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CNA Welcomes Retired Vice Admiral William Merz to Board of Trustees

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Retired U.S. Navy Vice Admiral William Merz joined the CNA Board of Trustees.

Admiral William Merz joined the CNA Board of Trustees. Vice Adm. Merz is a 36-year decorated veteran and brings to CNA deep experience in national planning and operations, nuclear energy, strategy ... . "It is an honor to join the distinguished ranks of the CNA Board of Trustees," said Vice Adm. Merz. "CNA is an essential partner to the military in addressing our nation's security issues. I plan to implement my longstanding military career motto of playing hard into my work with CNA." Vice Adm. Merz is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, earning a Bachelor of Science in ocean engineering. He

New Report: A New Framework for Managing Nuclear Escalation

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With less than six months left until the New START arms control treaty expires, the climate of cooperative nuclear risk reduction continues to sour.

a framework for assessing and developing courses of action during war planning. This provides leaders with more effective pre-planned strategic and operational military options that have been thoroughly ... . In this study, we sought to take that a step further and design a framework that U.S. policymakers and planners can use to prepare military options that mitigate the risk of nuclear escalation

Camoland Clothing and Textile Industrial Base Wargame

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This report documents a wargame designed to assess the clothing and textile defense industrial base to support wartime demand for items during concurrent contingencies.

to engage with and understand the challenges that the C&T IB faces during a full-scale mobilization of the US military. The wargame scenario explored overlapping contingency operations in the High ... demand. This would have resulted in military personnel lacking uniforms and the corresponding environmental or physical protection . In large-scale contingencies, everything becomes a bottleneck ... that helped one company type often did not make sense for another. Policies supporting the IB must align with specific company needs. Delays between policy or planning and their implementation

US NATO Russian Strategic Stability in Ukraine

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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, nuclear threats, and vague red lines risks a security dilemma with US/NATO—affecting vertical escalation and arms race stability.

nuclear arms control agreements may become more tenuous. Background On February 24, 2022, Vladimir Putin announced Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine, following more than eight years ... on Ukraine’s border, and repeated denials that it was planning to invade its neighbor, Putin ordered the Russian invasion in order to “protect people who, for eight years now, have been facing ... path” to resolving Moscow’s security concerns. However, Putin did not opt for this approach. In the February 24 speech in which he announced the “special military operation,” Putin said in reference

Dimensions of Autonomous Decision Making

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We identify the dimensions of autonomous decision-making—the potential risk that one should consider before transferring decision-making to an intelligent autonomous system.

designed for use within the defense acquisition system and the military planning process, they provide a first step in transforming the policies and ethics principles regarding autonomous systems ... obligations. The risk elements can also be used by military commanders as a (measurable and testable) pre-operational risk assessment “checklist” to ensure that autonomous systems are not used in an unethical

Estimated Effects of Facility Quality SROTC Recruitment Retention

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This paper summarizes the research that CNA performed to understand how Senior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (SROTC) facility conditions may disproportionately affect SROTC recruitment and retention at Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs).

and current secretaries of defense on the importance of diversity in the military, and the 2018 National Defense Strategy statement that “diversity is essential for warfighting success”. The Senior Reserve ... facilities quality and recruitment and retention using regression analysis and machine learning  The analysis in this report includes only SROTC host programs—that is, programs that provide military ... there is no facility planning standard for SROTC training requirements, each program must negotiate for and maintain access to training and education facilities on a case-by-case basis. We suggest establishing

Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 21

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CNA provides information and analysis of the field of civilian and military AI in Russia and how Russia is applying AI to its military capabilities. Issue 21.

Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 21 Artificial Intelligence in Russia Issue 21, February 26, 2021 CNA provides information and analysis of the field of civilian and military AI in Russia and how Russia is applying AI to its military capabilities. Issue 21. The Artificial Intelligence in Russia newsletter features a summary of recent Russian-language reports on the Russian AI and autonomy ecosystem, divided into the following sections: Governance and Legal Developments Military and Security Developments Corporate and Market Developments Education and Training

The Role of Special Operations Forces in Global Competition

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Nations have a variety of options for exerting influence, such as through diplomatic, military, or economic means. In recent years, some nations have shifted to more ambiguous activities for exerting global influence, in attempts to achieve benefits normally obtained through conventional war, but without triggering such a war. In this report, we explored a different way of thinking about these ambiguous activities and their implications, which suggested a need to shift U.S. focus away from preparing to win tomorrow and toward winning today. From this shift, we described a different approach to U.S. activities in such competitive environments. We also identified the unique qualities of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) as the military force having the best alignment with these different activities.

diplomatic, military, or economic means. In recent years, some nations have shifted to more ambiguous activities for exerting global influence, in attempts to achieve benefits normally obtained through ... the unique qualities of U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) as the military force having the best alignment with these different activities. Nations have a variety of options for exerting influence, such as through diplomatic, military, or economic means. In recent years, some nations have shifted to more ambiguous activities for exerting global influence, in attempts to achieve benefits normally

The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership

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The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP) is a multiyear, interagency program aimed at countering terrorism (CT) and countering violent extremism (CVE) in the Sahel and Maghreb. By U.S. government standards, TSCTP is an exceptional program for its ability to marshal interagency resources in support of a multifaceted approach to regional security that spans the “3Ds” – Diplomacy, Defense, and Development. However, like many other foreign assistance programs, TSCTP is not without planning and implementation challenges, which will be detailed in this study.

many other foreign assistance programs, TSCTP is not without planning and implementation challenges, which will be detailed in this study. The Trans Sahara Counter Terrorism Partnership (TSCTP ... of personnel from the headquarters level (U.S. government agencies) to the mission level (U.S. Embassy country teams) who are responsible for planning and implementing TSCTP activities, in order ... activities outside of traditional agency-specific stovepipes. They are: Military Capacity-Building:  Training and equipping partner nations’ CT forces to monitor and control borders, and identify

Women-in-Service-Restrictions

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CNA conducted an independent review of the Marine Corps existing policies related to women in ground combat providing information to help make an informed decision about (1) whether to change existing policies and (2) effects of prospective policy changes on recruiting, retention, manpower management, and training processes.

continues to follow the policies established by the Aspin memo. In accordance with the DOD policies, the Marine Corps restricts women from classification into combat arms primary military occupational ... the service of female members of the Armed Forces...” Accordingly, in January 2011, the Marine Corps formed an operational planning team (OPT) to review its existing policies related to women in the Marine