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1996 CNA/RAND Infrastructure Symposium
December 1, 1996
The Director of Shore Installation Management (N46) sponsored CNA's participation in an Infrastructure Symposium with RAND from October 16 to 18, 1996 at the RAND Santa Monica facility. Both CNA and RAND have a long history of research in defense infrastructure. By working together, they can build upon each other's research and plan future research better than if they work in isolation. DoD continues to struggle with how to operate more effectively and fulfill its mission when resources are shrinking. In particular, DoD is looking to create a more efficient infrastructure to make funds available for recapitalization and modernization. The primary purpose of the symposium was to synthesize the results of previous and ongoing research projects and thereby identify the best areas and approaches for future research. This paper represents the views of the CNA participants. As many of the results reported were preliminary, we avoid detailing the findings.
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Soviet Intervention in Afghanistan: Never Again?
October 1, 1991
On September 26 and 27, the Center for Naval Analyses brought together Soviet and American experts on the war in Afghanistan to dicuss the lessons of the war, its effect on Soviet society, and its impact on Soviet policy in the Third World. Contrasting interests and views produced a wide-ranging discussion that mixed analysis with anecdotes from the Soviet participants' own experiences in Afghanistan. From this variety of perspectives emerged a few common themes; key among them was that the Soviet army was sent into a country about which it knew very little to fight a war for which it was unprepared.
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The Soviet Navy in the Era of Perestroika
December 1, 1990
In an effort to address the most compelling issues surrounding the Soviet Navy in the era of Perestroika, ONI and CNA brought together more than 35 specialists on the Soviet Union from both inside and outside the government. Their views are recorded in this report and do not necessarily reflect the positions of CNA or the United States Navy.
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