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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 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…"
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 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.
Summer 2007
Kenneth W. Allen and Dean Cheng of CNA's Project Asia have authored chapters in a new book from the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Assessing the Threat: The Chinese Military and Taiwan's Security. Cheng's chapter is titled: "The PLA and Joint Operations: Moving from Theory to Practice," and Allen's chapter is titled "Air Force Deterrence and Escalation Calculations for a Taiwan Strait Conflict: China, Taiwan, and the United States"
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 The CNA Corporation, 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"
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

News Archives

October 27, 2006
David Finkelstein, director of CNA's Project Asia, tells the Los Angeles Times about his own inspection of tunnels dug under the DMZ in Korea by the (North) Korean People's Army when he served in the Joint Security Group in Panmunjom, Korea, in the early 1980s. The anecdotes in the article about North Koreans and tunnels was in the larger context of Pyongyang's Oct. 9 nuclear test, believed to have been conducted in an underground shaft
October 19, 2006
CNA analyst Joseph Guzman is on Hispanic Business magazine's list of "2006 Influentials: Ten to Watch." Guzman served until October as a loaned executive to the Department of Defense Biometrics Management Office, where he was director of policy, planning, and liaison
October 18, 2006
Researchers from the Center for Naval Analyses have begun a review of the Navy's Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps. The study will examine several issues, including how the JAG Corps can improve the way it provides legal services
October 2006
CNA analyst Ken Gause publishes "North Korean Civil-Military Trends: Military-First Politics to a Point," for the Army War College's Strategic Studies Institute. Gause's monograph, the third in a series called "Demystifying North Korea," is available from the Strategic Studies Institute website
October 11, 2006
Ken Gause quoted in San Francisco Chronicle piece on possible sanctions for North Korea
October 5, 2006
Virginian-Pilot article cites CNA research on military sealift command and the use of civilian crews
October 1, 2006
Japan Times reports on Mike McDevitt's appearance at the Japan Society in New York. McDevitt, director of CNA's Center for Strategic Studies, discussed Sino-Japanese relations on a panel with James Kelly, former U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs, and Alan Romberg, director of the China Program at the Henry L. Stimson Center, both of whom are affiliated with CNA
October 2006
Linda Cavalluzzo, with co-authors Will J. Jordan of Temple University and Christopher Corallo of the Henrico County (Va.) Public Schools, publishes "Community College and High School Reform: Lessons from Five Case Studies," in Community College Journal of Research and Practice
September 27, 2006
Tim Beres, former director of preparedness programs for the Department of Homeland Security, joins CNA
August 31, 2006
C4I News cites CNA research on joint command and control conducted with the Institute for Defense Analyses
August 2006
Navy Commander Sean Maybee joined CNA in August as the organization's first federal executive fellow. The Navy's Federal Executive Fellow program places officers at prestigious think tanks and universities to conduct foreign policy research
August 23, 2006
Iran responds to international offer of incentives for halting uranium enrichment. The San Francisco Chronicle quotes CNA analyst and regional expert Ken Gause
Summer 2006
CNA analyst Brian McCue publishes article, "Experiments, Models, Reality, Theory, Realism, Garbage, and Truth" in Information Age Warfare Quarterly
July 23, 2006
CNA analyst Ken Gause quoted in New York Times Magazine article on North Korea's role in counterfeiting American currency
July 13, 2006
Virginian-Pilot story cites CNA study on "sea swap," which allows ships to remain at sea while crews change
July 6, 2006
Marine Corps Times reports on progress of the Veterans' Disability Benefits Commission. The Center for Naval Analyses is conducting research that will be part of the commission's final report, due out in 2007
June 20, 2006
CNA analyst Kristen Gunness presents paper, "China's Military Diplomacy in an Era of Change," at National Defense University's June 20 Pacific Symposium
June 20, 2006
David Finkelstein, director of CNA's Project Asia, interviewed by South China Morning Post on U.S.-China military relations. A delegation from the People's Liberation Army will attend a U.S. military exercise around Guam this week
June 11, 2006
Tampa Tribune feature story cites our research on the military's recruitment of Hispanics
June 1, 2006
Education Week reports on Sarah L. Friedman, a former National Institutes of Health official, joining CNA to direct the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory
June 2006
The School Administrator profiles Robert "Bud" Spillane, a former school superintendent and the new director of CNA's Education Center
Spring 2006
CNA analyst Michael Hansen publishes article in Modern Classics in the Economics of Education. Hansen’s "Is the Proportion of College Workers in Noncollege Jobs Increasing?" is part of a collection edited by economics professor Clive Belfield
May 30, 2006
UPI story cites our research on the quality of Marine Corps recruits who re-enlist after their first term of service, which usually lasts four years
May 21, 2006
Contra Costa Times article features our 2005 study, "Non-citizens in Today’s Military"
May 19, 2006
Tom Philpott's "Military Update," a syndicated column, cites CNA research on reorganizing the military health system
May 8, 2006
Sarah L. Friedman, a former official at the National Institutes of Health, joins CNA to direct the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory, a major Department of Education contract recently awarded to CNA
April 25, 2006
The Associated Press cites our research showing that the share of Hispanic recruits in the Marine Corps is at an all-time high. The data comes from an update of our 2004 study, which found that Hispanics graduate from boot camp at higher rates than other recruits
April 21, 2006
CNA's Project Asia director David Finkelstein quoted in Bloomberg story about Chinese media and President Hu Jintao's visit to United States
April 20, 2006
Vincent Taylor, former DOT assistant secretary, to head CNA's Human Capital Management Center
April 7, 2006
David Finkelstein, director of CNA's Project Asia, quoted in Inside the Air Force article about U.S.-China military-to-military communication
March 29, 2006
Education Week story reports on CNA's newly awarded contract to run the Department of Education's Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory
March/April 2006
CNA health care analyst Robert A. Levy publishes article in Health Affairs on the cost of Medicaid annuities, which allow people to shelter their assets and qualify early for Medicaid. The paper is based on an earlier study conducted by CNA's Health Care Operations and Policy Research Center for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
March 14, 2006
The U.S. Department of Education has awarded CNA's Education Center a $26 million contract to run the Appalachian Regional Education Laboratory
March 8, 2006
Education Week reports on Robert "Bud" Spillane, former school superintendent, joining CNA's Education Center
February 27, 2006
Noted educator Robert "Bud" Spillane to lead CNA's Education Center
February 20, 2006
David Finkelstein, director of CNA's Project Asia, quoted in Defense News story about Pentagon's assessment of China in its Quadrennial Defense Review
February 2006
CNA's Institute for Public Research wins prestigious contract vehicle from Agency for Health Care Quality and Research (AHRQ), a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. The award allows CNA and its partners to compete for AHRQ research projects on a range of topics, including long-term care, patient safety, and bioterrorism
February 17, 2006
Wall Street Journal reviews If China Attacks Taiwan: Military Strategy, Politics and Economics (Routledge, 2005). CNA Asia analyst Kenneth W. Allen and his son, Jeffrey Allen of George Mason University, contributed a chapter to the edited volume titled "Controlling the Airspace over the Taiwan Strait"
February 9, 2006
New York Times cover story cites our 2004 study on military recruitment of Hispanics
February 3, 2006
Reuters reports on CNA's February 3 avian flu conference, citing comments by conference participants Nancy Powell, the State Department's senior coordinator for avian flu, and William Steiger, director of the Office of Global Health
January 2006
CNA research analyst Peter Stoloff publishes article, "Promoting Health and Improving Health Care in a Cost-Effective Manner through a Military Digital Library," in Military Medicine, the monthly journal of AMSUS, the Society of the Federal Health Agencies
January 30, 2006
Marine Corps Times article cites CNA research on post-September 11 Marine retention rates
January 16, 2006
Michael McDevitt, CNA's Center for Strategic Studies director, quoted in Honolulu Advertiser article about status of decision on a new aircraft carrier for Hawaii
January 9, 2006
San Diego Union-Tribune cover story cites CNA study on hearing loss among Navy personnel. The Institute of Medicine has also cited the work in a recent book, Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus (National Academies Press, 2005)
January 2, 2006
Navy Times article cites CNA research on sailors' work hours. Navy officials are mulling changes to the standard workweek to include time for studying and physical fitness. A Navy Times editorial in the same issue also highlighted CNA’s work
January 2006
CNA analyst Peter Perla's work on gaming and simulation featured in cover story of Signal, the magazine of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association
December 2005
Air Force Magazine reports on status of Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission. The Center for Naval Analyses and the Institute of Medicine are conducting studies that will aid the commission's final report, due out in 2007
December 2005
CNA's Chris Burton publishes "The Eureka-Rebecca Compromises: Another Look at Special Operations Security during World War II," in the Winter issue of Air Power History
December 12, 2005
Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle article cites CNA Education Center's National Board Certification study
December 12, 2005
Former HHS deputy Matthew Payne joins CNA's Health Care Operations and Policy Research Center
December 7, 2005
Florida Today cites CNA analyst Linda Cavalluzzo's study on National Board Certification, which examined math scores in Miami-Dade County
December 1, 2005
Game Developer magazine cites Peter Perla’s keynote address on wargaming at the October 31 Serious Games Summit D.C. in Arlington, Virginia
November 2005
Research analysts Kenneth Allen and James Bellacqua, of CNA's Project Asia, publish articles in Chinese Military Update, a monthly journal of the Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies
November 28, 2005
Inside the Navy article cites Center for Strategic Studies Director Michael McDevitt's June 20 speech at the American Enterprise Institute on Chinese military modernization
November 24, 2005
CNA's Michael McDevitt quoted in Inside the Pentagon article on Adm. William Fallon and the U.S.-China military relationship
November 21, 2005
CNA research analyst Gary Christle quoted in Inside the Army following his November 15 testimony on Pentagon spending and technology development before a Senate Armed Services subcommittee
November 17, 2005
CNA honored for its family-friendly workplace policies
November 11, 2005
Project Asia director David Finkelstein and CNA analyst Dean Cheng quoted in CQ Researcher on "Emerging China"
October 20, 2005
Tom Philpott's "Military Update" reports on Oct. 14 hearing of the Veterans’ Disability Benefits Commission. The commission met to shape research questions that will be addressed in the coming year by CNA and the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academies of Science
October 17, 2005
Dean Cheng quoted in Christian Science Monitor article on landing of Shenzhou 6, which makes China third country to put humans into orbit
October 14, 2005
Paul Speer, director of CNA’s Safety and Security Center, quoted in National Journal article on state and local response to Hurricane Katrina
October 12, 2005
CNA analyst Dean Cheng, an expert on China’s space program, interviewed by NPR’s "Morning Edition" on launch of Shenzhou 6
October 4, 2005
CNA’s study, "Non-citizens in Today’s Military," referenced in Village Voice article on illegal immigrants in the armed forces
September 2005
CNA study, "Statistical Analysis of Hearing Loss Among Navy Personnel," cited in new Institute of Medicine (IOM) book, Noise and Military Service: Implications for Hearing Loss and Tinnitus (National Academies Press, 2005). The IOM report is the result of a congressionally mandated study on hearing loss among members of the Armed Forces.
September 26, 2005
CNA analyst Dean Cheng, expert on China’s space program, interviewed by space.com on Oct. 13 launch of Shenzhou 6
September 13, 2005
CNA analysts' Washington Post letter to editor addresses potential cholera outbreaks in aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
September 12, 2005
CNA analyst Aline Quester quoted in Army Times on Marine re-enlistment bonuses
September 5, 2005
Marine Corps Times article cites April 2005 CNA study showing effects of deployments on Marine re-enlistment rates
August 29, 2005
CNA Senior Fellow Harlan Ullman quoted in Navy Times on ships as targets for terrorist attacks
August 12, 2005
CNA China and space expert Dean Cheng interviewed by science and policy journal New Scientist on the Chinese space program
July 25, 2005
Inside the Navy quotes CNA Center for Strategic Studies Director Michael McDevitt in article about Pentagon’s new China report and defense experts who downplay concern about China’s military
July 25, 2005
Michael McDevitt, director of CNA’s Center for Strategic Studies, comments on Pentagon’s assessment of Chinese military strength in Defense News
July 25, 2005
CNA analyst Hank Gaffney quoted in Defense News on author and military expert Thomas P.M. Barnett
July 24, 2005
NPR's Weekend Edition – Sunday
CNA Project Asia Director David Finkelstein discusses Pentagon's 2005 report on China's military
July 15, 2005
June/July issue of Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology features CNA Sr. VP for Research, Dr. Katherine McGrady
July 11, 2005
Defense News quotes CNA Asia Expert David Finkelstein in article on US attitude towards China’s Military Improvements
July 11, 2005
Aviation Week and Space Technology article reports on findings of NASA’s Return-to-Flight panel, citing Center for Naval Analyses President Christine Fox, who headed a panel subgroup that provided recommendations on ways NASA could improve its decision-making capabilities
July 5, 2005(PDF)
CNA and Dwight D. Eisenhower National Security Series release report from March 31 conference, "The U.S. Army in Asia," which convened scholars, current and former military and government officials, and regional experts
July 5, 2005
CNA analyst Daniel Whiteneck authors Washington Quarterly article, "Deterring Terrorists: Thoughts on a Framework." The piece, which focuses on redefining deterrence as part of a broad counterterrorism strategy, appears in the journal’s Summer 2005 issue
July 2005
Monica Giovachino co-authors, with other CNA analysts and D.C. public health officials, article on bioterrorism exercise for Journal of Public Health Management and Practice. "Optimizing a District of Columbia Strategic National Stockpile Dispensing Center" appears in the journal's July-August issue
June 29, 2005
CNA education analyst Linda Cavalluzzo authors chapter in new book, Virtual Schools: Planning for Success
June 14, 2005
Commarts.com, the online version of Communication Arts magazine, names www.cna.org as its "Site of the Week"
June 13, 2005(PDF)
Marine Corps Times article highlights CNA study showing that married Marines enlist at higher rates than single Marines. The findings counter the conventional wisdom on re-enlistments
May 25, 2005
A newly released CNA study examining non-citizens in the military finds that immigrant enlistees are highly successful, which could bode well for future recruitment efforts
May 16, 2005
Inside the Navy article cites May workshop hosted by CNA's Center for Naval Analyses. The two-day program focused on the Navy’s role in the war on terrorism
May 2005
CNA analyst Daniel Harris co-authors two articles for Advances in Patient Safety: From Research to Implementation, a four-volume compendium sponsored by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality and the Department of Defense
May 9, 2005(PDF)
Army Times article highlights CNA's military retirement benefits calculator
May 2, 2005(PDF)
Navy Times cites June 2004 Center for Naval Analyses study on Navy’s assignment incentive pay system
May 2, 2005
David Finkelstein, director of CNA’s Project Asia, quoted in CQ Weekly article on China's growing military power
April 25, 2005(PDF)
Employment and Training Reporter features economist Louis Jacobson's recommendations on fixing problems in the Workforce Investment Act
March 28, 2005
CNA Web-based Calculator Helps Military Personnel Assess Retirement Choices
March 28, 2005(PDF)
Marine Corps Times reports on CNA study and its impact on military retirement plans: Service members are opting for less costly "High-3" plan
March 23, 2005
Bangor Daily News covers foot-and-mouth disease exercise, designed by CNA, to gauge state, federal, and international ability to respond
March 22, 2005
In an interview with NPR’s Vicky O’Hara, David Finkelstein, director of CNA’s Project Asia, provides insights on China’s military and European Union decision to lift arms embargo
March 4, 2005
Michael Bennett, CNA researcher, co-authors "Economic Benefits of Increased En Route Sector Capacity from Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications," for Transportation Research Record, the journal of the National Research Council's Transportation Research Board.
March 1, 2005
CNA analyst Dean Cheng comments on Chinese military space doctrine in AeroSpace Briefing, a Space News publication
March 2005
Michael Bennett, CNA researcher, co-authors "Economic Benefits of Increased En Route Sector Capacity from Controller-Pilot Data Link Communications," for Transportation Research Record, the Transportation Research Board's journal. The piece appears in the issue titled "Safety, Economy, and Efficiency in Airport and Airspace Management and Operations."
February 14, 2005(PDF)
Defense News article cites CNA's report to Congress on naval force architecture
February 2005
CNA analyst Daniel Harris co-authors "Issues and Initiatives in the Testing Process in Primary Care Physician Offices," in Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety
February 2005
Defense and Peace Economics publishes study by CNA analysts Michael L. Hansen and Jennie W. Wenger on whether sailors today are less responsive to changes in Navy pay
January 17, 2005 (PDF)
Marine Corps Times story features CNA study showing highest quality Marines are re-enlisting
December 14, 2004
AcademyHealth reports on CNA's $2.3 million grant from the Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services to help states screen prospective employees of long-term care facilities
December 6, 2004 (PDF)
Navy Times articles cites CNA study on proposed new Navy pay scale system
December 1, 2004 (PDF)
Education Week reports on CNA teacher quality study
Fall 2004 (PDF)
Workforce Diversity magazine reports on CNA's diversity program
November 24, 2004
Education Daily story highlights CNA study on teacher quality and National Board Certification
November 18, 2004
New CNA Study Finds National Board Certification is Effective Indicator of Teacher Quality
November 11, 2004
Virginian-Pilot article cites CNA Sea Swap study
November 10, 2004
Education Week reports on $2 million grant given to CNA by U.S. Department oi Education to help Assess No Child Left Behind Assistance Needs
November 8, 2004
CNA Analyst Dr. Dean Cheng interviewed on space.com on China's efforts to ramp up human spaceflight
November 3, 2004
CNA Education Center Director, Dr. Don Cymrot, interviewed by Education Daily on CNA's efforts to help the U.S. Department of Education assess states' and school districts' needs for technical assistance as they work to carry out No Child Left Behind Act
November 1, 2004
Department of Education Awards CNA $2 Million to Help States Improve Ability to Meet Educators Top Needs
October 25, 2004
CNA to Examine Home and Community Based Health Services — Research to Focus on Access, Finances, Services and Quality
October 18, 2004
CNA Health Care Operations and Research Policy Center Director, Dr. Laurie May, interviewed by Modern Healthcare Magazine on three-year CNA study aimed at curbing physical abuse and mistreatment of patients and improving quality of long term care
October 12, 2004
Department of Health and Human Services Awards CNA $2.3 Million to Help States Improve Background Checks on Long-Term Care Workers
October 11, 2004
Marine Corps Times article cites CNA study that found Navy nurses earn more than their civilian counterparts
September 20, 2004
CNA analyst Gary Lee quoted in Marine Corps Times article on Marine Corps retention goals for fiscal 2005
September 16, 2004
CongressDailyPM cites CNA study on aircraft corrosion; results show 90 percent of E-model aerial refueling tankers suffer corrosion problems annually
September 13, 2004
Inside Defense previews CNA study on expeditionary strike groups
September 4, 2004
Virginian-Pilot article reports on effects of Sea Swap on sailors in Norfolk; cites CNA study
September 2004
Sea Power reports on anticipated CNA studies on Navy's Sea Swap experiment
August 30, 2004
Inside the Navy article cites upcoming CNA study commissioned by Marine Corps on deployment of Marines with Navy SEALs
August 2, 2004
Marine Corps Times reports on CNA researcher Gary Lee's analysis of Pentagon's "Career Status Bonus"
August 2004
CNA Analyst Dr. Daniel Harris co-authors paper in Annals of Family Medicine assessing patient safety and medical errors in office-based primary care settings
August 26, 2004
CNA's National Security Senior Seminar Series To Begin Fall Session
July 30, 2004
Carole Magoffin, expert in health services delivery, research, and program development, joins CNA
July 12, 2004
The CNA Corporation's Education Center Evaluates Teaching American History Programs
June 21, 2004
National Reconnaissance Office Honors CNA Analyst Dr. Gary Federici
Award recognizes contribution to study of space systems
June 4, 2004
CNA Analysts Contribute to New Book on Military Transformation
June 1, 2004
CNA Analyst Dr. Henry Griffis, interviewed in Government Executive Magazine on Navy transformation
May 19, 2004
Center for Naval Analyses President Honored by Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Washington
March 2004
CNA Analyst Dr. Rick Miller's article published in International Journal of Health Care Finance and Economics titled "Estimating the Compensating Differential for Employer-Provided Health Insurance."
March 30, 2004
Prominent Virginia Non-Profit Research Institutions Form Partnership — Combined annual research budget of over $325 million
March 22, 2004
CNA Appoints Christine Fox as President of its Center for Naval Analyses
March 19, 2004
"CNA Corp does Research for the DoD & other government clients," Diversity/Careers in Engineering & Information Technology
February 18, 2004
CNA Snags $7.4 Million Deal to Help DHS Assess State and Local Preparedness
By Justin Rood, Congressional Quarterly Staff
February 17, 2004
Homeland Security Awards $7.4 Million to CNA to Develop U.S. Preparedness Measures
February 11, 2004
"Bidding for Talent" In Education Week
November 20, 2003
"Honoring Civilians in Wartime" by Carla Branch
Alexandria Gazette Packet
November 14, 2003
D.C. Department of Health Conducts Bioterrorism Preparedness Exercise
November 5, 2003
Alexandria Non-Profit Honors Staff Embedded During Operation Iraqi Freedom
October 23, 2003
Washingtonian Magazine Names CNA a "Great Place to Work"
October 16, 2003
CNA analyst Dean Cheng interviewed on CNN.com on China's first manned space flight launch
October 15, 2003
CNA analyst Dean Cheng interviewed on Marketplace Public Radio on China's first manned space flight launch
October 14, 2003
CNA analyst Dean Cheng interviewed on CBC, "Newsworld Today," on China's first manned space flight launch
October 14, 2003
CNA analyst Dean Cheng interviewed on CNN-International, "Your World Today" on China's first manned space flight launch
October 11, 2003
CNA Analyst Dean Cheng interviewed on Bloomberg Radio, on China's first manned space flight launch
October 1, 2003
CNA announces new President of the Institute for Public Research
September 22, 2003
CNA research analyst Arthur Sheeky edits book on technology and education, How to Ensure Ed/Tech is Not Oversold and Underused
August 17, 2003
NPR's Weekend Edition – Sunday
CNA Analyst Ken Gause Discusses North Korea Ahead of Six-Way Talks
July 24, 2003
CNA Vice President Sam Kleinman testifies to the Senate Subcommittee on National Parks on Competitive Sourcing
September 29, 2002
Henry Kenny, "Mission: Free the Oppressed," The Chicago Tribune, Perspective Section
June 30, 2002
Kenny, Henry, "Smaller, Faster, Smarter: Retooling the Military to Combat Terrorist Threats," The Chicago Tribune, Perspective Section
March 3, 2002
Henry Kenny, "Much Left to be Done In Afghanistan," The Chicago Tribune, Perspective Section
November 4, 2001
Henry Kenny, "Mike Mansfield: We Need Him Now," The Chicago Tribune, Perspective Section
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