date=23 June 2011}} 12. ^{{cite news|last=Ottens|first=Nick|title=Is India Rooting For Pakistan’s Disintegration?|url=http://atlanticsentinel.com/2011/06/is-india-rooting-for-pakistans-disintegration/|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=Atlantic Sentinel|date=28 June 2011}} 13. ^{{cite web|title=North Korea could collapse without China, say student strategists|url=http://www.sussex.ac.uk/staff/newsandevents/index?id=8620|accessdate=15 January 2012}} 14. ^{{cite news|last=Apps|first=Peter|title=As China rises, "grand strategy" talk back in style|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/13/world-strategy-idUSLDE74B29G20110513|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=Reuters|date=13 May 2011}} 15. ^{{cite news|title=China eyes North Korea's minerals; what's next?|url=http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2011/12/27/china-eyes-north-koreas-minerals-whats-next/|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=CNN|date=27 December 2011}} 16. ^{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=Thomas P.M.|title=How America Painted Itself Into A Corner on North Korean Succession|url=http://battleland.blogs.time.com/2012/01/06/how-america-painted-itself-into-a-corner-on-north-korean-succession/|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=Time|date=6 January 2012}} 17. ^{{cite news|last=Barnett|first=Thomas P.M.|title=Over the Horizon: The Art of the Reasonable in North Korea|url=http://www.worldpoliticsreview.com/articles/11010/over-the-horizon-the-art-of-the-reasonable-in-north-korea|accessdate=15 January 2012|newspaper=World Politics Review|date=21 December 2011}} 18. ^http://www.africom.mil/Newsroom/Article/11746/wikistrat-briefs-alternative-futures-to-africom-staff 19. ^{{cite news|last1=Kelley|first1=Michael B|title=AFTER CRIMEA: Top Intelligence Analysts Forecast The 5 Things That Putin Might Do Next|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/wikistrat-the-next-russian-military-invasion-2014-3|accessdate=13 July 2014|agency=Business Insider|date=21 March 2014}} 20. ^{{cite news|last1=Mitzner|first1=Dennis|title=Crowdsourcing: The Future of Consulting|url=http://www.informationweek.com/government/big-data-analytics/crowdsourcing-the-future-of-consulting/a/d-id/1278614?piddl_msgid=223949#msg_223949|accessdate=13 July 2014|agency=Information Week|date=8 June 2014}} 21. ^{{cite news|first1=Byron|last1=Tau|first2=Rebecca|last2=Ballhaus|first3=Aruna|last3=Viswanatha|title=Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-probe-into-u-a-e-influence-broadens-1522718922|date=2018-04-02}} 22. ^{{cite news|first1=Mark|last1=Mazzetti|first2=Ronen|last2=Bergman|first3=David D.|last3=Kirkpatrick|title=Trump Jr. and Other Aides Met With Gulf Emissary Offering Help to Win Election|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/19/us/politics/trump-jr-saudi-uae-nader-prince-zamel.html|date=2018-05-19}} External links
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