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February 4, 2010
Upcoming Event — March 23-24, 2010 — CNA and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) to co-host the symposium "Climate and Energy Imperatives for Future Naval Forces" and JHU/APL's Kossiakoff Center, Laurel, Maryland
February 2, 2010
The Columbia Spectator cites CNA's report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change, in the article "Climate as a Trigger for Conflict"
February 2, 2010
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel references CNA's climate report in the opinion piece "Security and Our Energy Future"
January 31, 2010
The Washington Post interviews CNA's David Finkelstein, for the article "China's Strident Tone Raises Concerns Among Western Governments, Analysts"
January 30, 2010
The Post and Courier (Charleston, South Carolina) covers remarks by CNA Military Advisory Board member VADM Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.)
January 28, 2010
Clearskies.com posts Dr. Ron Filadelfo's remarks before the American Meteorological Society
January 22, 2010
CNA Education announces promotions: Dr. Robert Muller named acting vice president and director of CNA Education, Dr. Linda Cavalluzzo named managing director
January 19, 2010
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution quotes CNA research director, Ron Filadelfo, in the article, "Military Considers Global Warming Threat"
January 14, 2010
Bloomberg TV interviews David Finkelstein, vice president and director of CNA China Studies appears on to discuss the China-Google controversy
January 2010
From CNA's archives: Operation Uphold Democracy; Observations on Joint Assault Forces Operated From a CVA - a report on the operation of carrier forces during the 1994 U.S. mission to Haiti: Operation Uphold Democracy
January 13, 2010
Madison County Eagle (Virginia) guest column cites CNA's Military Advisory Board report on climate security
January 12, 2010
The Courier-Journal publishes op-ed "An Energy Security Plan" co-authored by Indiana Sen. Dick Lugar, and CNA Military Advisory Board member, Gen. Paul Kern USA (Ret.)
January 11, 2010
The Wall Street Journal quotes CNA vice president and director of CNA China Studies, David Finkelstein in the article "U.S. Holds Fire in Google-China Feud" (subscription required)
January 2010
CNA Strategic Studies releases Organizing OPNAV (1970-2009), an analysis of significant changes to the OPNAV staff organization over the past 40 years, prepared for the U.S. Navy Naval History and Heritage Command
January 9, 2010
The Hill cites CNA's report "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change"
January 6, 2010
The report on the 2009 Oakland police shootings, "Independent Board of Inquiry Into the Oakland Police Department March 21, 2009 Incident," written by CNA Senior Fellow Chips Stewart, draws major media attention from CNNThe Los Angeles Times, The Oakland Tribune, KGO-TV and KTVU
January 2010
The Journal of International Peace Operations (Vol. 5, No. 4) publishes "From Sea to Shore: Somali Piracy Requires a Solution on Land," by CNA research associate Lesley Warner.
December 30, 2009
Luther Lau, formerly acting chief financial officer, treasurer and vice president, CNA Contracts and Financial Management, is named the company's chief financial officer, treasurer and senior vice president
December 30, 2009
Domestic Preparedness publishes the article "What Gets Measured Gets Done - the Long and Winding Road of Preparedness Measurement" by Tim Beres, vice president and director of CNA Safety and Security (subscription required)
December 18, 2009
Inside HigherEd cites CNA's Acting Vice President & Director of CNA Education, Robert Muller, in the article "Calling the 'Inertia Busters'"
December 14, 2009
NPR's All Things Considered cites the CNA study Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia's National and Regional Security
December 2009
Video of CNA's November conference "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security" available
December 2009
Parameters, the quarterly journal of the U.S. Army War College, publishes CNA Analyst Michael Gerson's article "Conventional Deterrence in the Second Nuclear Age"
December 1, 2009
The New York Times’ "Room for Debate" features CNA Stability and Development research analyst, Gerald Meyerle, Ph.D.
November 23, 2009
The Chosen Ilbo quotes CNA Strategic Studies' Ken Gause in the article "N. Koreans 'Worried Their Next Leader Will Be Worse'"
November 20, 2009
The New Republic quotes members of CNA's Military Advisory Board in the article "Global Warring"
November 20, 2009
China Radio International airs comments by CNA's David Finkelstein in the first hour of its November 20 broadcast "Obama in Asia"
November 2009
CNA Operations and Tactics Analysis updates its Integrated Ship Database, the downloadable file that culls historical and current information from U.S. Navy and government sources on the Navy's fleet
November 18, 2009
CNN interviews CNA Vice President and Director of CNA China Studies David Finkelstein for the story, "In Today's Space Race, Watch Out for China"
November 17, 2009
CNA's Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia to conduct study of Virginia's gifted education programs (view news release)
November 13, 2009
NationalJournal.com reports on remarks by CNA Military Advisory Board Member, VADM Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.)
November 13, 2009
Project Management Institute's College of Performance Management establishes "Gary Christle Excellence in Leadership" award (view release)
November 2009
CNA Safety & Security releases the August 2009 whitepaper "Leveraging Exercise Programs in a New Fiscal Environment"
November 2009
CNA Resource Analysis' Cost Acquisition Team releases its May 2009 report "Design Build Concurrency: Cost Implications" prepared for the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Management & Budget
November 11, 2009
The essay "Climate and Energy the Dominant Challenges of the 21st Century" written by members of CNA's Military Advisory Board, appears in Freedom’s Challenge, the Atlantic Council's book celebrating the 20th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall
November 10, 2009
Politico references CNA's report "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change"
November 9, 2009
Park Forest e-news reports that the 2010 National Defense Authorization Act, recently signed into law by President Obama, includes compensation provisions based on CNA's April 2009 study "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured"
November 8, 2009
Climate Science Watch reports on CNA's "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security Conference"
November 7, 2009
Asia Times quotes CNA Vice President and Director of CNA Strategic Studies, VADM Mike McDevitt (Ret) in the article "Passing the Buck on North Korea"
November 5, 2009
ClimateWire covers CNA Global Security Conference, quotes analysts Espach and Catarious (subscription required)
November 4, 2009
CNA Hosts "Climate Change, State Resilience and Global Security Conference" bringing together security leaders from around the world to explore climate change-related issues facing the U.S., China, and Latin America
November 3, 2009
The New York Times cites the CNA study "Soldier Perspectives on Small Arms in Combat"
November 2, 2009
The Jakarta Post references CNA's climate report in the article "Climate Change is Also Defense and Security Problem"
October 31, 2009
Stars and Stripes cites CNA analysts Anita Hattiangadi and Lauren Malone in the article "Sailors, Marines Missing Out On SBP Enrollment"
October 29, 2009
Park Forest e-news reports on federal legislation to provide support to families of severely disabled service members based on CNA's April 2009 study "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured"
October 29, 2009
The Patriot-News interviews VADM Lee Gunn USN (Ret.), President of CNA's Institute for Public Research, for article "Target: Climate Change"
October 28, 2009
Associated Press covers testimony by VADM Dennis McGinn USN (Ret.) before the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee
October 27, 2009
Colombia media — CARACOLTV, CANAL RCN, El Espectador (video), and El Espectador (print) — report on Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia’s National and Regional Security prepared by CNA Environment and Energy analysts Dr. David Catarious and Dr. Ralph Espach. View coverage by:
CARACOLTV.com
CANAL RCN
El Espectador (video)
El Espectador (print)
October 26, 2009
"UK in the USA" — the official website for the British Embassy in the United States — features VADM Dennis McGinn USN (Ret.), member of CNA's Military Board, discussing the threats posed to global security by climate change
October 2009
Drs. David Catarious and Ralph Espach, analysts with CNA Environment and Energy, author the report Impacts of Climate Change on Colombia’s National and Regional Security (click here for Spanish-language version)
October 25, 2009
Maldives President Mohamed Nasheed cites CNA's climate report in remarks before the Observer Research Foundation in New Delhi
October 22, 2009
The Missoulian runs a guest column by CNA Military Advisory Board member, VADM Denny McGinn USN (Ret.)
October 2009
The Journal of Strategic Studies publishes "Measures for Security in a Counterinsurgency" by CNA Center for Naval Analyses' Dr. Jonathan Schroden
October 21, 2009
Inside Higher Ed reports on the study "Strengthening Community Colleges' Influence on Economic Mobility" prepared by CNA Education's Lou Jacobson and Christine Mokher and released by The Pew Charitable Trusts
October 21, 2009
Examiner.com discusses the CNA report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security
October 20, 2009
Bloomberg quotes David Finkelstein, Vice President and Director of CNA China Studies, for the article "China Moves to Project Air Power With Soviet Carrier Overhaul"
October 2009
US Military Cadet, Thomas Perkins, reports on his internship with CNA China Studies
October 16, 2009
Montana Kaimin covers remarks by CNA Military Advisory Board member, VADM Dennis McGinn (Ret.), at the University of Montana
October 15, 2009
Montana’s Missoulian interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, Adm. John Nathman (Ret.), for the article "UM Launches Climate Change Degree Program"
October 14, 2009
Politico references the CNA report "National Security and the Threat of Climate Change"
October 2009
The Future of China-Russia Relations, edited by CNA Analyst James Bellacqua, is available for pre-order (anticipated release early 2010). The book examines the current state of relations between the two countries and their future prospects
October 13, 2009
Dr. Paul E. Speer, formerly vice president and director of Research for CNA's Institute for Public Research (IPR), is named president of CNA's Center for Naval Analyses
October 2009
Participants in the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) workshops co-author the paper, "Civil Power in Irregular Conflict"
October 10, 2009
Al Jazeera interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, VADM Dennis McGinn (Ret.), and MAB Executive Director, Sherri Goodman at the National Security, Energy, and Climate Forum hosted by CNA, Pew Charitable Trusts and the Military Officers Association of America
October 8, 2009
USA Today quotes CNA analyst Kim Hall in the article "Warships ward off Somali pirates"
October 3, 2009
The Anchorage Daily News publishes CNA Military Advisory Board member VADM Dennis McGinn's (Ret.) op-ed "Alaska is Set to Lead in Alternative Energy"
October 2, 2009
Jane’s Defence Weekly interviews Vice President and Director of CNA China Studies, David Finkelstein for the article "Chinese Parade Demonstrates PLA’s On-going Transformation", with Finkelstein discussing the meaning and long-terms trends behind the military parade held in Beijing to celebrate the 60th Anniversary the founding of the People's Republic of China.
September 30, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control awards CNA Health Research & Policy an 8½-year, $12.3M contract to conduct the Legacy for Children Longitudinal Follow-up Study
September 30, 2009
President Obama announces intention to nominate Christine Fox, president of CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses, as Director of Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense (view White House news release)
September 2009
The Institute of Education Sciences' What Works Clearinghouse Releases Practice Guide: "Using Student Achievement Data to Support Instructional Decision Making" co-authored by CNA Education's Ellen Mandinach
September 29, 2009
CNA General Counsel and Senior Vice President Sheri Goodman speaks at National Defense University on the subject of "Climate Change, Energy and America's National Security"
September 28, 2009
Montana's Missoulan covers speech on energy and national security by CNA Distinguished Senior Fellow Adm. William Fallon (Ret.)
September 21, 2009
WIBC Indianapolis hosts CNA Military Advisory Board member VADM Dennis McGinn's (Ret.) in its broadcast "Energy Experts Debate Alternatives to Foreign Oil"
September 20, 2009
The St. Petersburg Times and Tampa.com publish CNA Military Advisory Board member VADM Dennis McGinn's (Ret.) article discussing the impact of climate change and energy use on national security
September 20, 2009
The Grand Forks Herald publishes guest opinion article by CNA Military Advisory Board member VADM Dennis McGinn (Ret.)
September 17, 2009
The Island Packet and Beufort Gazette report on presentation by CNA Military Advisory Board Member, Gen. Robert Magnus USMC (Ret.), on climate change, energy and national security
September 11, 2009
Tanker Operator quotes CNA's Kim Hall on piracy issues in the article "Piracy to increase"
September 10, 2009
NewScientist quotes CNA Military Advisory Board member, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn, USN (Ret.)
September 7, 2009
The Washington Post interviews CNA Chief Operating Officer, Katherine McGrady, in its feature "New at the Top"
September 3, 2009
CNA's Lee Gunn discusses national security and climate change with Harvard Business blogger in "Why the Military is Going Green"
September 1, 2009
USF News reports on climate change forum featuring CNA Military Advisory Board member, Dennis McGinn
August 28, 2009
Military Advisory Board member VADM McGinn quoted in Tampa Tribune article "Climate change poses threat of war, USF forum will hear"
August 28, 2009
The Washington Post quotes CNA China Analyst, Murray Scot Tanner, in the article "Law Targets Misuse of Security Force"
August 25, 2009
The Huffington Post publishes "Climate Change and Conflict," citing CNA's report climate report
August 21, 2009
CNA energy report subject of San Diego Union Tribune article "Group wants military energy offensive; retired generals, admirals back new technologies for security's sake"
August 19, 2009
The Japan Times references CNA's climate report in the article "A greater role in relief work for armed forces"
August 17, 2009
The New York Times cites CNA's climate report in the editorial "The Climate and National Security"
August 12, 2009
CNA's climate report is noted in the Washington Post opinion article "Climate Change & National Security: A Tough Sell"
August 11, 2009
National Public Radio's "On Point" interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, Gen. Paul Kern, USA (Ret.)
August 9, 2009
Reuters quotes CNA analyst, Kim Hall, in the article "Shippers fret over expected Somali piracy upsurge"
August 9, 2009
The New York Times cites CNA's climate report in the front page article "Climate Change Seen as Threat to U.S. Security"
August 5, 2009
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch cites CNA's climate study in its editorial "Global warming threatens national security"
August 2, 2009
Alabama's Montgomery Advertiser features article on CNA's climate report
July 28, 2009
LinkTV covers CNA's Energy report in episode 15 or its Earth Focus series
July 28, 2009
WHRV, Hampton Roads Public Radio, interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, Adm. John Nathman, USN (Ret.)
July 27, 2009
The Marine Corps Times interviews CNA analyst Anita Hattiangadi for the article "New GI Bill can play a role in re-up decisions" (subscription required)
July 21, 2009
CNA Safety and Security releases two report "Understanding and Advancing Cross-Sector Collaboration in Homeland Security and Emergency Management" by David J. Kaufman and Jonathan Dake (forthcoming in the Journal of Emergency Management 2009/2010)
July 21, 2009
Sen. John Kerry notes CNA's energy report in Senate Foreign Relations Committee remarks, published in the Boston Globe
July 21, 2009
CNA Military Advisory Board member, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn USN (Ret.), testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing on "Climate Change and Global Security: Challenges, Threats, and Global Opportunities" (View Testimony)
July 20, 2009
The New York Times references CNA's report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security
July 19, 2009
The Pittsburgh-Post Gazette cites the CNA Health Research and Policy study "Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill and Injured."
July 19, 2009
NPR's Weekend Edition interviews CNA's Ken Gause for the story "Kim Jong Il Reported Ill; Who Will Take His Place?"
July 2009
Private Environmental Regimes in Developing Countries by CNA's Dr. Ralph Espach is published by Palgrave Macmillan
July 2009
CNA China Studies releases the conference report "China's Participation in Anti-Piracy Operations off the Horn of Africa: Drivers and Implications"
July 13, 2009
Economist.com discusses CNA's 2007 report, National Security and the Threat of Climate Change in the article "Climate change could ignite wars in volatile regions"
July 12, 2009
The Straits Times quotes CNA's Dean Cheng in "China Tools Up for Space Race"
July 2009
CNA's Peter Perla receives the Military Operations Research Society's John K. Walker, Jr. Award for 2009 for his article "So a Wargamer and a Black Swan Walk into a Bar..." (Phalanx, Vol. 41, No. 4, Dec. 2008)
July 2009
China Currents (Vol. 8, No. 2, Spring 2009) publishes "Taiwan Strait Security Challenges" by research team leader for CNA China Studies, Al Willner
July 2009
Naval History Magazine (Vol. 23, No. 4, Aug. 2009) features the article "Complementary Keys to Naval Victory" by CNA China Studies' analyst Heidi Holz (pdf made available courtesy of Naval History Magazine)
July 8, 2009
CNA Analyst David Catarious, Jr., PhD, briefs Marine Corps Executive Off-Site meeting attended by the 3- and 4-star leadership of the USMC. Click here to view presentation
June 30, 2009
Daily Kos comments on CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change
June 30, 2009
Iowa Rep. Leonard Boswell cites CNA energy report in a statement published in the Knoxville Journal-Express
June 29, 2009
CNA's Sherri Goodman is promoted from vice president to senior vice president, General Counsel and Board Secretary
June 28, 2009
Santa Fe New Mexican references CNA energy report in the article "State Earns High Marks for Creating Green Jobs"
June 2009
Environment Conflict and Cooperation cites CNA report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security in its June Newsletter
June 18 2009
Atlantic interviews Dr. Michael Connell, Director of CNA Strategic Studies' Project Iran for the article "How Likely Is A Mousavi Presidency?"
June 17 2009
Atlantic interviews Dr. Michael Connell, Director of CNA Strategic Studies' Project Iran for its article "Experts: Iranian Revolution Unlikely"
June 2009
Aerospace America cites CNA's climate report in the article, "Climate change and national security — parts of a whole", by VADM (Ret) Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr.
June 15, 2009
Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman John Kerry (D-MA) cites CNA's report National Security and the Threat of Climate Change in remarks at the New York City headquarters of the Council on Foreign Relations (view remarks) (download video)
June 11, 2009
ClimateWire quotes CNA research team leader Ron Filadelfo in the article "Navy planners ponder a looming ice-free Arctic" (subscription required)
June 11, 2009
Stars and Stripes cites CNA study in article "Sailors can apply points earned downrange toward promotions"
June 10, 2009
Inside Higher Ed cites studies co-authored by CNA education analyst Christine Mokher
June 9, 2009
A video on CNA's Military Advisory Board report, Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security is available online
June 8, 2009
Dr. Katherine A. W. McGrady, formerly CNA executive vice president and director of research, is named the company's first chief operating officer
June 5, 2009
CNA's Military Advisory Board report on energy security generates comment on Tom Ricks's ForeignPolicy.com web log
June 5, 2009
The Marine Corps Times cites CNA Health Research & Policy study Economic Impact on Caregivers of the Seriously Wounded, Ill, and Injured
June 1, 2009
CNA's Military Advisory Board reports on energy and climate security are noted in Aviation Week Aerospace Daily & Defense Report (subscription required)
June 1, 2009
The Navy Times discusses CNA's Military Advisory Board Report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security
May 31, 2009
This Week in Defense News interviews CNA Military Advisory Board member, Adm. Nathman on the report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security
May 28, 2009
OnEarth, an independent publication of the Natural Resources Defense Council, interviews CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman
May 2009
Small Wars Journal publishes article by new CNA senior fellow, LTC James A. Gavrilis (USA, ret.), titled "A Model for Population-Centered Warfare: A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing and Understanding the Theory and Practice of Insurgency and Counterinsurgency"
May 2009
The NATO Defense College in Rome publishes Michael Gerson's chapter on nuclear deterrence in NATO and 21st Century Deterrence
May 25, 2009
The Las Vegas Sun lends editorial support to the findings of the MAB energy security report
May 20, 2009
The Wall Street Journal discusses MAB report in its daily feature Environmental Capital
May 20, 2009
ScrippsNews posts opinion column "Oil and Warfare Mix"
May 20, 2009
The Wall Street Journal discusses MAB report in its daily feature Environmental Capital
May 20, 2009
ScrippsNews posts opinion column "Oil and Warfare Mix"
May 19, 2009
The New York Times reports on the CNA Military Advisory Board report in the article "Addressing the Military's Energy Inefficiency"
May 19, 2009
The Virginian-Pilot reports on the CNA Military Advisory Board's energy security report
May 18, 2009
NPR's All Things Considered — "Military Officers Tie Energy To National Security"
May 18, 2009
Associated Press — "Group Warns of Risk of Energy Dependence" (article also picked up by The Washington Post, Yahoo News, The Guardian UK, Tri-City Herald, The Los Angeles Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Kansas City Star, Palm Beach Post, and others
May 18, 2009
Reuters — "Pentagon says cutting energy use is big priority"
May 18, 2009
Voice of America — "Report: America's Oil Dependence Threatens National Security"
May 18, 2009
AFP — "US energy use a national security threat: study"
May 18, 2009
Alternet.com — "Armed Forces Community Takes Up Global Warming Cause: It's an Urgent Matter of National Security"
May 18, 2009
Dear Colleague letter circulated by Senators John Kerry and Richard Lugar alerting their colleagues to the CNA Military Advisory Board's energy security report, which they call "a thoughtful examination of the interrelationship between national security, energy, and climate change…"
May 18, 2009
Sen. John Kerry, Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issues statement on CNA’s Military Advisory Board energy report
May 18, 2009
CNA's Military Advisory Board releases the report Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security finding that fossil fuels and the national electrical grid threaten military, economic, and climate security
May 18, 2009
Saying "Energy security is national security" Sen. Richard Lugar (R-IN) issues statement agreeing with CNA Military Advisory Board energy report
May 17, 2009
BusinessWeek — U.S. Reliance on Oil an 'Urgent Threat'
May 17, 2009
Dayton Daily News — "Panel: Military needs to focus on energy efficiency"
May 14, 2009
HS Today — "Wars Could Erupt Over Competition for Oil and Gas, Russia Warns"
May 13, 2009
Media Advisory: CNA's Military Advisory Board to release Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security on Monday, May 18, 10:00 a.m. at the Newseum Conference Center, Washington, DC
May 13, 2009
Time.com quotes Director of CNA Strategic Studies, Rear Adm. Michael A. McDevitt, USN (Ret.), in the article, "China's Navy Grows, and the World Watches Warily"
May 12, 2009
InsideDefense cites remarks by CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman in the article "Military Eying Possible Climate-Adaptation Actions for QDR" (subscription required)
May 2009
Homeland Security Affairs publishes articles by CNA's Robert Bach & David Kaufman, and by Robert Hall & Erica Dusenberry Dimitrov
May 2009
The Dragon Looks South: China and Southeast Asia in the New Century, (Westport, Conn.: Praeger, 2007) by CNA's Bronson Percival, is included in the Naval War College's book reviews
May 11, 2009
CNA's Military Advisory Board to release Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security on May 18 (view release/invitation)
May 5, 2009
CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, presents closing keynote address — Climate Change and Energy: 21st Century Challenges to National Security — before the National Defense Industrial Association’s Environment, Energy & Sustainability Symposium and Exhibition
May 4, 2009
Congress Daily quotes CNA vice president and director of CNA China Studies, David Finkelstein in "China Watch — Straight Talk" (subscription required)
May 4, 2009
Defense News cites CNA's MV-22 Operational Assessment in the article "USMC to Study MV-22 Mission in Iraq" (subscription required)
May 1, 2009
NPR, in conjunction with Foreign Policy magazine, posts the article "The Rise of Kim Jong-Un" by Ken Gause, CNA senior analyst and director of its Foreign Leadership Studies Program
May 1, 2009
GovernmentExecutive.com interviews Christine Fox, president of CNA’s Center for Naval Analyses
April/May 2009
Diversity/Careers magazine features CNA project director, Dianne Thorpe, PhD
April 2009
Foreign Policy magazine publishes the article "The Rise of Kim Jong-Un" by Ken Gause, CNA senior analyst and director of its Foreign Leadership Studies Program
April 25, 2009
Inside Defense cites CNA Report in the article "Report Catalogs Many Problems with Armed Recon Helicopter Program"
April 25, 2009
Sen. John Warner cites CNA's Military Advisory Board in testimony before the House Energy and Commerce Committee
April 23, 2009
China Daily quotes CNA's David Finkelstein in "Sea change in thinking about China's navy"
April 2009
What Went Right in Iraq — a paper by CNA analyst Jonathan Schroden, on lessons learned and how we apply them to Afghanistan
April 21, 2009
The Financial Times interviews CNA's David Finkelstein in "Navy chief enters smoother Chinese waters"
April 20, 2009
Washington Post Environmental Leadership supplement publishes "Climate Change Threatens National Security" an op-ed by CNA Military Advisory Board members, Gen. Wald, USAF (Ret.) and Vice Adm. McGinn (Ret.)
April 20, 2009
Vice Admiral (ret.) Kevin J. Cosgriff, former Commander of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, and William Balderson, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Air Programs, have joined CNA as senior fellows
April 17, 2009
Jane's interviews CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, for the article "Climate of war: climate change and resource conflict"
April 15, 2009
Domestic Preparedness publishes "Funding & Capabilities: A New Look at DHS Grants" by vice president for CNA Safety and Security, Timothy Beres (view pdf)
April 2009
Signal Online quotes Director of CNA Strategic Studies, Rear Adm. Michael A. McDevitt, USN (Ret.), in the article, "Foes and Funding Vex Military Planners"
April 7, 2009
Inside EPA.com notes policy role of CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, in the article "DOD Environmental Staff Eye Potential Program Changes Under Obama" (subscription required)
April 3, 2009
Forbes interviews CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, in the article "Big Job, Big Family"
March 29, 2009
Navy.mil reports that CNA's Center for Naval Analyses President Christine Fox recently spent two nights observing operations during Ice Exercise (ICEX) 2009 in the Arctic Ocean
March 27, 2009
CNA China Strategic Issues Director Maryanne Kivlehan-Wise was interviewed on BBC Radio 5’s Up All Night on China's reaction to the Pentagon-issued report on the PLA
March 25, 2009
The interim report on the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop "Stabilization and Economic Growth." held November 12, 2008, is available on-line
March 25, 2009
Financial Times quotes CNA Vice President and China Studies Director, Dave Finkelstein in the "Beijing's naval harassment rouses US"
March 25, 2009
Dave Finkelstein, Director of CNA China Studies is interviewed for the CNN on-air report China's military power concerns, and for the on-line article Pentagon report: China's military expanding its capabilities
March 25, 2009
General Robert Magnus, a former aviator who was second in command of the Marine Corps before retiring from active duty in 2008, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
March 23, 2009
The University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies to use CNA report How is Afghanistan Different from Al Anbar, by Carter Malkasian and Jerry Meyerle, in training graduate-level Red Team Leaders
March 20, 2009
CNA General Counsel, Sherri Goodman, speaks before the Pew Environmental Group's Mount Vernon Forum on Climate Change and Leadership (click here to view remarks)
March 17, 2009
Christian Science Monitor quotes CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman in the article "Climate May Heat Crises, Too, Military Analysts Say"
March 19, 2009
Former CNA Staff Analyst, Robert Hale, is named Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) and Chief Financial Officer
March 16, 2009
DoD Buzz interviews Director of CNA Strategic Studies, RADM, Michael McDevitt (Ret.), in the article "US Beefs Up China Response"
March 12, 2009
CNA Education's Linda Cavalluzzo, PhD, testifies on National Board Certification before the Florida House of Representatives Committee on K-12 Appropriations (click here to view hearing) (click here to read testimony)
March 2009
Wargaming Strategic Linkage — CNA recommendations to the Naval War College for more effectively representing the linkage between the strategic, operational/strategic, and operational levels of war
March 2009
The United States and the Asia-Pacific Region: Security Strategy for the Obama Administration — a new, bi-partisan East Asia Strategy Report for the Obama Administration
March 2009
"How is Afghanistan Different from Al Anbar?" — a special report from CNA's Carter Malkasian and Gerald Meyerle highlighting major differences between Iraq and Afghanistan and considering their implications for the Marine Corps
March 11, 2009
Dr. Martin Feldstein appointed by President Barack Obama to his Economic Recovery Advisory Board, joins CNA as a Distinguished Fellow
March 9, 2009
The draft report from "Nation-State Building 101" the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop held October 28, 2008 is released
March 6, 2009
CNA Field Representative, Dr. Jay Smith, Receives NDIA 2008 Navy Tester of the Year Award
March 5, 2009
"Climate Change and the Concept of Environmental Security under the Obama Administration" — an Ecologic Institute for International and European Environmental Policy Dinner Dialogue with CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman
March 5, 2009
Inside Defense discusses an upcoming report by security analysts that urges President Obama to focus on the Asia-Pacific region (subscription required)
March 3, 2009
Vartkes L. Broussalian, an analyst with CNA from 1963-1966, who went on to serve four presidents as a White House economist and public policy advisor, dies at age 80
February 21, 2009
Stars and Stripes cites CNA Retirement Choice report in "Mullen, coalition at odds over 'Redux' bonus"
February 20, 2009
CNA Resource Analysis releases its Retirement Choice Calculator and Retirement Choice Report for 2009
February 18, 2009
UPI Interviews CNA General Counsel and Executive Director of the Military Advisory Board, Sherri Goodman for its "Intel chief: Climate change threatens U.S. security"
February 18, 2009
McClatchy news service interviews Vice Admiral, USN (Ret.) Lee Gunn, President of CNA's Institute for Public Research, for the commentary "A fresh approach to national security"
February 17, 2009
The San Diego Union-Tribune quotes Director of CNA Strategic Studies, RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.) in its article "China's military rebirth prompts U.S. response"
February 12 2009
RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.), Director of CNA Strategic Studies serves as panelist for a dialogue on "China: Friend or Foe?" at the AFCEA/U.S. Naval Institute Warfare And Technologies Conference And Exposition
February 12, 2009
A CNA Special Feature: From the U.S. Navy Office of Information's Navy Visual News Service, the photo essay, "Year in Pictures 2008"
February 2009
CNA research analyst, Brian McCue's U-Boats in the Bay of Biscay: An Essay in Operations Analysis is republished for the first time in nearly 20 years.
February 9, 2009
The Christian Science Monitor quotes Senior CNA analyst Anita Hattiangadi in its article "Will improved military enlistment last?"
February 6, 2009
China’s National Defense in 2008 — Observations from a panel discussion sponsored by CNA China Studies and the National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies on China's sixth defense white paper released January 20, 2009
January 30, 2009
Director of CNA's Project Iran, Michael Connell, discusses the future of Iran's military as a panelist for the American Enterprise Institute conference "The Imam Returned: Thirty Years of Revolution"
January 26, 2009
Jane’s quotes CNA China Studies' Director David Finkelstein in the article "White paper reveals insight into Chinese defence rational"
January 22, 2009
Inside Higher Ed reviews CNA-Hudson Institute study "Pathways to Boosting the Earnings of Low-Income Students by Increasing Their Educational Attainment"
January 22, 2009
RADM Michael McDevitt, USN (Ret.), Director of CNA Strategic Studies will be a panelist for a dialogue on "China: Friend or Foe?" to be held February 12, 2009 at the AFCEA/U.S. Naval Institute Warfare And Technologies Conference And Exposition
January 15, 2009
CNA Research Analyst David Caterious is interviewed in the article "Why U.S. Intelligence Takes Climate Seriously"
January 12, 2009
The interim report on the CNA-U.S. Army Peacekeeping and Stability Operations Institute (PKSOI) co-sponsored workshop, "Implementing Security Sector Reform" available on-line
January 12, 2009
Defense News publishes op-ed article "Focus on the Environment Climate Change Could be Security Issue" by CNA General Counsel Sherri Goodman and CNA Research Analyst David Catarious
January 7, 2009
The Hill and Talking Points Memo report that President-elect Obama will nominate Robert Hale, executive director of the American Society of Military Comptrollers and former CNA staff analyst and study director, to be Pentagon comptroller
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"
December/January
Diversity Careers in Engineering & Information Technology features CNA Software Infrastructure and Development Manager, Linda Sherper-Heiney, and quotes CNA President and CEO Bob Murray

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 4, 2008
Climate Change and National Security Public Radio International's The World, Jason Margolis
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 26, 2008
Report: Climate change linked to national security Associated Press, Pamela Hess
June 26, 2008
Report: Climate change linked to national security USA Today, Pamela Hess, Associated Press Writer
June 26, 2008
Global warming, terrorism tied The Paris Post-Intelligencer
June 26, 2008
Climate Change May Challenge National Security, Classified Report Warns Science Daily
June 26, 2008
Intelligence report warns of global warming's potential political, humanitarian effects Dallas Morning News, from wire reports
June 26, 2008
Climate change will impact US national security Agence France-Presse
June 26, 2008
Climate Change "Threat" to US Security Islam online.net, IOL Staff
June 25, 2008
Intelligence Report Eyes Climate Change-Security Link NPR's All Things Considered, Tom Gjelten
June 25, 2008
Report links terrorism, climate Global warming could incite instability, classified papers say Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,Diana Marrero
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"
June 5, 2007
Global Warning Times of India, Chidanand Rajghatta
June 5, 2007
GOP Debate CNN
June 4, 2007
Laggard at the G-8 Boston Globe, Editorial
June 1, 2007
Trouble at the Pump GovernmentExecutive.com, Katherine McIntire Peters
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
Sens. Clinton, McCain's bill forces DOD to study warming Greenwire, Darren Samuelsohn (subscription required)
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
House Approves Climate Measure In DoD Bill, Despite Bush Opposition Defense Environment Alert
The Changing Climate
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 22, 2007
Warner wants study on warming, security Richmond Times-Dispatch, Peter Hardin
May 20, 2007
Terrorism Work to Be Unaffected by Climate Review; War Resources Will Not Be Diverted for Intelligence Estimate on Warming's Effects on National Security Washington Post, Walter Pincus
May 17, 2007
RETIRED GENERALS: CLIMATE CHANGE WILL REQUIRE REVISING MILITARY PLANS Inside the Pentagon, Fawzia Sheikh
May 17, 2007
Climate change a new threat to security San Jose Mercury News, Frank Davies (sign up repaired)
May 15, 2007
More warming threats — It could be a matter of national security Newsday, Editorial (purchase required)
May 14, 2007
Right climate choice Washington Times, Doug Wilson (purchase required)
May 12, 2007
Earth study in intelligence bill; Climate seen as an issue for security Washington Times, Christina Bellantoni (purchase required)
May 3, 2007
Intel Analysts to Study Climate Change Associated Press, Katherine Shrader (purchase required)
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 23, 2007
'Threat Multiplier'; Military panel deems climate-change effects as a growing national security challenge Aviation Week & Space Technology, Frank Morning, Jr.
April 23, 2007
Weather wars: U.N. debate about global warming's effects foresees a grim future of climate-induced conflict Houston Chronicle/McClatchy-Tribune Business News, Editorial
April 22, 2007
Think tank's report a grim warning that national security is tied to global warming Asheville Citizen-Times, Jim Buchanan, Columnist
April 22, 2007
Climate of subtle conflict Washington Times, Bryan K. Migone and Mark D. Drapeau (subscription required)
April 20, 2007
Warming and global security New York Times, Editorial (purchase required)
April 19, 2007
Could global warming cause war? Christian Science Monitor, Brad Knickerbocker
April 18, 2007
Oil poses security threat, experts warn lawmakers MarketWatch, Ruth Mantell
April 18, 2007
U.S. House panel sees security threats from global warming Associated Press, John Heilprin
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 17, 2007
Retired military officers cast climate-change warning Virginian-Pilot, Dale Eisman
April 17, 2007
Military advisers' study may drive security focus of climate debate Defense Environment Alert, Suzanne Yohannan
April 17, 2007
Could Climate Change Threaten Security? Forbes.com
April 17, 2007
Climate change called a security threat Los Angeles Times, Karen Kaplan and Thomas H. Maugh II
April 17, 2007
Climate change a 'threat to security' Financial Times, Mark Turner and Fiona Harvey
April 17, 2007
Report: Climate change is an issue of national security Congress Daily AM, Darren Goode (subscription required)
April 17, 2007
Military advisers' study may drive security focus on climate debate Defense Environment Alert, Suzanne Yohannan (subscription required)
April 17, 2007
Global warming to have dramatic effect in N. America; Scientists say changes faster than thought McClatchy Newspaper, Robert Boyd
April 16, 2007
Climate Change Worries Military Advisers NPR Morning Edition, Renee Montagne interviews General Anthony Zinni
April 16, 2007
A new report warns that global warming could put America's national security at risk Today in LA (NBC Los Angeles)
April 16, 2007
Excerpts from live coverage of the National Security and Climate Change Press Conference CSPAN-1 (National)
April 16, 2007
Climate change also poses a serious threat to America's national security Weather Channel Evening Edition
April 16, 2007
Climate Change Risks Nat'l Security CBSNews.com
April 16, 2007
Report: Climate change a major military issue ArmyTimes.com, William H. McMichael
April 16, 2007
Global Warming Poses National Security Threat, Report Finds PBS.org
April 16, 2007
Climate Change Linked to Security Risks Military.com
April 16, 2007
UK to raise climate talks as Security Council issue GuardianUnlimited.com, Ed Pilkington
April 16, 2007
Global warming may put U.S. in hot water Associated Press, Seth Borenstein
April 16, 2007
Ex-US military chiefs warn warming worsens security Reuters, Deborah Zabarenko
April 16, 2007
Retired generals, admirals: Global warming a security threat Wall Street Journal, Energy Roundup Blog (subscription required)
April 16, 2007
Military panel: Climate change threatens US National Security Environment News Service
April 16, 2007
Climate; Retired generals warn that warming threatens US security Greenwire, Darren Samuelsohn (subscription required)
April 16, 2007
Lugar commends climate change study States News Service
April 16, 2007
Retired generals, admirals: Global warming needs a hard look States News Service
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 15, 2007
Global Warming — Military Report Says Global Warming is a National Security Threat ABC World News Sunday
April 15, 2007
Another group joining the call to fight global warming Fox Report Sunday
April 15, 2007
Ex-generals: Global warming threatens U.S. security CNN.com
April 15, 2007
Military sharpens focus on climate change Washington Post, Juliet Eilperin
April 15, 2007
Global warming a security risk Associated Press, Seth Borenstein
April 15, 2007
Global warming called security threat New York Times, Andrew Revkin and Timothy Williams
April 15, 2007
US generals urge climate action BBC News
April 15, 2007
Climate change: A threat to global security Green Energy News, Vol. 12 No. 4
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