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Exploring the India China Relationship

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China and India have interacted with one another for thousands of years, especially in the areas of trade and religion. For centuries, however, the scope of their interaction was limited by the barrier of the Himalayan Mountains. When each country established a new government—India in 1947 and China in 1949—the relationship began to shift, and the two countries established formal diplomatic relations in 1950. The same year, China invaded Tibet, thus eliminating the geographic buffer between China and India. The China-India relationship was further altered in 1962, when Indian troops moved to assert Indian territorial rights along the disputed Himalayan border with China. In response, China launched a counter-offensive and pushed the Indian troops back from the border. The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) moved into India’s northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh and part of Kashmir, killing 3,000 Indian troops. Since this clash, China and India have maintained the world’s longest unresolved border dispute.

years, China and India face challenges—such as the ongoing border dispute, the tensions over economic and foreign policy issues, and the Tibet question—that place limits on how close they can become ... .  As India re-conceptualizes its military doctrine, procures defense materiel, and frames its larger security strategy, China looms large. This evolutionary shift is due in part to a changing security

Non Citizens in Today's Military

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In FY04, this country spent $2.7 billion to recruit 182,000 active-duty enlisted servicemembers. One overlooked source of military manpower is immigrants and their families. In fact, much of the growth in the recruitment-eligible population will come from immigration. The United States is a country of immigrants. Recent waves of immigration have made today’s foreign-born population the largest in U.S. history—11.7 percent in 2003, up from 9.3 percent in 1995. Immigrants will fuel much of the growth in the youth population. About a third of the world's population is under age 15, and the overwhelming majority lives in developing countries. Because this large bulge of future workers will have difficulty finding work in their native countries, many may emigrate—either alone or with young families. Of the 16 million foreign-born people who entered the United States between 1990 and 2002, almost a quarter were under age 21. Most immigrants will not be U.S. citizens, but many will become Legal Permanent Residents. Between 1973 and 2002, an estimated 21.5 million people became LPRs. In 2002, more than 1 million immigrants became LPRs in addition to 10.4 million people who were already LPRs. Over two-thirds of them, 7.8 million, had been in the United States long enough to be eligible for naturalization.

citizens. Furthermore, non-citizens have 36-month attrition rates that are 9 to 20 percentage points lower than the attrition rates of white citizens. Since 9/ 11, several changes in policy ... citizenship after only 1 day of active-duty service. The 2004 National Defense Authorization Act accomplished the following: Reduced the peacetime waiting period for U.S. citizenship application ... citizenship. Anita U. Hattiangadi Aline O. Quester /reports/2005/D0011092.A2.pdf /reports/2005/D0011092.A2_Page_001.jpg /images/GenericReportImage.jpg Marine Corps and Defense Workforce Program

Forward from the Start

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Why was the Navy at the forefront of the far-forward attacks on alQaeda in Afghanistan and the move against Iraq, while willing to take a back seat to the Coast Guard at home? Why did the Navy respond to one of the worst failures in defense at home in the nation's history principally by striking farther forward than it ever had before? Current national policy and naval strategy provide much of the answer, of course. History, however, also provides some clues.

Forward from the Start “Forward . . . From the Start”: The U.S. Navy & Homeland Defense: 1775-2003 Why was the Navy at the forefront of the far-forward attacks on alQaeda in Afghanistan and the move against Iraq, while willing to take a back seat to the Coast Guard at home? Why did the Navy respond to one of the worst failures in defense at home in the nation's history principally by striking farther forward than it ever had before? Current national policy and naval strategy provide much of the answer, of course. History, however, also provides some clues. On September 11, 2001, terrorists

Future Deployable Medical Capabilities and Platforms

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All three medical services (Army, Air Force, and Navy) are working to develop smaller, more mobile medical platforms and capabilities. This document is intended to help Navy Medicine plan its future deployable capabilities by (a) suggesting alternative platforms, (b) analyzing the positives and negatives of those platforms, (c) suggesting other pertinent issues to be addressed in considering alternatives, providing analytical input into Navy Medicine’s new requirement-setting process, and (e) supplying preliminary analyses of capabilities and rough cost estimates. The capability/engineering and cost estimates that we make in this study are preliminary. This document is an early step in a process that would require more detailed engineering and cost studies of particular options.

is an early step in a process that would require more detailed engineering and cost studies of particular options. The Director, Medical Resources, Plans, and Policy (N-931) asked CNA to analyze ... reasons: Changes in the global environment that expand the traditional warfighting mission of the Navy/Marine Corps to include such missions as homeland defense, urban warfare, biological/ chemical

Protecting Servicemembers from Foreign Influence

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Recommendations for protecting U.S. servicemembers from mis-/dis-/mal-information, or MDM, through inoculation, debunking, fact-checking, and media literacy.

Protecting Servicemembers from Foreign Influence Protecting Servicemembers from Foreign Influence: A Counter-MDM Toolkit Recommendations for protecting U.S. servicemembers from mis-/dis-/mal-information, or MDM, through inoculation, debunking, fact-checking, and media literacy. Executive Summary Recognizing the significant and growing threat to servicemembers from mis-/dis-/mal-information (MDM), the Department of Defense (DOD) has recently published policy and doctrine on social media use and the challenges posed by MDM. However, combating MDM is complex and requires a substantial

Implications of IUUF for Special Operations Forces

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US special operations forces could help counter China’s IUU fishing violations as a “global connector,” sharing information and training partner nations.

that generally cannot be solved with single policy fixes. Addressing the PRC’s IUU fishing activities listed above requires policies and capabilities that enable effective identification  of suspicious ... ” for this issue.  This role would entail three major components. First, it would involve establishing SOF as the leader for coordinating support to this issue within the Department of Defense (DOD

Russias Railway Troops

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Russia’s Railway Troops, made up of military engineers, have been vital to Russia in recent conflicts. They lay the groundwork for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

of passenger and freight traffic, the rail network has an important military role in its war and peacetime strategies. Russia’s railways are intrinsic to its foreign policy goals, particularly ... of Russia’s railway network for military use before providing a more detailed explanation of how the ZhV’s visibility has changed through successive ministries of defense, their role in military

Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs Review

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The Department of Defense (DoD) provides education benefits to Servicemembers and their spouses. Two such benefits are the Tuition Assistance (TA) program, designed to decrease the financial burden of higher education for military members, and the My Career Advancement Account (MyCAA) scholarship program, a workforce development program designed to assist eligible military spouses in pursuing training, licenses, credentials, certifications, and associate degrees in support of developing portable employment and careers. A dearth of information on the educational and financial outcomes of TA and MyCAA users prompted Congress to mandate, in the 2014 DoD Appropriations Bill, a study to document the aggregate graduation rates, financial indebtedness, and loan default rates of these military families. Here, we summarize information from the TA and MyCAA literature. However, because little information is currently available, we also explore the civilian higher education literature on tuition reimbursement, graduation rates, student debt, and loan default rates. This provides the relevant background information needed for the quantitative portion of this study, in which we will collect and analyze available data on educational outcomes for TA and MyCAA users.

Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs Review Tracking Outcomes of Voluntary Military Education Programs: A Literature Review The Department of Defense (DoD) provides education ... for TA and MyCAA users. The Department of Defense (DoD) provides education benefits to Servicemembers and their spouses to decrease the financial burden of higher education for military Servicemembers ... Policy asked CNA to conduct this congressionally mandated study. In this preliminary report, we summarize the TA and MyCAA literature—including research on these programs’ use and outcomes. Because

Countering Domestic Violent Extremism

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Domestic violent extremism (DVE) is a pressing concern for defense and national security policy-makers. In order to define the issue, place DVE in historical context, and suggest steps to address the problem, CNA’s National Security Seminar convened three of its experts for a discussion titled “Countering DVE: Drivers, Challenges, and What Comes Next.”

Countering Domestic Violent Extremism Countering Domestic Violent Extremism Domestic violent extremism (DVE) is a pressing concern for defense and national security policy-makers. In order to define ... , Challenges, and What Comes Next.” Domestic violent extremism (DVE) is a pressing concern for defense and national security policy-makers. In order to define the issue, place DVE in historical context ... —including DVE inspired by antigovernment, anti-fascist (or antifa), and environmental ideologies. DVE is part of the US political landscape Dr. William Rosenau, CNA’s senior policy historian

AVF Investments in Recruiting

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Enlisted recruiting is the heart of the All‑Volunteer Force (AVF). The young men and women the Services recruit will define what the military force will look like in numbers and characteristics. Because the military is a hierarchical organization—that is, people enlist in the military as youth and advance through the ranks as they age—the Services must find recruits with the attributes that will make them successful Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines today and in the future.

defense is compromised.  But recruiting can be challenging. Senior leaders should recognize the following: The recruiting environment is fluid, and some elements, such as the economy and the size ... they tailor the “sale” changes over time. They must stay engaged with other policy initiatives, such as military pay and benefits and policies related to changing social norms, because these can have