Analyses
CNA produces some 500 analyses each year. Those that are available for public release can be found on this page.
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China versus Vietnam: An Analysis of the Competing Claims in the South China Sea

Malaysia and Brunei: An Analysis of their Claims in the South China Sea

Philippine Claims in the South China Sea: A Legal Analysis

Improving U.S.-India HA/DR Coordination in the Indian Ocean

“No Security Without Us”: Tribes and Tribalism in Al Anbar Province, Iraq

Enlisted Career Paths for Top Snipes and Combat Systems Maintenance Managers

Reviving the Caliphate: Fad, or the Future?

Drone Strikes in Pakistan: Reasons to Assess Civilian Casualties

The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership: Building Partner Capacity to Counter Terrorism and Violent Extremism

North Korean Leadership Dynamics and Decision-making under Kim Jong-un

National Security and the Accelerating Risks of Climate Change

CNA’s Integrated Ship Database: Fourth Quarter CY 2012 Update

Were the Afghan National Security Forces Successful in 2013?

Independent Assessment of the Afghan National Security Forces

Veteran Unemployment of Transitioning Marines

Understanding an Adversary’s Strategic and Operational Calculus: A Late Cold War Case Study with 21st Century Applicability | U.S. Views on Soviet Navy Strategy and Operations

U.S.-India Security Burden-Sharing? The Potential for Coordinated Capacity-Building in the Indian Ocean

The Israeli “Nuclear Alert” of 1973: Deterrence and Signaling in Crisis

Women in Service Restrictions

Unconventional Warfare and Counterinsurgency in Pakistan: A Brief History

Assessing the Implications of Possible Changes to Women in Service Restrictions

The Long Littoral Project: Bay of Bengal A Maritime Perspective on Indo-Pacific Security

The Long Littoral Project: East China and Yellow Seas | A Maritime Perspective on Indo-Pacific Security

Assessing the Implications of Possible Changes to Women in Service Restrictions

An Evaluation of the Fitness Report System for Marine Officers