Dr. Marlon Anatol is a Senior Fellow at the Cipriani College of Labour and Cooperative Studies, and has taught at the Institute of International Relations at the University of the West Indies for many years. He is the Director of Research at TAIRASS, a research consultancy, and holds an Honours Degree in Applied Sociology and a Ph.D. in International Relations, specializing in Research, with expertise in the areas of Security, Migration, Trade and Development. He was the Director of Project R.E.A.S.O.N., the most successful crime-prevention initiative undertaken in Trinidad and Tobago, which led to a 45% reduction in shootings and woundings between 2015 and 2017 in the East Port of Spain areas of Laventille, Morvant, Sea Lots, and Beetham Gardens.