2002 News & Information

  • 2002 CNA Annual Conference – November 20 – 21, 2002

    Transforming Defense: A Current Assessment and the Road Ahead

    CNA hosts annual conferences to stimulate discussion and debate on important national security issues. Recent CNA conferences have made important contributions to dialogue on such issues as military readiness, major security concerns facing the incoming Bush administration, and U.S. security strategy in East Asia.

    This year's conference, Transforming Defense: A Current Assessment and the Road Ahead, focused on defense transformation two years into the Bush administration and one year after the start of Operation Enduring Freedom. The conference examined recent progress and the road ahead in defense transformation. Our goal was to achieve a better understanding of what transformation entails, what challenges lie in the future, and how we might meet those challenges.

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  • Event: September 24, 2002

    CNA to host Roundtable on Strategic Decisions Facing Gulf Countries During the Next Decade

  • Event: June 21, 2002

    CNA hosts bioterrorism workshop for the District of Columbia's Department of Health (DoH) managers and representatives from other city agencies.
    The workshop will include presentations on the status of the DoH bioterrorism preparedness plan and the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile (NPS) distribution plan - both of which were developed by CNA. Chips Stewart analyst will participants through a session on a hypothetical deployment of the NPS.

    The Emergency Health and Medical Services Administration (EHMSA) sponsored this workshop, and includes a focused discussion and overviews of two of the District of Columbia Department of Health's bioterrorism plans.

  • CNA hosts first in a series of roundtables on U.S. strategic interests in Central Asia – June 4, 2002

    General Jack Sheehan, USMC (Ret.) to launch the series with remarks entitled "About Central Asia and the Caspian: So What?". Following his retirement from the U.S. military in 1997, General Sheehan served as the Secretary of Defense's Special Advisor for Central Asia.

  • CNA Hosts Seminar on Iran – April 4, 2002

    Two speakers from Iran to discuss Iranian national security interests and perspectives. Dr. Homeira Moshirzadeh and Dr. Gholamali Chegnizadeh are visiting the United States under the auspices of the Stanley Foundation, an Iowa-based non-profit organization.

  • CNA CEO leads delegation to Beijing – April 2 – 5, 2002

    CNA President Robert J. Murray lead a delegation of CNA analysts to Beijing to engage in academic exchanges with Chinese analysts on U.S.-China relations as well as the issue of Taiwan. The CNA delegation also met with Vice Minister Zhou Mingwei from the State Council's Taiwan Affairs Office.

  • CNA hosts Southern Philippines Workshop – March 25 – 29, 2002

    Focus is on Islam in the southern Philippines and the complex environment for the military effort that is being supported and assisted by U.S. forces in Mindanao against the Abu Sayyaf criminal/terrorist organization. Speakers include Professor Thomas McKenna, the leading U.S. academic on the region; Bob Scher, OSD/ISA Director for Maritime Southeast Asia; and CNA analyst Lyall Breckon.

  • Project Asia Roundtable – February 14, 2002

    Focus is on recent activities among national leadership in Beijing, Singapore, and Seoul

  • From CNA: January 2002

    Conference report "Transforming Defense: A Current Assessment and the Road Ahead" focusing on defense transformation two years into the Bush administration and one year after the start of Operation Enduring Freedom