Measuring and Mapping Political Will

Non-traditional analytical models can help the US Government (USG) improve measurement and mapping of political will as a context for diplomatic, infrastructure, military or economic (DIME) decisions. Today's subjective anti-corruption and governance measurement tools can be enhanced to improve cognitive readiness for DIME policy actions. Multiple Linear Regression and Structural Equation Modeling techniques are the research team's baseline dynamic analytic toolset to achieve Phase I objectives. Researchers will process loci, environmental factors and characteristics of corruption ACTORs for USAID and Millennium Challenge scenarios. These analytical techniques can grade political will in the presence of: temporal, cultural, environmental factors and provide feedback for future optimization choices. STTR Phase I efforts will provide framework coefficients and process prototype objective model outputs of political will in a USAID / Mexico scenario. SDSU and METRON analysts will support USG modeling and understanding of humans and foreign institutions for democratization steps - even in presence of corruption, insurgency and extremism. Commercialization efforts will combine the tailored analytical engine from Phase I (accommodating behavior and factual variations) with web-based learning techniques and "tuned" temperament profiles to improve USG personnel's assessment of political will. Milestone demonstrations will validate the performance of the analytical engine and training effectiveness.