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Russian Military Role in US-Russian Arms Control

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Russian nuclear policy and arms control decision-making is influenced by the General Staff’s Main Operational Directorate, military leaders, and bureaucrats.

." An analysis of Russian authoritative military writings suggests that the Russian military views arms control as an important way to plan for the predictable development of its strategic forces ... of bureaucratic analysis and civil-military relations to a small set of primers on negotiating with Russia on arms control. The study answers the following questions: Who are the organizational

Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities Oct 1

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An in-depth analysis of the AUKUS alliance, published in Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie, argues that the alliance is part of an ongoing US strategy.

Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities Oct 1 Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities: October 1–10, 2021 An in-depth analysis of the AUKUS alliance, published in Nezavisimoe ... . An indepth analysis was published in Nezavisimoe Voennoe Obozrenie. The article argues that the alliance is part of an ongoing US strategy to reduce the influence of China and, to a lesser extent ... alliance will not change the strategic balance in the region any time soon. The Australian military is currently considered the 19th most powerful in the world, placing it between Spain and Israel

Identifying Contributions of DOD's Civilian Workforce to Readiness

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DOD’s total force comprises active and reserve military personnel, government civilians, and contracted services. Each of these types of manpower brings unique and, in some areas, comparable capabilities to execute the work required to support DOD’s mission.

, especially as leadership guidance has sometimes favored one type over the others. In assessing the composition of DOD’s total force, it is important to understand and recognize the strategic value ... and the many types of work that these civilians perform, a comprehensive, quantitative analysis of all sectors of this workforce was well beyond the scope of this study. As a result, we structure our work ... how many civilians contribute to each area. The second line of effort was to conduct a more in-depth analysis of a specific sector of this workforce to develop quantitative relationships between its

US and Allied Basing Rights

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On June 24, 2020, CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis program hosted an on-the-record virtual event about Diego Garcia to discuss how developments in sovereignty politics could affect US and allied military basing rights around the world in an era of great power competition. The event featured Mauritius’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, CNA’s vice president and general counsel, Mark Rosen, and CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis research program director, Nilanthi Samaranayake. Ambassador Koonjul read a prepared statement expressing Mauritius’ readiness to permit the US military to maintain its base on Diego Garcia if the Chagos archipelago returns to Mauritian administration. The speakers gave an overview of the current legal and diplomatic situation surrounding the Chagos archipelago and explored whether the US would or should maintain its current position in support of the United Kingdom. They also discussed the challenges and opportunities for future US cooperation with Mauritius in the Chagos archipelago.

US and Allied Basing Rights Diego Garcia: US and Allied Basing Rights in the Era of Great Power Competition On June 24, 2020, CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis program hosted an on-the-record ... featured Mauritius’ Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Jagdish Koonjul, CNA’s vice president and general counsel, Mark Rosen, and CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis research program ... Strategy and Policy Analysis program hosted a virtual, on-the-record event to discuss the current and future status of Diego Garcia, an island in the Indian Ocean’s Chagos Archipelago that hosts

Systems Thinking and Wargaming

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In this paper we discuss the application of wargames to systems thinking (ST) models, and ST to wargames. We want to explore how models of political, social, and cultural processes can be helpful to those designing, conducting, and playing in national security related decision-making games, as well as examine how games can be used to enhance or construct ST models. In recent years there has been an increasing demand for tools that will allow operational and theater-level commanders to understand the human effects of their actions. Commanders routinely engage in actions designed to influence or affect behavior, and the results of those actions are often hard to measure (and even harder to predict). Without effective measures of success, it becomes difficult to assign a value to the various operational options, which complicates decisions about resource, attention, and policy trade-offs. Attempts have been made in the past by CNA and others to quantify the effects of engagement or other influence operations, with mixed success.

of these sorts of operations is always changing, and measures of their effectiveness are at best controversial and at worst, non-existent. Wargaming and systems thinking can help. Our research and analysis of this subject leads us to conclude that   w argames and wargaming techniques can help those who develop systems thinking models of operational and strategic interest. Similarly, systems thinking

Improving US India Cooperation in Indian Ocean

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The CNA Corporation conducted this study to determine how the United States can best deepen coordination with India on humanitar- ian assistance and disaster relief (HA/DR) in the Indian Ocean. This study builds on the findings of a 2012 CNA Corporation study, U.S.- India Security Burden-Sharing?, which identified HA/DR as a functional area in which the United States could advance naval relations with India. This is due to the frequency with which natural disasters strike the region, especially the Bay of Bengal, and, for India, the relative domestic political palatability of working with the United States in the aftermath of natural disasters. The United States is increasingly looking to India to contribute to se- curity in the Indian Ocean. Deepening U.S.-Indian economic con- nections, shared democratic identities, declining U.S. defense budgets, and the rise of China have drawn the United States closer to India as a security partner in the region.

. This study continues CNA’s analysis of prospects for enhancing navy-to-navy cooperation between the United States and India by focusing on identifying ways for the two navies to coordinate ... as a strategic partner, given the countries’ shared democratic political systems, deepening economic linkages, and apprehensions about the rise of China. The decline of the U.S. defense budget also ... Analysis /centers-and-divisions/cna/sppp/strategy-and-policy-analysis Cleared for public release 84 DRM-2013-U-004941-Final2 Dmitry Gorenburg

Navy Shore Infrastructure Investment Support

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This paper describes the development process that CNA used to create a new methodology for the Navy to assess shore infrastructure readiness for support tasking, and it documents the design concepts for a shore facilities investment model. This model was developed as a programming tool for OPNAV N46 staff to adjust investment project profiles and funding levels to achieve desired performance output levels at the end of the current FYDP. The methodology involved creating measures of merit to quantify the current and future performance levels and a functional segmentation of the infrastructure to provide a greater understanding of shore support capabilities and shortfalls. The new technique required a method for indexing the measures of merit together in a consistent manner to provide the Navy with an ongoing readiness assessment number. It also required the creation of a baseline year infrastructure inventory assessment to use as the starting point for analyzing future year impact of current shore investment funding profiles. We developed a process to quantify the projected impact of proposed military construction and special projects upon the measures of merit.

assessment tool to aid in programming investment through analysis of future quality impact to inventory and shore readiness. To include a macro 20-year, long-range forecasting tool. First, we analyzed ... dependency index or strategic sup- port index to categorize the risk importance of individual facilities, and we segmented the facilities by the 19 different maintenance fund- ing sources. Burton L

Using Unmanned Systems for Safety and Security

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The rapid proliferation of unmanned systems designed for air, land, and water (represented by the term "UxS") ranges from low-end commercial platforms suitable for hobbyists to high-end platforms appropriate for jurisdictional and organizational use. Public safety and security professionals can leverage these diverse and powerful systems for meeting their public safety and security objectives – and are already doing so in missions such as firefighting, special event security, law enforcement, and patrol via air, land, and water. However, CNA believes that long before an organization begins to explore specific systems, it should begin with analysis and generation of requirements.

believes that long before an organization begins to explore specific systems, it should begin with analysis and generation of requirements. PROTECTING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE The rapid proliferation ... , it should begin with analysis and generation of requirements. ANALYSES CNA has a long history of conducting capability, readiness, and cost-benefit analyses for local, state, regional, and federal ... their gaps or take advantage of strategic opportunities. This process identifies specific requirements and capabilities that public safety and security practitioners would need in any UxS system

Working @ CNA | Sabrina Verleysen

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Sabrina Verleysen, Senior Specialist, Strategic Development, describing what it's like to work at CNA, says "I love what I do because I get to, first of all, work with researchers from across the organization. And I get to read and understand the work that they're doing, and help them maximize and put it in front of the right people. And that brings me great joy because I think that CNA's work, and the type of analysis that we do focusing on safety and security, makes the world a safer place. And to provide those recommendations to the people who need it the most feels like a great service to this country. And so I'm really happy to be able to do what I do."

Working @ CNA | Sabrina Verleysen Sabrina Verleysen, Senior Specialist, Strategic Development, describing what it's like to work at CNA, says "I love what I do because I get to, first of all, work with researchers from across the organization. And I get to read and understand the work that they're doing, and help them maximize and put it in front of the right people. And that brings me great joy because I think that CNA's work, and the type of analysis that we do focusing on safety and security, makes the world a safer place. And to provide those recommendations to the people who need

Three Questions, Ep. 01: Mallory Ladd

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Dr. Mallory Ladd is a research analyst at CNA where she specializes in Arctic maritime operations and security analysis for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work has included studies and wargames that have assessed military and non-military capabilities, platforms, and systems to address questions at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. She also conducts research in the field in support of exercises, including recently embarking on USS Theodore Roosevelt during the Navy’s first carrier deployment to the Gulf of Alaska in over a decade for Northern Edge, and embedding with the expeditionary unit of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group One on Adak, AK for the Arctic Expeditionary Capabilities Exercise. Ladd obtained her PhD in analytical chemistry through the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Graduate Research and Education at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and holds a BSc in chemistry from the University of Toledo.

Three Questions, Ep. 01: Mallory Ladd Dr. Mallory Ladd is a research analyst at CNA where she specializes in Arctic maritime operations and security analysis for the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps. Her work has included studies and wargames that have assessed military and non-military capabilities, platforms, and systems to address questions at the tactical, operational, and strategic levels. She also conducts research in the field in support of exercises, including recently embarking on USS Theodore Roosevelt during the Navy’s first carrier deployment to the Gulf of Alaska in over a decade