Security. Intelligence.
Defense.
Sustained support for governments and public institutions operating in high-risk, low visibility environments.
Explore our capabilitiesInterpret the Human Factor
Shaping Current Events.
We work with governments, heads of state, public institutions and multilateral organizations to anticipate risks, build coalitions and act with more clarity in complex situations.
We help leaders decode the human factor shaping geopolitical outcomes by understanding how people group, align, and act
We identify the key stakeholders, informal power brokers, behavioral drivers, loyalties and alliances behind reported facts and figures.
Our work is informed by deep field experience, human intelligence, and AI-enhanced analysis. This approach enables clients to assess not only what is occurring, but why the situation is unfolding as it is, and how to respond effectively.
Purpose-built AI to understand human systems
LFA’s proprietary AI platform is the core of what we offer. Internally, it powers every capability, gathering data across the globe, in local dialects and from local sources, to support the work of our human analysts.
Externally, it is offered to clients through our Build-Operate-Transfer model. The platform is built to each client’s specifications, operated alongside their internal team in their own environments and within their own legal frameworks. At the end of the engagement, the platform is transferred to the client in its entirety, while LFA remains in a maintenance and advisory role.
Explore our AI capabilityTrusted by
decision-makers
around the world.
- Founded in 2009
- Expert human analysis & proprietary AI-platform
- Current engagements on six global regions, with capabilities worldwide
- Headquartered in New York City, with an office in Washington, D.C.
Capabilities
Principal-level engagement to support more informed decisions.
AI for Intelligence
LFA’s proprietary platform, built to order for each government, delivered into that government’s own environment, with training included for their internal analysts.
National Security Threats
Analytical support on security dynamics across energy, infrastructure, food, supply chains, defense, and the digital environment.
Geopolitical Risks & Hybrid Threats
Structured open-source research, network and foreign-influence mapping, and behavioral intelligence to expose geopolitical and hybrid pressures.
Defense
Analysis and advisory to inform planning and coordination of defense modernization, security-sector reform, and international defense cooperation.
Maritime Security
Enhanced maritime domain awareness to counteract trafficking of drugs, weapons, and people; or illegal fishing practices in sovereign waters.
Energy Security
Market monitoring to strengthen national energy strategy, supply diversification and identify early indicators of market volatility.
Critical Infrastructure Resilience
Protection for national ports, electrical power grids, liquefied petroleum gas reserves, logistics corridors, and cyber-physical boundaries.
Food Security & Resource Resilience
Assessment and strengthening of food security supply chains and agricultural systems against possible disruptions.
Global Supply Chain Integration
Design of more resilient and diversified supply-chains aligned to national security and economic interests.
Digital, AI & Data Science
Principal-level advisory for building more secure, well-governed digital and AI capabilities while managing the risks of foreign technology dependence.
Workforce Development
Building the human capital and institutional capacity to turn strategy into sustained capability on the ground.
Industries
AI-powered analyses to support multiple industries.
Operate more confidently in complex, low-visibility environments.
Global operating environments are increasingly shaped by fragmented political landscapes, strategic competition, regulatory uncertainty, and shifting public sentiment.
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In many markets, formal policies can only provide partial visibility into how decisions unfold in practice. Through analyzing the dynamics of how people group together, align their objectives, and act to achieve these objectives, we provide clients with a more complete understanding of the picture on the ground.
Sub-Saharan Africa
As a region, Sub-Saharan Africa is facing significant strategic change. Competition for critical minerals, shifting security partnerships and fast-moving local politics.
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