Relevant Now is a nationally recognized consultancy company that provides services to the diverse communities, public and private, that are tasked with our nation's security. The founder, Hakim Hazim, is a graduate of Washburn University with a degree in sociology and the recipient of the CSUSB National Security Studies' Master's degree. Mr. Hazim provides research expertise in the following areas: sociological intelligence, realism, mentoring, gangs, radicalization processes, urban and social decay, and law enforcement approaches to the mentally ill and cognitively challenged. Relevant now has been contracted to provide written research, briefings, and seminars to various local, state, and federal agencies as well as private companies. Relevant Now has added the services of Charles Holmes since 2007. Mr. Holmes has a Bachelor's of Business Administration and specializes in urban and social decay theory.
Selected Writings
American Realism Revisited: Lethal Minds & Latent Threats (Iuniverse, 2005)
Global Crime “Perpetual Jihad: Striving for a Global Caliphate” (Global Crime Journal, December 2006, Routledge).
Are We Prematurely Designating Iran's Revolutionary Guards as Criminal-soldiers?