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Becoming a Great “Maritime Power”: A Chinese Dream

Las Vegas After-Action Assessment

Water Resource Competition in the Brahmaputra River Basin: China, India, and Bangladesh

Cumulative Land Cover Impacts of Proposed Transmission Pipelines in the Delaware River Basin

Retirement Choice 2016

Asking the Right Questions: A Framework for Assessing Counterterrorism Actions

Managing Conflict: Examining Recent PLA Writings on Escalation Control

Summary Report: U.S.-UK Integration in Helmand

An Analysis of Female Representation and Marines’ Performance in Aviation and Logistics Occupations

Food Chain Reaction—A Global Food Security Game

National Security and Assured U.S. Electrical Power

Mobilizing Compatriots: Russia's Strategy, Tactics, and Influence in the Former Soviet Union

The Effect of Credentialing on Sailor Advancement, Retention, and Unemployment

Assessment of Changes in Marines’ Perspectives During the GCE ITF

The Potential Environmental Impact from Fracking in the Delaware River Basin

Charting the Course for Civil Affairs in the New Normal

Russia’s “Ambiguous Warfare” and Implications for the U.S. Marine Corps

Rethinking the U.S. Approach to Boko Haram: The Case for a Regional Strategy

CNA Small Group Discussion: Aiding Cameroon’s Effort to Counter Boko Haram

Differences in Male and Female Predictors of Success in the Marine Corps

Diagnosing the Boko Haram Conflict: Grievances, Motivations, and Institutional Resilience in Northeast Nigeria

The South China Sea: Assessing U.S. Policy and Options for the Future

The Impacts of EPA’s Clean Power Plan on Electricity Generation and Water Use in Texas

The Quality-Volume Relationship: Comparing Civilian and MHS Practice

The Integration of Female Marine Pilots and Naval Flight Officers