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Crime Analysts: Using Data to Make Communities Safer

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Crime analysts identify patterns, trends, and connections in vast datasets to help law enforcement. The crime analysis profession expands along with police data.

, and strategic decision making. Crime analysis continues to grow in popularity due to the increasing complexity of criminal activities and the data available to law enforcement agencies. Traditional ... across administrative, strategic, and tactical analysis. In addition to police agencies, crime analysts today also serve in other criminal justice agencies like prosecutors’ offices and corrections ... Crime Analysts as Profession Crime analysts identify patterns, trends, and connections in vast datasets to help law enforcement. The crime analysis profession expands along with police data. /images

New Life for New START is a First Step for Nuclear Talks

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Just over 24 hours into the new Biden administration, the Washington Post broke the news that the newly sworn in President plans to accept Russia’s proposal to extend the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.

Russia’s proposal to extend the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty. /images/InDepth/Post74.jpg New Life for New START is a First Step for Nuclear Talks 74 Madison Estes Just over 24 hours into the new Biden administration, the Washington Post broke the news that the newly sworn in President plans to accept Russia’s proposal to extend the 2010 New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START ... . The existing treaty is an essential springboard to figuring out what should come next in strategic arms control. Its extension buys the new administration a precious strategic asset: time. Accepting

How Can Special Operations Forces Contribute to Strategic Competition?

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In his testimony, Jon Schroden discussed what special operations forces need to change to become an effective force in interstate competition.

in interstate competition. /images/InDepth/2023/06/Schroden-testimony-5-resized.webp How Can Special Operations Forces Contribute to Strategic Competition? CNA Communications Jonathan Schroden is the Director ... States. The strategy said, “Inter-state strategic competition, not terrorism, is now the primary concern in US national security,” meaning that powers such as China and Russia would now be the focus ... ) can contribute to interstate strategic competition and what obstacles stand in their way. How Special Operations Forces Can Contribute to Strategic Competition Schroden’s testimony highlighted

CNA: A Cultural Revolution Empowering Business Transformation

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CNA Chief Information Officer Rizwan Jan is fostering a collaborative culture to drive innovation, efficiency, and cybersecurity.

positivity; it's a strategic foundation for business growth and cyber resilience," says Rizwan Jan, Chief Information Officer at CNA Corporation, a non-profit research, development, and analysis ... the implementation of multiple cloud-based solutions, and the enhancement of CNA's digital capabilities to meet the evolving needs of its stakeholders. Additionally, Jan adds, he has taken on "a more strategic role ... , and emphasising its importance in achieving strategic objectives, Jan has been able to garner support and buy-in from leadership and employees alike. "I've focused on empowering employees to embrace change

North Korea's Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea: A Future Scenario

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Markus Garlauskas presents a fictional future Yellow Sea conflict scenario, following the consequences of a surprise attack by North Korea against South Korea.

North Koreas Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea Markus Garlauskas presents a fictional future Yellow Sea conflict scenario, following the consequences of a surprise attack by North Korea against South Korea. /images/InDepth/Post108.jpg North Korea's Strategic Surprise in the Yellow Sea: A Future Scenario 108 Markus Garlauskas Markus Garlauskas is a part-time senior advisor for CNA's Countering ... . Earlier this month, at a Center for Strategic and International Studies event, the White House's Indo-Pacific coordinator, Kurt Campbell, told the online audience that the Pacific may be the most

50 Years of the Volunteer Force

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On the 50 anniversary of the All-Volunteer Force, Jeffrey Peterson this force made created a more professional enlisted force than its draft-induced predecessor.

and strategic environments. A survey of those questions tells the story of the creation of the professional enlisted forces. Which Recruits Have Professional Potential? Soon after the Military ... that I joined the Navy as an enlisted dropout.’” In time, analysts uncovered other predictive factors. A 1986 analysis of the Navy’s Delayed Entry Program found recruits who took at least a month ... military productivity was such a daunting challenge that few analysts attempted it, but a major consensus of a 1982 conference at CNA on naval manpower research was that “productivity analysis

China’s Global Public Opinion War with the United States and the West

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China’s global propaganda is covert and overt, digital and analog. Developing informed policy responses requires studying the totality of Beijing’s propaganda.

analysis can be used to predict China’s behavior, inform U.S. strategic communications planning, and craft messages designed to inoculate audiences against Beijing’s narratives. At present, the United ... is a senior research scientist in CNA's China Studies Program. She studies China's strategic communications, propaganda, disinformation, and other global influence efforts. This article originally appeared in War on the Rocks. In recent years, with the intensification of strategic competition between the United States and China, the “battle for the narrative” in the international media

China's Party Congress Report Highlights New Challenges

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Xi Jinping’s report celebrated China’s recent accomplishments but warned of new challenges from the United States and global economic conditions.

of the Chinese Communist Party. “Strategic opportunity” vs. rising risks A second and somewhat related judgment is whether or not China is still in “a period of strategic opportunity”(战略机遇期）to accomplish its major national objectives. Just as with “peace and development,” the concept that China’s modernization was benefitting from a period of strategic opportunity was explicitly confirmed by the party in 2012, 2017 and 2020. But the report to the 20th Congress has reconfigured this judgment by stating, “Our country has entered a period of development in which strategic opportunities, risks

cna talks: North Korea-U.S. Summit

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In an excellent primer on the current state of affairs between North Korea and the United States, CNA experts  Ken Gause ,  Sarah Vogler  and  Christopher Steinitz  discuss the June 12 summit and how the regime's objectives changed in the years and months leading up to it. They believe that Kim Jong Un's 2018 New Year’s Day speech indicated a shift from a brinkmanship to an engagement posture, as well as a shift in focus from the nuclear program to economic progress. They explain how Kim’s strategic calculus differs from his father's, what is at stake for the regime and its legitimacy, and North Korea's uneasy relationships with South Korea, China, and the United States.

to an engagement posture, as well as a shift in focus from the nuclear program to economic progress. They explain how Kim’s strategic calculus differs from his father's, what is at stake for the regime ... analytics and strategic and operational naval issues. A Middle East specialist and Arabic linguist by training, he has applied his expertise to a wide range of studies and reach-back support efforts dealing with the Arab world and the Greater Middle East and has contributed to numerous CNA studies of the strategic, political-military and social affairs of the region. Ken Gause   is the director

China and the Solomon Islands: Drivers of Security Cooperation

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Christopher Cairns and April Herlevi examine the security agreement between China and the Solomon Islands, and its implications for other Pacific island nations.

the PRC-Solomon Islands agreement, it is helpful to consider the Solomon Islands' foreign policy decision making through three different levels of analysis often applied by international relations scholars ... security decisions is the international or regional security environment. Strategic competition has been on the rise in the region since the U.S. attempted to re-focus its national security ... China a security threat with the same intensity as states closer to China's borders or countries that have territorial disputes with Beijing. Instead, many Pacific Island countries seek strategic