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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.
, SSG I (1981-1982) developed warfighting strategy aimed at defeating the Soviets, especially in the Norwegian Sea campaign, while avoiding nuclear escalation by either side. Their strategy employed
No Security Without Us
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This paper is intended to serve as a primer on the salient aspects of tribalism in Sunni areas of Iraq, with an emphasis on al Anbar province. It provides a brief summary of the nature of modern tribalism, tribal structures and organization, and the role of tribal leadership. It also details important tribal customs designed to inhibit the escalation of violence. The research for this paper was conducted by the author while embedded as a CNA analyst with the U.S. Marine Corps in al Anbar province in 2007, and some of what follows first appeared in a chapter in Deborah Isser’s Customary Justice and the Rule of Law in War Torn Societies. We include this material as part of this occasional paper with permission from the United States Institute of Peace (USIP) Press Books.
No Security Without Us “No Security Without Us”: Tribes and Tribalism in Al Anbar Province, Iraq This paper is intended to serve as a primer on the salient aspects of tribalism in Sunni areas of Iraq, with an emphasis on al Anbar province. It provides a brief summary of the nature of modern tribalism, tribal structures and organization, and the role of tribal leadership. It also details important tribal customs designed to inhibit the escalation of violence. The research for this paper was conducted by the author while embedded as a CNA analyst with the U.S. Marine Corps in al Anbar province
Deterrence and Influence Navys Role
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Deterrence is one of the primary mechanisms of war prevention, and the rise of a new breed of security challenges since the end of the Cold War requires updated deterrence strategies that combine both kinetic and non-kinetic capabilities, and are designed to influence actors at the earliest phases of the conflict spectrum. Our objective is to analyze how U.S. non-nuclear capabilities can be used to deter conventional aggression, and to examine the role of maritime power in preventing conventional conflicts.
, the combination of the forward presence of robust conventional power, coupled with missile defenses and nuclear escalation dominance, can help prevent a regime from believing that its nuclear arsenal provides
Learning from the Past: US Domestic Counterterrorism from 1970 to 1985
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This summary is based on the full-length CNA report, The “First War on Terrorism?” U.S. Domestic Counterterrorism During the 1970s and Early 1980s, CRM-2014-U-008836.
escalation in DVE that will necessitate the development and articulation of even more robust and nuanced strategies
Cyber Research Program
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Provides objective analysis grounded in a deep understanding of military operations for cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber workforce management.
Cyber Provides objective analysis grounded in a deep understanding of military operations for cyberspace, cybersecurity, and cyber workforce management. /images/Centers/CNA/Special%20Programs/CyberProgram.jpg Cyber Research Program The Cyber Research Program provides objective analysis grounded in a deep understanding of military operations on a wide range of issues: Cyberspace operations Cybersecurity principles and implementation Regional strategy, policy, deterrence and escalation Cyber workforce organization and management Resourcing and readiness Ariel
coming in from the cold: Living Under the Cloud
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Returning guest Steve Wills and newcomers Vince Manzo and Anya Fink sit down to discuss the history of nuclear weapons and the events that shaped modern nuclear policy.
10 Returning guest Steve Wills and newcomers Vince Manzo and Anya Fink sit down to discuss the history of nuclear weapons and the events that shaped modern nuclear policy. Living Under the Cloud Biographies Vincent Manzo   is an expert in nuclear weapons policy. His research portfolio includes deterrence, extended deterrence, escalation management, strategic stability, and arms control. Lt. Cdr. Steven Wills : In 20 years as an active-duty U.S. Navy officer, Wills served on a variety of small and medium surface combatants, including an assignment as the executive officer of a mine
ai and autonomy in russia: Special Issue, September 8, 2022
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September 8, 2022 issue features translations of several Russian military journal articles that reflect on the use of AI and autonomy. All have been written since the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
, but also the use of military force in interstate confrontation in the interests of deterring a potential aggressor from military escalation, while disrupting his efforts to achieve his goals through
pla update: Issue 1, February 4, 2022
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PLA Update, Issue 1, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).
” and “actions” to signal its displeasure to the US, while ensuring that China’s “actions” do not trigger unintended escalation: I think there has been a major change in US policy toward Taiwan, but one must
russian media analysis: Issue 12, March 25, 2022
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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities
that Russia put its nuclear forces on a "special combat regime duty." While some experts characterize the test cancellation as an effort to avoid nuclear escalation, one article suspects that it helped avoid
russian media analysis: Issue 7, January 7, 2022
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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities
interested in hosting a US military base on the Ryukyu Islands to prepare for a possible escalation of the Taiwan conflict. One author notes that while Japan sees China and North Korea as its primary