Ally and Partner Security Affairs Program
CNA’s Ally and Partner Security Affairs program strengthens US warfighting readiness and advances mutual security objectives through analyses of foreign government strategies, operations, and capabilities. Our team integrates language-capable regional specialists, expertise on foreign military systems, and functional assessments on issues such as security cooperation.
Core to our differentiated value is our grounding in CNA’s legacy of operations research. Our analyses are rooted in ally and partner real-world capabilities, informed by their own perspectives and interests. Through this approach, we ensure that partner nations are not assessed as static assumptions but rather as dynamic actors whose capabilities and intentions directly impact the success of US plans and operations.
Combined Force Integration
Analyzing operational, technical, and policy barriers to achieving mission interoperability and tactical integration with allies and partners.
Alliance Management and Regional Dynamics
Providing strategic insights on ally and partner perspectives to inform US theater campaigning and defense planning.
Assessing and Evaluating Security Assistance
Assessing security assistance, security cooperation, and allied industrial base efforts to drive interoperability and enable partners to achieve common security objectives.
Global Posture and Strategic Laydown
Evaluating the political, strategic, operational, and logistical access, basing, and overflight (ABO) requirements that underpin US power projection.
- Understanding China's Footprint in the Pacific Islands' Media Landscape
- Taiwan Lessons Learned from the Russia-Ukraine War
- US/NATO-Russian Strategic Stability and the War in Ukraine
- Arctic Economic Security: Recommendations for Safeguarding Arctic Nations against China’s Economic Statecraft
- IUU Fishing by China: Roles for US Special Operations Forces