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Julia McQuaid

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directed assessment of the 17-year U.S. effort to defeat Al-Qaeda. Her work influenced substantial revisions in U.S. counterterrorism approaches overseas. She has also conducted in-depth research

Christopher Fredlake

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distributed laydown in the Pacific. He also provided analytic support to the operational assessment of the MV-22 Osprey, from workup exercises to the first at-sea deployment of an MV-22 squadron. Dr

Timothy Beres

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served in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security as a member of the Senior Executive Service. He was responsible for implementing a national preparedness capabilities assessment and strategy process

Fleet Operations and Assessments Program

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CNA’s Fleet Operations and Assessments Program measures and assesses U.S. Navy exercises and real-world operations, providing on-site analytical support.

a comprehensive approach to exercise analysis: Developing the assessment framework Collecting data on site Performing reconstruction and analysis Improving data infrastructure Richard

Supply Chain Resilience Expertise at CNA

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since 2022. CNA also supports SCAN special investigations such as the National Fuel Ecosystem Assessment, which was commissioned after the Colonial Pipeline cyberattack. In the event of a disaster

Using Exercises to Identify Election Security Risks

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Election security workshops, tabletop exercises, and operational exercises can help state and local managers identifying gaps, weaknesses, and risks.

and hazards at polling sites and vote-counting centers. Exercise  operational coordination for responding to an election site incident. Conduct a cybersecurity risk assessment for election systems

coming in from the cold: The Brain as a Secret Weapon

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On this episode, Ralph Espach and Ken Gause join bill to discuss the weird world of Soviet and American experiments with parapsychology, during the Cold War.

. He is an expert in U.S.-Latin America security relations, climate change and security, and security cooperation monitoring and assessment. His 2016 book, "The Dilemma of Lawlessness" from the Marine

coming in from the cold: The UFO Phenomenon: Rejecting the Inconceivable

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Ken Gause and Ralph Espach return, to continue the story of how the U.S. government responded to UFO sightings in the mid-1900s.

at CNA. He is an expert in U.S.-Latin America security relations, climate change and security, and security cooperation monitoring and assessment. His 2016 book, "The Dilemma of Lawlessness" from

coming in from the cold: The UFO Phenomenon: Dealing with the Inconceivable

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In 1947 Kenneth Arnold, a salesman from Boise, Idaho, was flying over Washington State in a private plane. Sometime around 3 p.m., Arnold saw a series of bright flashing lights and a group of nine flying objects moving in formation. He said the objects moved as though “skipping on water.” The media took the image and ran with it. The term “flying saucers” was born. This was the beginning of a wave of UFO sightings. During the following month, newspapers covered more than 850 UFO cases in over 90 cities across the U.S. and Canada. These reported sightings alarmed the U.S. national security establishment. Just what was going on in the skies over North America? Guests Ken Gause and Ralph Espach join Bill to discuss this wave of UFO sightings and the response of the U.S. Government.

  is director of Latin American Strategic Affairs at CNA. He is an expert in U.S.-Latin America security relations, climate change and security, and security cooperation monitoring and assessment. His 2016

intersections: Issue 15, July 2025

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Intersections is a CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, and U.S. and partner efforts to protect that technology for national security.

earths. In fact, a 2022 supply chain assessment released by the Department of Energy assessed that China possessed around 58 percent of the world's rare earth mining capacity and roughly 89 and 90