As the research institute of the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of National Security Affairs, the CCC contributes to the expansion of knowledge on critical security issues—especially current and emerging threats to U.S. national security and that of its allies‚—and is uniquely positioned to form a bridge between academia, policymakers, and military personnel. You can download our brochure here (PDF). North Atlantic Treaty Organization  The latest issue of our online journal explores facing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It includes Viewpoints by Stanley R. Sloan and Julian Lindley-French, two keynote speakers at a May 2011 workshop on deterrence sponsored by NATO and the U.S. Defense Threats Reduction Agency, as well as articles by Brendan Wilson, Glen Segell, Ivan Ivanov, Richard Weitz, and Andreas Winter with David A. Anderson.
Global Trends and Future Warfare  This special issue—based on a May 2011 conference sponsored by the National Intelligence Council—explores four possible scenarios for the future of warfare over the next twenty years: a concert of powers, a fragmented international system, the rise of non-state networks, and the return of great power confrontations.
Weapons of Mass Effect  The Summer 2011 issue explores how terrorists use Weapons of Mass Effect (WME) in their quest to gain recognition of their ability and motives. It includes articles from José A. Olmeda, Yoram Schweitzer, and Stephen Wrage, plus a policy memo from Sabina Khan on governance in the FATA region of Pakistan. This issue also introduces a new feature, Point/Counterpoint, debating the impact of the death of Osama bin Laden.
|   | Assistant Professor Sophal Ear has published two new reports regarding surveillance systems to mitigate the threat of emerging infectious diseases in the developing world. The first examines the experience of the U.S. Naval Area Medical Research Unit No. 2 (NAMRU-2) in Cambodia and Indonesia. The second compares the United States and Mexico's responses to H1N1 outbreaks in their countries. |  | The CCC has launched a new research initiative: Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating WMD (PASCC). This project supports research on behalf of the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) in its mission to safeguard the United States and its allies from the threats posed by chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and high-yield explosive weapons of mass destruction. |  | Professors Maria Rasmussen and Mohammed Hafez organized a workshop in August examining innovations among terrorist groups. Researchers from a number of international universities presented case studies ranging from the 1968 hijacking of an Israeli airliner to the 2005 London bombings. These case studies point to several preconditions and predictive indicators of terrorist innovation. (Download report). |  | Associate Professor Jessica Piombo's latest research examines the strategies third-party mediators used to resolve the Burundian civil war and weighs their effectiveness for crisis management in the short-term and peace-building in the long-term. Her research will help policy makers create broad-based approaches to resolving conflicts in Africa (Download report). |
 | Feroz Khan, and Nick Masellis. US-Pakistan Strategic Partnership: A Track II Dialogue. November 2011. (PDF) |  | Eben Lindsey, Michael Glosny, and Christopher Twomey. US-China Strategic Dialogue, Phase VI. November 2011. (PDF) |  | New workshop report by David Yost. "Carrying Forward NATO's Deterrence Review: A Report on a Workshop in Brussels, 25-26 October 2011 (Rome: NATO Defense College, December 2011) (PDF) | | New workshop report by David Yost. "Adapting NATO's Deterrence Posture: The Alliance's New Strategic Concept and Implications for Nuclear Policy, Non-Proliferation, Arms Control, and Disarmament". May 2011. (PDF) |  | New track-two dialogue report by Feroz Khan. "US-Pakistan Strategic Partnership". October 2010. (PDF) |  | New report by David Yost. "Strategic Stability in the Cold War: Lessons for Continuing Challenges". Winter 2011. (PDF) |  | New conference report by S. Paul Kapur. "2010 US-India Strategic Engagement". September 2010. (PDF) |  | New article by Michael Glosny. "Getting Beyond Taiwan? Chinese Foreign Policy and PLA Modernization". Strategic Forum, January 2011 (PDF) |
Other Recent Faculty Publications • Conference papers and reports |  Professor James J. Wirtz, Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies, highlights PASCC (Project on Advanced Systems and Concepts for Combating Weapons of Msss Destruction) in the December 2011 Update NPS.
 Professor James Clay Moltz appears on NPR's Talk of the Nation: Science Friday to discuss the growing space race in Asia and the possibility that it could spark an arms race. You can listen to a podcast of the segment here (December 2011)
 Professor Erik Dahl discusses the lessons learned from 25 years of failed terrorist attacks against the United States, based on his recently published paper in the journal Studies in Conflict and Terrorism (September 2011).
 At the end of July 2011, Professor Feroz Khan traveled to Bulgaria and met with Indian and Pakistani arms control specialists. There they performed mock negotiations and simulated mutual inspections for the verifiable dismantling of retired ballistic missiles. Professor Khan also teamed up with Gurmeet Kanwal, Director of India's Centre for Land Warfare Studies to write an editorial on disarmament which appeared in both Indian and Pakistani newspapers.
Rifaat Hussain, chairman of the Department of Defence and Strategic Studies at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, visited NPS on July 11, 2011. During his visit, he spoke to Professor Paul Kapur's and Professor Feroz Khan's South Asia classes about how perceptions in US-Pakistani relations affect the security situation in Afghanistan and the wider region.  NPS alum, LCDR Patrick Baker, presented his thesis research June 27 at the Brookings Institute following the recent purchase by Russia of French Mistral-class helicopter assault ships. Baker's degree is in Europe and Eurasian security studies; his advisor was Dr. Mikhail Tsypkin. You can read a transcript of his presentation here.
Prof. Feroz Khan recently made two radio appearances to discuss the role that religious faith plays in Pakistani politics and the expansion of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. Follow the links to listen online.
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