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coming in from the cold: The Fateful Triangle

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Special Guest Tanvi Madan of the Brookings Institute and Nilanthi Samaranayake join Bill to discuss, the shifting relationship between India, China and the United States during the Cold War.

policy, focusing in particular on India's relations with China and the United States. Nilanthi Samaranayake   directs the Strategy and Policy Analysis Program. She has led several studies at CNA on Indian Ocean and South Asia security. Recently Samaranayake has worked on U.S.-India naval cooperation, water resource competition in the Brahmaputra River basin, and Sri Lankan foreign policy

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 39, May 30, 2022

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for AI has nearly doubled. Meanwhile, the venture capital market grew by 170%. According to the report, over 60% of the market is in data analysis, with a strong 30% in natural language processing ... Park of the Mobile Internet of Things. The Technopolis Moscow Special Economic Zone, subordinated to the Department of Investment and Industrial Policy of Moscow, includes five sites with a total area ... According to the Google Threat Analysis Group (TAG), hacker groups that are theoretically linked to the Chinese authorities and military have recently made Russia their main target. Hackers from

russian media analysis: Issue 5, December 5, 2021

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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities

presents growing a threat to Russia. Vladimir Kozin discusses US space policy, US space policy documents, and the X-37B space plane as feeding Moscow's perception that “Washington is taking practical ... Political and foreign policy developments in Scandinavia have been noted by Russian commentators in recent weeks. Several articles note recent statements by Norwegian officials expressing disinterest in raising the military stakes with Russia. Also appearing is analysis comparing the differing viewpoints of the Scandinavian countries with regard to assessing Russia's threat level. All in all

New Report: Preparing For Civilian Harm Mitigation And Response In Large-Scale Combat Operations

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CNA has released a new report about civilian harm mitigation and response (CHMR).

against peer adversaries, the Office of Special Operations/Low-Intensity Conflict in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy asked CNA to develop practical steps the Department ... Combat Operations, is based upon CNA's analysis of more than 2,000 real-world cases of civilian harm from the past two decades. This analysis identified four general types of failure that contribute ... . The report argues for a comprehensive approach, with specific recommendations for civilian harm mitigation, assessments, response, operational learning, analysis, and reporting. CHMR is relatively new

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.

Under the Nuclear Shadow: A New Framework for U.S. Escalation Management," analyst Madison Estes argues that the nuclear policy community has focused on escalation characterizations and risks at the expense of escalation management. The report aims to fill that gap with a practical decision-making framework to vet actionable policy options that would better enable the U.S. to minimize the potential use of nuclear weapons in conflict. "We know the character of the problem — existing research and analysis provide a robust foundation for understanding how nuclear escalation might manifest

Strategic Emergency Response in Nontraditional Crisis Situations

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This document presents two case studies examining the decision-making, procurement, and distribution strategies in the US response to COVID-19 test kit shortages.

from the COVID-19 pandemic response that illuminate key challenges and highlight nontraditional policy and operational responses to those challenges. Module 5 presents an analysis and integration ... and procurement during nontraditional crises and achieve challenging policy outcomes. Through an exploration of two case studies based on the government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, participants can discuss alternative approaches to achieving successful outcomes, consider opportunities for building cohesive team structures, and analyze examples of public-private collaboration and industrial policy

NSS Event September 29 2022

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Critical minerals are vital to US National Security, and the government is investing in supplies, a panel from DOD and USGS told CNA’s National Security Seminar.

for national security ( see recording here ). The seminar featured Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Resilience and Industrial Base Policy Halimah Najieb-Locke and Dr. Sarah Ryker, Associate Director ... , Vice President of CNA’s Strategy, Policy, Plans, and Programs division. Critical Minerals and Competition The conversation covered a variety of issues related to critical minerals, including ... under-mapped compared to other developed nations, but that USGS is currently leading a survey initiative to chart the total domestic resource base. She also highlighted the importance of conducting analysis

PRC Views on US-China Relations since Biden

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This memo is part of a larger effort by CNA’s China & Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division that is examining how allies, partners, and the PRC are assessing US policy in the Indo-Pacific. It focuses on how PRC subject matter experts were viewing US policy toward Beijing during the initial first few months of the new US administration.

’s China & Indo-Pacific Security Affairs Division that is examining how allies, partners, and the PRC are assessing US policy in the Indo-Pacific. It focuses on how PRC subject matter experts were viewing US policy toward Beijing during the initial first few months of the new US administration. The inauguration of President Joseph Biden in January 2021 presented an opportunity for the United ... January 2021 through July 2021 on US-PRC relations, particularly in the areas of foreign affairs and national security. The views of the SMEs in this paper should not be construed as official PRC policy

Al Qaeda Core A Case Study

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Section 1228 of the 2015 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) states: “The Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Secretary of State and the Director of National Intelligence, shall provide for the conduct of an independent assessment of the effectiveness of the United States’ efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al- Qaeda, including its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents since September 11, 2001.” The Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict (ASD (SO/LIC)) asked CNA to conduct this independent assessment, which was completed in August 2017. In order to conduct this assessment, CNA used a comparative methodology that included eight case studies on groups affiliated or associated with Al-Qaeda. These case studies were then used as a dataset for cross-case comparison. This document is a stand-alone version of the Al-Qaeda “Core” case study used in the Independent Assessment. CNA is publishing each of the eight case studies separately for the convenience of analysts and others who may have a regional or functional focus that corresponds to a specific case study. For the context in which this case study was used and for CNA’s full findings, see Independent Assessment of U.S. Government Efforts against Al-Qaeda.

. An assessment of the operational and organizational structure of Al-Qaeda core, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents, and how it has changed over time. An analysis ... policy to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat Al-Qaeda, its affiliated groups, associated groups, and adherents. In order to answer the first four questions posed by Section 1228, CNA conducted eight case studies on groups affiliated and associated with Al-Qaeda. The case studies were then used to conduct a cross-case comparative analysis. This document is a stand-alone version of the Al-Qaeda core

Making-Captains-of-War-CNOS-Studies-Group-1981-1995

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The Strategic Studies Group, created by the Chief of Naval Operations in 1981 to prepare Navy officers to think strategically, succeeded, this review finds.

Union, including a more offensive declaratory policy and a robust naval rebuilding program. Internally the Navy had been pressing for a more offensive strategy. Intelligence was penetrating deeply ... to study, even though consideration of such a contingency was against U.S. policy of supporting Saddam Hussein as a bulwark against Iran. SSG IX wargamed the invasion in February 1990 and found ... (BB-61) turret explosion, and other issues of the day, he had difficulty accepting SSG XI’s analysis of the likely size of the future Navy. SSG XII (1992-1993) continued the effort to understand what