GCKN social scientists developed the GCKN Analytic Methodology (GAM) based on select social science research approaches and augment GAM with choice structured analytic techniques. The process occurs in phases, relying on open-source research, scholarly literature, and vetted subject matter experts (SMEs) in the topic of study. The methodology is a combination of multiple divergent and convergent data analysis procedures fused with an overarching and rigorous methodological process.