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Cyberpsychology, Influence Warfare, Intelligence Tradecraft, & Cognitive Warfare

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The Academy is the premier university for cognitive warfare, cyberpsychology, influence warfare, and intelligence tradecraft.

At The Academy, we don’t just teach — we cultivate depth.

Our goal is wisdom — leadership in today’s world demands more than knowledge. At the Academy, knowledge is the foundation, understanding is the journey, and wisdom is the destination.

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THE VALUE WE BRING YOU

Taught by Scholar-Practitioners.

Our faculty are not only accomplished academics but also seasoned professionals who have served in leadership roles across government, industry, and academia. This dual expertise ensures that every concept is grounded in real-world application. While we teach theory as essential tools in a toolbox, our focus is on how to use those tools effectively in practice. This unmatched blend of academic depth and real-world experience ensures that every lesson bridges theory and practice — equipping students not just with knowledge, but with the insight and judgment needed to lead.

Professional Mentorship- Career Preparation & Guidance.

Beyond the classroom, our faculty provide personalized career guidance, interview and résumé support to help students advance confidently into the next stage of their professional journey.

Whether students are applying to the CIA, DIA, NSA, FBI; our scholar-practitioner faculty is there to mentor you; however, job placement is understandably not guaranteed.

Interdisciplinary Approach.

Not your traditional university. The Academy stands apart through its deeply interdisciplinary approach-bridging intelligence, psychology, philosophy, sociology, neuroscience, cyberspace, technology, policy, and strategy. This fusion of disciplines moves beyond theory, making learning practical, immediately applicable, and future-oriented.

Most Learning Materials are Available in Audio/Video/Print.

We value your time and recognize the demands of balancing family, career, and education, so we provide most learning materials in convenient audio and/or video form, allowing you to learn anywhere, anytime.

Embracing Technology.

We integrate cutting-edge technology into learning. Students learn to navigate and apply the latest tools, such as ChatGPT, to lead effectively in a rapidly evolving digital world.

Convenient Synchronous Online Format.

Our programs are led by highly distinguished faculty — accomplished scholars and seasoned practitioners — in a synchronous format online.

CUTTING-EDGE PROGRAMS

Our graduates emerge equipped to lead in the evolving landscapes of intelligence, cyberspace, influence warfare, national security, cognitive warfare, marketing, business, and more.

Further, at The Academy, each student receives access to the first and only
Open Source Superintelligence platform:

Glocal

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INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT

OUR EXPERT FACULTY

At The Academy, our faculty are more than educators — they are active leaders and seasoned experts from the front lines of intelligence, defense, policy, technology, and the private sector. Our students learn from those who have shaped national strategy, led in complex global environments, and driven innovation across disciplines.

This unmatched blend of academic depth and real-world experience ensures that every lesson bridges theory and practice — equipping students not just with knowledge, but with the insight and judgment needed to lead.

Beyond the classroom, our faculty provide personalized career guidance and résumé support to help students advance confidently into the next stage of their professional journey.

Dr. Elena Taube Bailey

Dr. Bailey brings a wealth of expertise spanning intelligence, policy, defense, and academia, as well as the nonprofit and private sectors.

In academia, Dr. Bailey serves as the President and Program Director of Cyberpsychology at The Academy. Additionally, Dr. Bailey is a professor at the National Defense University’s College of Information and Cyberspace (CIC), where she teaches courses on influence warfare, cyberspace, national security, and strategic communication. She also holds the position of Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University, within the Master of Professional Studies in Applied Intelligence program.

Dr. Bailey is the co-founder and CEO of Glocal, the world’s pioneering News Superintelligence platform, combining human collective intelligence and AI to elevate the information environment.

Fluent in English, Russian, Ukrainian, and conversational Hebrew, Dr. Bailey resides in the Washington Metropolitan Area with her husband.

Counterintelligence & Intelligence:
Dr. Bailey served as a senior counterintelligence (CI) specialist at the Department of Defense, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), where she focused on CI and worldwide cyber threat analysis. DTRA enables the DoD and the U.S. Government to prepare for and combat WMDs and improvised threats and to ensure nuclear deterrence. The agency’s legacy extends back to the Manhattan Engineering Project that was created to develop the world’s first atomic bomb during World War II.

Prior to DTRA, Dr. Bailey served as a senior CI analyst at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC), where she supported joint CI operations and led a program that drove intelligence integration and collaboration across the intelligence community (IC). During this time, Dr. Bailey also served as a Regional Subject Matter Expert (SME) to the DoD, Department of the Army, focusing on geographic, economic, industry, political, security, and geopolitical issues in Ukraine.

Before her tenure at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), Dr. Bailey served as an Intelligence Analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where she collaborated closely with operations on counterterrorism initiatives. Additionally, Dr. Bailey successfully completed a rotation with the U.S. Department of State’s Center for Strategic Counterterrorism Communications where she specialized in developing and executing overt counterterrorism messaging operations.

Foreign Governments:
Between 2006 and 2007, Dr. Bailey provided political and media analysis, as well as, conducted public relations and strategic communication at the Consulate General of Israel in Los Angeles, and the Consulate General of Ukraine in San Francisco.

Local Government & Politics:
In 2009, Dr. Bailey served as a Legislative Deputy Assistant to Councilman Greig Smith, who was succeeded by Councilman Mitchell Englander, at the Los Angeles City Hall, Council District 12, representing the San Fernando Valley. More specifically, Dr. Bailey developed and maintained relationships between the district office and the diverse constituents in District 12. She also managed public relations with local, state and federal bodies, organizations, and the LA Joint Terrorism Taskforce (JTTF)—a partnership between the FBI and other law enforcement agencies charged with countering terrorism.

Between 2004 and 2005, Dr. Bailey worked as a Presidential Campaign Coordinator in Fremont, CA. Then in 2007, she went on to serve as the Field Manager of California Region 3, for a presidential candidate.

Education:
Dr. Bailey completed a Ph.D. in Strategic Communication from George Mason University. She received a Masters Degree in Psychology from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University, McDonough School of Business with a focus in marketing, strategy and management. She had also received a Masters Degree in Politics with a focus in International Relations and American Government from New York University (NYU).

Additionally, Dr. Bailey holds a Certificate in Intelligence Analysis from the Sherman Kent school for Intelligence Analysis, which is a training school for CIA intelligence analysts, a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Marketing Management from Georgetown University, and a Graduate Certificate in Messianic Jewish Studies from the Messianic Jewish Theological Institute.

Dr. Bailey had pursued her undergraduate studies at Harvard University, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and UCLA where she graduated with honors and earned a B.A. in Political Science with a focus in International Relations and a minor in Middle Eastern Studies.

Dr. Howard Gambrill Clark

Professor Gambrill Clark has specialized in influence strategies and psychological warfare for 27 years.

He graduated from Yale University with a degree in international relations focusing on the Middle East. While a student, Dr. Clark was a writer for U.S. Information Agency's Middle East / South Asia Division; served on the staff of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee; and studied Arabic at the American University in Cairo via a Department of Defense grant.

After Yale, Dr. Clark served as policy analyst in the Executive Office of the President for the President’s Chief Economic Adviser, focusing on counterterrorism. Following the White House, Dr. Clark served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an intelligence officer and multi-national / special-unit commander with multiple deployments to Iraq as well as Afghanistan and the Philippines.

After military service, Dr. Clark was presidentially appointed as Department of Homeland Security Chief Intelligence Officer's Special Assistant. Then, as Senior Intelligence Analyst for Homeland Security Counter-Radicalization, Dr. Clark helped lead the Intelligence Community in intelligence support to countering violent extremism. He was then promoted to Senior Intelligence Officer for Homeland Security Operations Intelligence (headquarters) before acting as consultant (contracted Senior Intelligence Analyst) to Special Operations Command's Counter-Radicalization Branch.

While earning his Ph.D. from King's College London War Studies, he served as senior counter-violent-extremism adviser and trainer for USAID, USSOCOM, USDA, DOS, Special Forces, USMC, NATO, and partner governments in southwest Asia and Associate Fellow at the International Centre for the Study of Radicalisation.

Recent positions includes:

CEO, Stability Institute (non-profit) - training and advising special operators and stabilization professionals on defeating extremist groups throughout five continents.
Faculty, National Defense College (UAE) - director and coordinator for 'Countering-Violent-Extremism,' 'Information and Cyberwarfare,' 'Media and National Security,' and 'International Security' programs (sponsored by the U.S. National Defense University)
Lecturer, Civil and Political School (Ukraine)
He is now the president of Narrative Strategies, where he teaches and researches the fields of strategic influence, psychological warfare, counterterrorism, and countering violent extremism. He is also an associate professor of influence strategy and psychological warfare in Washington, DC.

Select books / theses:

Influence Warfare Volume I: A Blueprint, Narrative Strategies Ink, Washington, DC, 2021
Information Warfare: The Lost Tradecraft, Narrative Strategies, LLC, Washington, DC, 2017
Information as an Instrument of State Power: A Primer, UAE National Defense College, UAE General Headquarters, 2017
Countering Violent Extremism: A Primer, UAE National Defense College, UAE General Headquarters, 2017
Defeating Violent Extremists: The Tradecraft, UAE National Defense College, UAE General Headquarters, 2016
Village Stability Operations, U.S. Army Peacekeeping & Stability Operations Institute, 2015 (coauthor)
Lions of Marjah: Why Marjah’s Militia Combats Violent Extremists, King’s College London thesis, 2014
Revolt Against Al-Qa`ida: A Strategy to Empower Muslims and Collapse International Insurgency, Light of New Orleans Publishing, New Orleans, 2010
Narrative Analysis: Taliban, Special Operations Command, Tampa, 2010 (coauthor)
Kill Al Qaeda, Light of New Orleans Publishing, New Orleans, 2009
Select articles and chapters:

"War and Narrative," chapter in Dangerous Narratives: Warfare, Strategy, Statecraft, Narrative Strategies Ink, 2020.
"How to Teach Influence: Thoughts on a New Discipline," article in Teaching Public Diplomacy and the Information Instruments of Power in a Complex Media Environment, National War College and U.S. Advisory Commission on Public Diplomacy, Washington, DC 2020.
“Money and Stabilization,” National Defense Journal, National Defense College, UAE, June 2017
“The Responsibility to Protect in the Context of State-Sponsored Terror,” Defense and Intelligence Norway,” July 2016 (coauthor)
“Go Local,” American Interest, July/August 2015
“Regimental Effects Operations Center: Enhancing Situational Awareness and Achieving Unity of Effort in Nonkinetics,” The Marine Corps Gazette, Volume 96, Issue 8, 2012 (supporting author)
“Ending Al Qaeda,” American Interest, Volume 6, Number 6, July/August 2011 (coauthor)
“The Accidental Ideologue,” Jane's Terrorism and Security Monitor, 2010
Twenty-eight classified or official-use-only cross-Intelligence-Community strategic assessments on countering al-Qa`ida for cabinet-level leaders and White House, 2007 – 2009
Three National Economic Council damage assessments for potential biological terrorist attacks, 2001
Six articles on Middle East leadership and Iraqi resistance for Department of State, 1999.

Testimonials

" Professor Bailey is extremely knowledgable and presents extremely thought provoking material in class, discussion posts and papers. Her material sharpened my sense of the intelligence field as well as ensuring I can confidently tackle the topic."

- Anonymous, Prior Student

"Simply put, Doc Clark is awesome. I've never had an instructor that works so diligently to create an environment to facilitate our learning. I'm not aware of any other instructor that went above and beyond like that. Additionally, he provided podcasts before each lesson to help us manage our thoughts and pull more from the readings than we would have by simply 'reading the assignment.' Finally, he exceeded expectations by dynamically incorporating student feedback...To any student, this is clearly above the call of duty. For some reason, I think to Doc Clark, it's
just 'ops normal,' which is phenomenal."

- Anonymous, Department of Defense (DoD)

"What sets these programs apart are their unique integration of behavioral science and influence strategy. It’s the kind of forward-thinking education that prepares you for real-world complexity."

- Anonymous, Force Protection, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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The Academy is a private university led by scholar-practitioners from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area and experts in the field of intelligence, psychology, counterintelligence, strategic communication, influence warfare, cyberpsychology, and cognitive warfare.