From CNA in 2011

The International Affairs Group of CNA Strategic Studies releases North Korea after Kim Chong-il Leadership Dynamics and Potential Crisis Scenarios, by expert on North Korea affairs, Ken Gause

Homeland Security Affairs publishes the study Application of Social Network Analysis Methods to Quantitatively Assess Exercise Coordination by CNA Safety and Security analyst, Yee San Su, Ph.D.

The website for the White House’s Joining Forces Initiative posts “The Scientific Study of the Military Child” discussing the CNA-sponsored workshop held in November

William McCants, Ph.D., CNA specialist in Islam and Islamist politics in the Middle East, testifies before the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence hearing on “Jihadist Use of Social Media - How to Prevent Terrorism and Preserve Innovation” (Click here to view testimony)

CNA Strategic Studies releases the report on the August 2011 conference “American Grand Strategy and Seapower”

The Middle East Institute publishes CNA Iranian expert Dr. Mike Connell’s article “The Artesh Navy: Iran’s Strategic Force” in the November 2011 Viewpoints

CNA Releases 2011 Social Media + Emergency Management Camp: Transforming the Response Enterprise by CNA Safety and Security analysts, Drs. Clarence Wardell, and Yee San Su

“Building an Irregular Warfare Tactical Wargame Analytical Capability at the Tactical Level,” authored by CNA researchers Peter Perla, Ph.D., Phil Haussmann, Ph.d. and Mike Markowitz, wins the FY 2011 Army Modeling and Simulation Award for Team Analysis

CNA’s Military Advisory Board releases Ensuring America's Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence, focusing on the national security implications associated with shifting the U.S. transportation sector to alternative fuels (View on line • View pdf)

CNA Safety and Security releases Vol. 3 of its newsletter, The Tear Line

CNA’s Operations Evaluation Group releases the study A Strait Comparison: Lessons Learned from the 1915 Dardanelles Campaign in the Context of a Strait of Hormuz Closure Event by CNA research analyst Jonathan Schroden, Ph.D.

The Fall 2011 M&S Journal publishes “Towards a Business Model to Encourage Re-use of Models and Simulations in DoD” (pp 5-9) by CNA analysts Dennis Shea and Julianne Nelsonust, Ph.D.

Drake University to host CNA Military Advisory Board member, Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn (Ret.), for a discussion on “National Security and Iowa's Energy Future"

The International Journal of Parallel, Emergent and Distributed Systems publishes “Modelling insurgent and terrorist networks as self-organised complex adaptive systems” by CNA research analyst Andrew Ilachinski, Ph.D.

Climatic Change publishes “Defense community perspectives on uncertainty and confidence judgments” authored by CNA research analyst, Marcus King, Ph.D., and CNA senior vice president and general counsel, Sherri Goodman

CNA Strategic Studies Analysts, Drs. William McCants, William Rosenau, and Eric Thompson release the paper, Cyberspace and Violent Non-State Groups: Uses, Capabilities, and Threats

CNA China Studies releases analyst Peter W. Mackenzie’s study Red Crosses, Blue Water: Hospital Ships and China’s Expanding Naval Presence, tracing the development of China’s hospital ships since the 1970s, culminating with the “Peace Ark,” China’s premier hospital ship

CNA Operations and Tactics Analysis updates its Integrated Ship Database through the second quarter of 2011

The Homeland Security Policy Institute of George Washington University names CNA research analyst, William McCants, Ph.D. a 2011 senior fellow

Military Operations Research, the peer-reviewed journal of the Military Operations Research Society, publishes “Nash Bargaining as a Military Decision Tool: An Example from Base Closure” by CNA analysts Omer Alper, Ph.D. and Ron Nickel, Ph.D. (subscription required)

CNA research analyst Clarence Wardell, Ph.D. participates in a panel discussion on "Liability & Reliability Citizen-Generated Information for Disaster Management" held at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il: Power, Politics, and Prospects for Change, the latest book by CNA Korea expert Ken Gause, is available from ABC-CLIO publishing

CNA research analyst, Dmitry Gorenburg, Ph.D. is appointed editor of the bimonthly journal Problems of Post-Communism

Community College Research Center announces collaboration with CNA and others, to establish a research and development center on postsecondary education and employment

CNA field representative Jed Snyder is a featured alumnus in Colby Magazine

CNA research analyst Nilanthi Samaranayake delivers the keynote address, "The Indian Ocean’s Importance in the 21st Century," at the second annual South Asia Maritime Security Conference hosted by the Sri Lanka Navy in collaboration with U.S. Pacific Command and the Naval Post Graduate School’s Center for Civil-Military Relations

Domestic Preparedness publishes “Evaluating the Effectiveness of Grants – The Anatomy of Success” by CNA research analysts Dianne Thorpe, Ph.D. and Kristen Koch, Ph.D. (registration required)

CNA research specialist Dr. Al Nofi’s book, To Train the Fleet for War, wins the 2011 John Lyman Book Award in Navy History from the North American Society for Oceanic History, and earns Honorable Mention for the Theodore and Franklin D. Roosevelt Prize in Naval History from the New York Council of The Navy League of the United States

CNA Video: The Two Sudans – CNA research analyst Lesley Anne Warner discusses the future of the Sudan region following southern Sudan’s vote to become an independent nation.

The Navy Role in Confronting Irregular Challenges: Implementing the Navy Vision for CIC – a featured report from CNA Operations and Tactics Analysis

Naval War College Review publishes “Why Wargaming Works” by CNA research analysts Peter Perla, Ph.D and Ed McGrady, Ph.D.

Marine Corps University Journal publishes "Understanding Insurgent Intelligence Operations" by CNA research analyst, William Rosenau, Ph.D.

The Woodrow Wilson Center posts video of the June 21 panel discussion on the CNA-Oxfam America report Preparing for the Impact of a Changing Climate on U.S. Humanitarian and Disaster Response

CNA Health Research & Policy releases the presentations made by its analysts at the 2011 AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting held in Seattle on June 12

CNA’s 2010 Year in Review – a summary of highlights of research carried out by CNA analysts during 2010

CNA Safety and Security releases initial findings from the 2011 Social Media in Emergency Management Camp held in conjunction with 2011 National Emergency Management Association Conference

“Southern Sudan: Understanding U.S. interests and equities at the end of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement” by CNA associate research analyst Lesley Warner is published in the Institute of Security Studies’ Monograph 178 Regional Security in the Post-cold War Horn of Africa

CNA Safety and Security  releases The Experts’ Roundtable on Catastrophe—Altered Landscapes of Catastrophes: Insights from the Great East Japan Earthquake (View on line  •  View pdf)

CNA Operations and Tactics Analysis releases the report The Navy Role in Confronting Irregular Challenges – Implementing the Navy Vision for CIC

Tampa Bay Manhunt Action Report – CNA’s independent study of the Tampa Police Department’s search for Dontae Morris is released by city officials and the federal Office of Community Oriented Policing Services

Video of CNA China Studies’ Panel Discussion on China's Defense Whitepaper is available on line

Vol. 1, No. 1 of The Tear Line, a quarterly update on the work of CNA Safety and Security

The Independent Review Panel to Study the Judge Advocate Requirements of the Department of the Navy releases its final report which relies, in part, on CNA’s 2008 two-part study of the Navy JAG Corps’ future manpower requirements prepared by CNA Resource Analysis analysts

CNA’s Dan Harris, Ph.D. and Amanda Borsky, MPP present "Factors Affecting the Implementation of a Colorectal Cancer Screening Intervention: A Report from the CNA Health ACTION Partnership" at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Bethesda, Maryland.

The Naval War College Review article “Hiding in Plain Sight: The U.S. Navy and Dispersed Operations under EMCON, 1956–1972” cites the 1958 CNA Operations Evaluation Group study The Sixth Fleet Concept and Analysis of Haystack Operations

Capitol Hill Briefing “Ground Truth in Afghanistan” – CNA analysts Jerry Meyerle, Ph.D., Megan Katt, and Jim Gavrilis present key findings from their study Counterinsurgency on the Ground in Afghanistan: How Different Units Adapted to Local Conditions

Testimony: “Unrest in China and the Chinese State’s Institutional Responses” presented before the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission by CNA China Studies’ Asia security analyst Murray Scot Tanner, Ph.D.

CNA Video:  "What's Happening Between the Koreas?" CNA vice president and director of CNA Strategic Studies, RADM Michael McDevitt, USN, (Ret.), talks about the provocations and problems brewing between North and South Korea.

Adm. James Stavridis, Commander, U.S. European Command and Supreme Allied Commander, Europe cites the work of CNA analysts in assessing the effectiveness of the Navy's humanitarian mission Continuing Promise in his book Partnership for the Americas (page 151)

CNA’s Ron Filadelfo, Ph.D., a member of the Committee on National Security Implications of Climate Change for U.S. Naval Forces, contributes to the committee’s final report (available from the National Academies Press)