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January 4, 2009
Washington Post op-ed, "Global Warming Is Just the Tip of the Iceberg" cites CNA's National Security and the Threat of Climate Change report
January 2, 2009
Bloomberg.com quotes Dean Cheng, analyst with CNA China Studies, in its story "Obama Moves to Counter China With Pentagon-NASA Link"

2008

December 24, 2008
On December 16, 2008, the Board of Trustees of CNA elected Ambassador Rozanne L. Ridgway as its new Board chair, effective March 19, 2009. She will replace the Honorable William K. Brehm, who has served as chair since March, 13, 2003 and as a trustee since 1994. Brehm will continue to serve as trustee.
December 16, 2008
Dr. Carter Malkasian, director the Stability and Development Program at CNA, is quoted in The Christian Science Monitor article "Bid to split Taliban, Al Qaeda"
December 2008
"China and the Next Administration" — a National Leaders Forum sponsored by CNA China Studies and The Washington Post’s Outlook section — now online. Click to view videos: View Video The Washington Perspective; View Video Address by Mr. Maurice R. Greenberg; View Video Ambassadors Panel - The Embassy Perspective
December 11, 2008
CNA analyst, Kenneth Allen, is cited in the Air Force Times article "Building a wary rapport with China"
December 8, 2008
ExecutiveBiz names CNA's Admiral Bill "Fox" Fallon as one of the "Top 20 People to Watch in 2009"
December 6, 2008
Lee Gunn, President of CNA's Institute for Public Research appears on the Saturday, December 6, 2008 edition of C-SPAN'S Washington Journal series
December 5, 2008
Upcoming Center for Naval Analyses review cited in Inside Defense article "Air Force Lays Out Five Goals to 'Strengthen' Acquisition Process" (subscription required)
December 4, 2008
CNA Strategic Studies releases the report on its International Affairs Group workshop "The Persian Complex: A Centuries-old Quest for Respect"
December 4, 2008
CNA General Counsel and Executive Director of CNA's Military Advisory Board, Sherri Goodman, is interviewed for the PRI piece "Climate Change and National Security"
December 2, 2008
Sherri Goodman, CNA General Counsel and Executive Director of CNA's Military Advisory Board, addresses plenary session of SERDP-ESTCP Symposium & Workshop "Partners in Environmental Technology." View remarks
December 1, 2008
The Air Force Times cites Center for Naval Analyses research in two articles: "Fewer troops choosing Redux plan" and "$30,000 Redux bonus could cost you $427,000"
November 30, 2008
In the run-up to the Dec. 5 conference on "China and the Next Administration," sponsored by CNA and The Washington Post’s Outlook section, CNA China Studies Director, David Finkelstein, contributes to the Outlook piece "The Case for a Really Long Engagement"
November 25, 2008
CNA appoints Constance Custer as vice president, Communications and Public Affairs.
November 19, 2008
CNA field representative Kim Hall is quoted in the Los Angeles Times article "Pirates hijack another merchant ship off Africa"
November 19, 2008
Kim Hall, CNA field representative is interviewed by Security Management for article "Pirates Frustrate U.S. in the Gulf of Aden"
November 16, 2008
CNA National Security and the Threat of Climate Change report cited in McClatchy Newspapers article "Weather Causing War — Experts Expect Conflicts from Climate Change"
November 15, 2008
The Houston Chronicle cites CNA climate report in its article "Global climate changes could lead to violence"
November 13, 2008
CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change is featured in The Washington Times "U.S. military worries about climate change"
November 11, 2008
Dr. Carter Malkasian, director of CNA's Stability and Development Program is interviewed in houma.today article "Local veterans still struggle with war-time memories"
November 11, 2008
The Kansas City Star cites CNA's National Security and the Threat of Climate Change and quotes Military Advisory Board Executive Secretary, Sherri Goodman, in its article "Changing climate may push more countries past the brink of war"
November 11, 2008
CNA China Studies' David Finkelstein in interviewed on the U.S. presidential elections by China's Southern Weekly
October 28, 2002
Market Watch and Navy Times report on retired commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, joining CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
October 27, 2008
Retired Commander of U.S. Central Command, Admiral William J. Fallon, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow.
October 2008
Gen. Gordon Sullivan, USA (Ret.), member of CNA's Military Advisory Board, which produced the report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, is featured in the Council on Foreign Relations' web video "Crisis Guide: Climate Change"
September 25, 2008
CNA analyst Ken Gause is quoted in English.Chosen.com's "Academics Ponder N.Korea After Kim Jong-il"
September 24, 2008
AP interviews CNA analyst in "China launches mission for first spacewalk"
September 24, 2008
Space.com, in article titled "China Set to Launch Third Manned Mission", interviews CNA's Dean Cheng.
September 24, 2008
Time.com quotes CNA analyst in "China's New Venture in Space"
September 19, 2008
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer cites CNA's landmark report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, in "The Climate of War and Peace"
September 17, 2008
CNA analysts Thomas Bickford, Dennis Blasko, and Fred Vellucci, author chapters in The "People" in the PLA: Recruitment, Training, and Education in China's Military from the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute and the National Bureau of Asian Research (download free copy)
September 17, 2008
Radio Free Asia cites CNA analyst in its story "Who Will Control N. Korea's Wealth After Kim Jong Il?"
September 13, 2008
ABC News-produced "Focus Earth with Bob Woodruff" interviews Sherri Goodman on national security and the threat of climate change for Discovery's Planet Green Channel
September 12, 2008
Korean Broadcast System (KBS) World Radio quotes Ken Gause's Foreign Policy comments in its story "NK Likely to Form Collective Leadership"
September 10, 2008
Foreign Policy magazine's Blake Hounshell interviews Ken Gause regarding North Korea
September 8, 2008
CNA's Carter Malkasian is quoted in Marine Corps Times' article "Marines Trumpet success in Anbar, plan next moves"
August 24, 2008
This Week in Defense News interviews CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman on the subject national security and the threat of climate change
July 29, 2008
The Small Wars Journal reports on CNA's Counterinsurgency Discussion
July 24, 2008
The Army Times and Daily Times (Pakistan) cover issues raised by senior military scholars at CNA-sponsored Discussion of Counterinsurgency
July 23, 2008
Carter Malkasian, director of CNA's Stability and Development Program, and co-editor of Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, is quoted in Reuters and Middle East Times articles
July 2008
Timothy Beres, Vice President and Director of CNA Safety and Security, co-authors a Government Executive Viewpoint article "Paying it Forward"
July 3, 2008
In the article "Marine moms and dads often drop out of boot camp" USA Today features Associated Press story citing CNA
June 2008
Director of CNA Strategic Studies, RADM, Michael McDevitt (Ret.) presents his paper "Asian Military Modernization: Key Areas of Concern" at the International Institute for Strategic Studies conference in Tokyo, Japan
June 27, 2008
Vice Admiral, U.S. Navy (Ret.), Paul Gaffney, President of Monmouth University and member of CNA's Military Advisory Board (MAB), and Sherri Goodman, CNA General Counsel and MAB Executive Director are interviewed by the BBC in "US climate change security fears"
June 24, 2008
Dean Cheng, Chinese security affairs specialist with CNA's Project Asia, is interviewed in Space.com article "China's First Spacewalk: A Prelude of Things to Come"
June 23, 2008
CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, is interviewed on NPR's All Things Considered in its story "Intelligence Report Eyes Climate Change-Security Link." (Read transcript.)
April 2008
CNA's Mitzi Wertheim is interviewed by Washington Life for its special report "Flight of the Green Hawks"
April 22, 2008
The Washington Post references CNA study in front-page article "Military Waivers for Ex-Convicts Increase"
April 21, 2008
In an article titled "Does Global Warming Compromise National Security?" Time.com cites CNA's report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
April 2008
Dr. Carter Malkasian director of CNA's Center on Stability and Development co-edits Counterinsurgency in Modern Warfare, reviewed in the Wall Street Journal
April 2008
Semper Fi, the magazine of the Marine Corps League, cites the CNA Resource and Analysis Division's study, Black and Hispanic Marines: Their Ascension, Representation, Success and Retention in the Corps
April 6, 2008
Navy Times article, "China's Plan For Taiwan Stresses Subs, Missiles" quotes Michael A. McDevitt, Vice President and Director, of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies
April 1, 2008
CNA Senior Project Director, Ellen B. Mandinach, Ph.D., co-edits Data-Driven School Improvement: Linking Data and Learning a landmark book on the use of data to improve education based on a three-year NSF-sponsored study
March 2008
Two publications edited by CNA's Dr. Sarah Friedman — a special double issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology Vol. 28, Issues 5-6 (Elsevier), and Blueprints for Thinking now in paperback (Cambridge University Press) — are available for purchase from publishers
March 5, 2008
James Stewart, Senior Fellow for Law Enforcement Domestic Safety at CNA, served as a member of the panel of the National Research Council of the National Academy of Sciences, which has released its report Feasibility, Accuracy and Technical Capability of a National Ballistics Database. The report received news coverage by Reuters, San Diego's Union-Tribune, NPR, and The Washington Times
March 2008
Gary Christle, Research Analyst with CNA's Resource Analysis Division, has his article "The Abiding Cultural Problem" published in the March-April issue of Defense AT&L magazine
February 13, 2008
In an article titled "The New Space Race: China vs. US" Time.com quotes Dean Cheng, China Specialist with CNA
February 2008
CNA analyst Christopher Duquette's study on the impact of money on elections is published in Economics Bulletin
February 13, 2008
Dean Cheng, China Specialist with CNA's Project Asia, is interviewed in Orlando Sentinel article "Experts see spying case at NASA as wake-up call"
February 2008
The Center for Strategic Studies' Project Iran releases summary of conference "Iran's Strategic Interests in the Middle East"
February 7, 2008
The San Diego Union-Tribune reports that senior Navy leaders are reviewing a recently completed CNA study that looks at several options for building nuclear ships
January 2008
An article in the January 2008 edition of the U.S. Naval Institute's Proceedings magazine cites CNA's 2006 study examining river-based operations and how the Navy's resources would be affected if it created a permanent riverine force
January 17, 2008
The 2008 version of CNA's Retirement Choice Calculator, which provides information that allows for informed retirement planning by men and women in the military services, is available for online use
January 11, 2008
The San Francisco Chronicle publishes "Iran's dangerous move in the Persian Gulf" by CNA Iran Specialist, Alireza Nader
January 2, 2008
CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, and MAB member Gen. Paul Kern, USA (Ret.), respond to issues raised in National Interest magazine's "What Resource Wars?" saying the author "underestimates the risks climate change poses to global stability and to our national security…"

2007

December 12, 2007
Associated Press cites National Security and the Threat of Climate Change report in article on the threat global warming poses to military installations
December 12, 2007
The New Jersey Star-Ledger features op-ed, "Global warming is a threat to peace" by CNA Military Advisory Board members, Admiral Joseph Preuher (Ret.) and Vice Admiral Richard Truly (Ret.)
December 9, 2007
The New York Times Magazine "7th Annual Year In Ideas" issue highlights recommendations from CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
December 7, 2007
UPI cites CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change in story headlined "Bill tells DoD to count warming as threat"
December 2, 2007
ABC's World News Tonight features CNA's National Security and the Threat of Climate Change in report "Global Warming: Humanity's Meltdown?"
November 29, 2007
William Samii, analyst with CNA's Project Iran, is quoted in CNN.com article "Iran's Revolutionary Guards patrol Persian Gulf, U.S. says"
November 2007
CNA Resource Analysis Division economist, Keith Brown, examines the impact of subscriber levels on the success of cable networks in his article "How many viewers does a cable network need? A survival analysis of cable networks" appearing in the November issue of Applied Economics
October 31, 2007
The CNA report, Black and Hispanic Marines: Their Accession, Representation, Success, and Retention in the Corps, prepared by CNA's Resource Analysis Division, is released. Study finds the retention rate of African American enlistees is among Corps' highest
October 29, 2007
The Honolulu Advertiser features CNA report in article headlined "More black recruits join Marines"
October 24, 2007
Dean Cheng, specialist in Chinese security affairs with CNA's Project Asia, is interviewed for the news story "China's First Lunar Probe Launches into Orbit" on NPR's All Things Considered
October 16, 2007
CNA's Final Report for the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission: Compensation, Survey Results, and Selected Topics released
October 16, 2007
Kenneth J. Krieg, former Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics, and Admiral John B. Nathman, former Commander of the Navy's U.S. Fleet Forces Command, join CNA as senior fellows
October 2007
CNA's Cost Implications of a Unified Medical Command is called "well-documented and reasoned" in the GAO's Report to Congressional Committees on Defense Health Care
October 1, 2007
"Climate Change and Security," an Op-Ed authored by Sherri Goodman, CNA General Counsel and Executive Director of CNA's Military Advisory Board, appears in Defense News
October 2007
CNA's Center for Strategic Studies' Mike McDevitt, David Finkelstein, and Ken Allen have each contributed a chapter to a new book from the Army War College and the National Bureau of Asian Research entitled, Right Sizing the People's Liberation Army: Exploring the Contours of China's Military
October 2007
CNA analyst Brent Boning's study "Opportunity Counts: Teams and the Effectiveness of Production Incentives" is published in the Journal of Labor Economics
September 2007
The REL Appalachia report, Assessing the likelihood that Virginia schools will meet the proficiency goals of the No Child Left Behind Act, prepared by CNA's Louis Jacobson, is available on line
September 2007
The report on the conference, "The Struggle for Unity and Authority in Islam: Reviving the Caliphate?", sponsored by CNA's Center for Strategic Studies and Wilton Park Conferences is available on line. The conference, which convened scholars and practitioners from across the Muslim world, considered modern-day views on re-establishing the Islamic form of government that unites political and religious leadership under a single head of state—the Caliph.
September 2007
CNA's Sarah Friedman has edited a special issue of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, a study comprising ten research reports of secondary data analysis of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD)
September 27, 2007
General Gordon R. Sullivan, USA (Ret.), Chairman of the Military Advisory Board to The CNA report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, testifies before Congress that climate change is a "significant threat to our national security"
September 2007
Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise, with CNA's Project Asia, examines how state-media relations have changed under China's new political, economic, and social forces in her work entitled "China's Media in an Age of Capitalist Transition"; a chapter in a new edited volume of China's Emergent Political Economy: Capitalism in the Dragon's Lair (Routledge, 2007)
September 5, 2007
CNA expert on Chinese security issues, Dean Cheng, quoted in the Financial Times' story, "US concedes danger of cyber-attack"
September 4, 2007
William Samii, Iran analyst with CNA, interviewed for USA Today article, "Iranian shakeup a setback for hardline leader"
August 20, 2007
Bill Samii, with CNA's Project Iran, quoted in UPI story, "Analysis: Iran's Drug Problems Expanding"
July 2007
The National Bureau of Asian Research journal, Asia Policy (Number 4, July 2007), has published a paper by Dave Finkelstein, Director of CNA's Project Asia and its China Studies Center, entitled "China's National Military Strategy: An Overview of the Military Strategic Guidelines." The paper is a condensed version of a much larger study by the same name.
June 29, 2007
Richard Danzig, former Secretary of the Navy and a senior fellow at CNA, presented a brief June 29 at CNA on DoD roles in the event of domestic aerosol anthrax attacks. In a related paper published by the Center for a New American Security, a new Washington think tank, Danzig and two co-authors discuss citizens' roles in similar scenarios
June 22, 2007
In an editorial titled "Global Insecurity: Conflicts heat up" the Seattle Post-Intelligencer cites CNA's Military Advisory Board report: National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
June 20, 2007
CNA's General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, appears on CNN's Situation Room to discuss national security and the threats posed by climate change
Summer 2007
An article by Carter Malkasian, Director of CNA's Center for Stability and Development, proposes an Iraq strategy that relies on Sunni militias and local police units. The piece appears in the summer edition of Democracy: A Journal of Ideas (http://www.democracyjournal.org/)
Spring 2007
CNA's Christopher Duquette has had his paper, "One-Person, One-Vote and the Constitutionality of the Winner-Take-All Allocation of Electoral College Votes" published in the spring issue of the Tennessee Journal of Law and Policy
Spring 2007
CNA analyst Whitney Raas's article, which assesses whether Israel is capable of using military force to stop Iranian nuclear proliferation, has been published in International Security. The piece, co-authored with Austin Long, stems from Raas's graduate work at MIT, where she recently finished a nuclear engineering PhD. Raas is currently writing a chapter for an upcoming book on nonproliferation from the Center for Strategic and International Studies
June 2007
CNA analyst Edward Michlovich is awarded the Military Operations Research Society's David Rist Prize for his work, "Countering Radio-Controlled Improvised Electronic Devices" assessing the effectiveness of certain counter-IED systems in the Iraqi theater. His work, presented to then-Commander of the U.S. Central Command, Gen. John Abizaid, in early 2005 results in significant changes in operations in Iraq
June 6, 2007
Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (D-CA 14), Chair of the House Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence Community Management, discusses CNA's National Security and the Threat of Climate Change report in San Francisco Chronicle op-ed, "Intelligence needed on climate change"
May 31, 2007
General Gordon Sullivan (USA, ret.), Chairman of CNA's Military Advisory Board on National Security and Climate Change, welcomes White House climate change initiative; reminds G-8 nations to consider security threats posed by global climate change
May 30, 2007
Analyst Amanda Kraus of CNA's Resource Analysis Division co-authors a chapter, "Education and Taiwan's Changing Employment and Earnings Structure," for the book The Labour Market and Economic Development of Taiwan, edited by Joseph S. Lee (Edward Elgar Publishing, Ltd., 2007)
May 2007
Michael McDevitt, director of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies, and CNA research analyst Peter Swartz have contributed chapters to China's Future Nuclear Submarine Force (China Maritime Studies Institute and Naval Institute Press, 2007). McDevitt's chapter, "Sea Denial with Chinese Characteristics," and Swartz's chapter, "Meeting the Chinese Naval Challenge: Lessons from the 1980s," are based on papers they delivered at an October 2005 Naval War College conference
May 29, 2007
Richmond Times Dispatch editorial, "The Changing Climate" cites CNA National Security and the Threat of Climate Change report
May 25, 2007
CNA Iran specialist, Dr. William Samii, quoted in Time.com article "Talking to Iran—Or Talking War?"
May 23, 2007
Roanoke Times supports Sen. John Warner's (R-VA) efforts to address the security threats posed by global climate change in editorial, "Global warming poses security challenges"
May 2007
Timothy J. Smith, with the Office of Naval Intelligence and Senior Intelligence Officer for the Center for Naval Analyses, wins the 2006 Galileo Essay Contest sponsored by the Director of Naval Intelligence. Previous winners include Intellipedia creator D. Calvin Andrus
April 28, 2007
In an April 28 feature story headlined, "Officials: Climate Change Harms Security" Associated Press National Writer, Matt Crenson, cites CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
April 2007
CNA analysts' studies — "Lessons Learned from Smallpox Vaccination of U.S. Navy Forces before Operation Iraqi Freedom," by Scott Savitz and Jessica Stewart, and "Statistical Analysis of Hearing Loss among Navy Personnel," by Robert P. Trost and Geoffrey B. Shaw — appear in April issue of Military Medicine; abstracts available on the ASMUS Journal's website
April 18, 2007
General Gordon Sullivan (USA, ret.), Chairman of CNA's Military Advisory Board, presents testimony on CNA's report "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change" before the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming
April 17, 2007
CNA Military Advisory Board Chairman, General Gordon Sullivan (USA, ret.), issues statement applauding UN Security Council debate on the national security threats posed by climate change
April 16, 2007
CNA releases "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change" — a study overseen by a Military Advisory Board of retired three- and four-star admirals and generals from all branches of the armed services
April 5, 2007
Project Iran workshop report, "Assessing the Iran U.K. hostage Crisis," now available on line
March 27, 2007
CNA establishes China Studies Center, creating one of the largest China analysis programs in the country; inaugural event features remarks by Ambassador Chas W. Freeman, Jr. (USFS, Ret.)
March 26, 2007
Robert Murray, president of CNA, today announced the establishment of the China Studies Center, creating one of the largest China analysis programs in the country; and announced that the Center's first event will be held March 27, 2007
February 7, 2007
On January 10, 2007 CNA's Project Asia hosted a roundtable meeting to discuss China's National Defense in 2006, the People's Republic of China's biennial defense white paper released by Beijing on December 29, 2006
February 5, 2007
Defense News cites CNA's study currently underway to examine the national security implications of global climate change. The report is being advised by a 12-member panel composed of retired flag officers
February 5, 2007
Dr. Carter Malkasian of CNA's Operations Evaluation Group quoted in The Washington Post article: "Officers with PhDs Advising War Effort"
January 28, 2007
CNA's Center for Strategic Studies', Michael Connell, is interviewed on Iran issues in the San Francisco Chronicle article: "As economy struggles, Iranians losing faith in president"

2006

December 11, 2006
David Finkelstein, director of CNA's Project Asia, quoted in South China Morning Post piece about new Defense Secretary Robert Gates's approach to China. "The China he dealt with as [CIA director] in 1991 is a very different China than he'll be dealing with today," Finkelstein told the paper
December 2006
A new book from M.E. Sharpe, edited by CNA's China specialists David Finkelstein and Kristen Gunness, examines how China's civilian-military relationship is affected by the significant changes taking place in Chinese society. Chapters explore issues such as the impact of AIDS, the defense budget, and a rising economy on China's civil-military dynamic
December 2006
Analyst Hank Kenny of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies publishes "Strengthening an Embattled Nation: A Strategy for Contending with the Three Wars in Iraq." Kenny, a Vietnam veteran who has been an academic and a Senate Foreign Relations Committee aide, offers recommendations for defense and military policymakers
November 29, 2006
Defense News quotes Dean Cheng of CNA's Project Asia, who told a National Press Club audience that although China has no existing policy that addresses how its People's Liberation Army would utilize space capabilities in wartime, there is "an ongoing debate heading toward a doctrine in the future"
November 28, 2006
The Dallas Morning News cites our 2005 study, "Non-citizens in Today's Military," in article about increasing numbers of immigrants in the U.S. military. About five percent of active duty military personnel were born outside the United States
November 22, 2006
Paul Speer, CNA's director of domestic research, quoted in Government Executive magazine cover story on exercises that aim to prepare government and the private sector for disasters
November/December 2006
CNA health care analyst Bradley Gray publishes article in Health Affairs with co-author Thomas M. Selden of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The authors say federal and state tax subsidies for employment-related health insurance will top $200 billion this year
November 2006
CNA's website is honored by the International Academy of the Visual Arts. The website was a silver winner in the annual competition, which judges websites on their "creativity, usability, navigation, functionality, visual design, and ease of use"
November 20, 2006
Michael McDevitt, a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral and director of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies, comments on an encounter between a Chinese submarine and the Kitty Hawk, a U.S. aircraft carrier, in Inside the Navy. The incident was first reported in the Washington Times
November 14, 2006
CNA health care analyst Bradley Gray publishes article in Health Affairs with co-author Thomas M. Selden of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. The authors say federal and state tax subsidies for employment-related health insurance will top $200 billion this year
November 8, 2006
Dean Cheng, an expert on China's space program in CNA's Project Asia, quoted in newscientist.com article on India's planned human spaceflight program
November 2, 2006
San Francisco Chronicle quotes analyst Ken Gause of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies in article about North Korea's return to six-party nuclear program talks
July 2006
William Samii, with CNA's Center for Strategic Studies' Project Iran, co-authors, along with Bharat Karnad and James Foley, "Nukes in the balance — The effects of proliferation on regional security" appearing in the July issue of Jane's Intelligence Review
June 2006
The School Administrator profilesRobert "Bud" Spillane, a former school superintendent and the new director of CNA's Education Center