Vali Nasr is professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

NPR: U.S. Intelligence on Iran Faulted

He's professor at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

NPR: U.S. Searches for Ways to Pressure Iran

To run simulations, Guillermo Owen of the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, uses intelligence data from the US Air Force to estimate on a 100-point scale the importance a wanted man attaches to his likes (fishing, say) and priorities (remaining hidden or, at greater risk of discovery, recruiting suicide-bombers).

ECONOMIST: Modelling behaviour