NEC-SE is the leading independent research institute, serving as the single source for engagement within the NSC charter area of responsibility.

Additionally, NEC-SE uses the tenants of unconventional warfare, community policing, and asymmetric operations as essential parts of its approach to supporting our operation teams as they establish and fortify a network of networks identifying the link analysis required to produce relevant, high-quality research that shapes the public discourse of issues on national security agendas, as it provides policy analysis and recommendations to decision-makers, public leaders, and the strategic community, both in the U.S and abroad.