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Mobilizing Cooperation to Advance National Security

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to enhance national security activities. white top-only The Crackdown in Iran: Women, Peace, and Security https://www.youtube.com/embed/hoVqpfK0EjM small gray half Critical Minerals, Supply Chains ... Read the Event Summary   gray half https://www.youtube.com/embed/LyzV2cpBUyI small gray half Kaia Haney haneyk@cna.org Nicholas Bradford bradfordn@cna.org The Crackdown in Iran: Women, Peace ... , Non-Resident Scholar, Iran Program, Middle East Institute Moderator:  Nilanthi Samaranayake , Research Program Director, Strategy and Policy Analysis, CNA Introductions: Halleh Seyson , Divisional

Understanding an Adversarys Strategic Calculus

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Insights into the strategic and operational calculus of a 21st century adversary – like Iran -- can be gained by examining similar cases. One such case is the evolution in the U.S. understanding of the Soviet Union’s strategic and operational calculus regarding the wartime employment of its navy during the last two decades of the Cold War.

Strategy and Operations Insights into the strategic and operational calculus of a 21st century adversary – like Iran -- can be gained by examining similar cases. One such case is the evolution ... the strategic and operational calculus of 21st century adversaries(e.g.: Iran). We can, however, gain insights that will help us understand that calculus by examining similar cases from the past. One ... On integration On analysis and war gaming On impediments On change On exploitation On applicability to 21st-century Iran. Peter M. Swartz Michael Connell /reports/2013/cop-2013-u-005622-final.pdf

coming in from the cold: The Iran-Iraq War

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Michael Connell, the head of CNA’s Iran Studies Program, joins Bill and returning guest Kasey Stricklin to discuss the Iran-Iraq war.

6 Michael Connell, the head of CNA’s Iran Studies Program, joins Bill and returning guest Kasey Stricklin to discuss the Iran-Iraq war. The Iran-Iraq War Kasey Stricklin  is a research analyst with CNA's Russia program. Her current research focuses on Russian naval leadership, personnel and demographics. She has also conducted research at CNA on Russian nuclear strategy and thinking. She currently writes on women in the Russian economy for BMB Russia. Michael Connell   is an expert in Persian-Gulf security-related issues, the armed forces of Iran, U.S.-GCC security cooperation

ai and autonomy in russia: Issue 44, August 25, 2022

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Belarus. Their new projects are related to digitalization and digital platforms, including promotion of goods and logistics. Spotlight White House indicates that Iran was preparing to send Russia drones for Ukraine war In July 2022, the White House announced that it had information that Iran might be transferring “several hundred” military drones to Russia. White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan also noted an intelligence estimate that Iran was preparing to train Russian forces to use the drones, and added that it was unclear whether Iran had delivered them yet. Mr

russian media analysis: Issue 10, February 25, 2022

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Russian Perspectives on Western Military Activities

as about the INSTEX system created in the wake of Iran’s disconnect from SWIFT. Finally, in another article in   VPK,   Vitaliy Orlov writes about how Russia could transition away from the use ... the South Kuril Islands, and how potential anti-Russian sanctions from Tokyo might affect the bilateral relationship. 16. IRAN NUCLEAR NEGOTIATIONS Two articles discuss the US decision to reintroduce sanction waivers to Iran in hopes of reviving the nuclear negotiations. In an interview, the Russian Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna notes that this step “should

pla update: Issue 19, March 22, 2024

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PLA Update, Issue 19, is a CNA China Studies Program monthly newsletter, with summaries of Chinese media coverage of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA).

) operations in the Gulf of Aden; a trilateral exercise between the navies of the PRC, Russia, and Iran; and the PLA Army's (PLAA's) participation in the US-Thailand multilateral exercise Cobra Gold ... Feb 11-52N,044-12E (B Point) Navies of PRC, Russia, & Iran Conduct Fourth Combined Exercise The exercise reportedly did not feature counterterrorism drills as in past years, potentially to avoid drawing unwanted attention to PLAN inactivity in the nearby Red Sea area. From March 11 to 15, the navies of China, Iran, and Russia carried out combined drills near the Gulf of Oman

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.

to study, even though consideration of such a contingency was against U.S. policy of supporting Saddam Hussein as a bulwark against Iran. SSG IX wargamed the invasion in February 1990 and found ... of its time by several months and senor military leaders did not accept it. They considered Iran to be the enemy and Saddam Hussein to be helpful. Trost retired from CNO in early July. SSG IX’s work

intersections: Issue 6, October 2023

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Intersections, Issue 6, CNA news digest of China’s efforts to acquire Western technology, U.S. and partner efforts to protect technology for national security.

Actions US imposes trade restrictions on PRC entities for procuring components for military UAVs used by Iran and Russia. On September 25, the US Department of Commerce’s Bureau of Industry ... components for Iran’s Shahed-series unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) program. The Commerce Department also deemed six PRC aerospace entities as supporters of “military end users” in Russia or Belarus. Ally

ARMY 2022 Recap

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At its Army-2022 expo, Russia’s Ministry of Defense announced the official creation of an AI directorate and signed contracts totaling over $8 billion.

, included numerous military competitions by international teams from nations including Iran, Sudan, Zimbabwe, and Venezuela. Multiple Army-2022 related events also took place in China, Iran, Kazakhstan

Economic Implications to Disrupting Oil Chokepoints

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The secure transportation of oil is critical to world trade and economic growth. Oil trade requires the use of maritime trade routes, as two-thirds of the world’s oil exports are transported by ocean.

that can enable or provide maritime security. Threats to the world’s chokepoints are numerous and diverse. The Strait of Hormuz is under a direct threat of closure by Iran. Somali pirates