Naval Postgraduate School - Center on Contemporary Conflict

Center on Contemporary Conflict

As the principal research wing of the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of National Security Affairs, the Center on Contemporary Conflict (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.

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	Associate Professor Jessica Piombo has completed the report discussing the roles and responsibilities of US military, US government and NGO communities in creating stability and reducing insecurity on the African continent.
	Professors Maria Rasmussen and Mohammed Hafez finished the report from their second workshop on terrorist innovation in Weapons of Mass Effect (WME). Researchers from a number of international universities presented case studies ranging from the 1972 attacks at the Munich Olympics to the use of chlorine bombs by Al Qaeda in Iraq. These case studies broaden and refine the findings of the August 2010 meeting.
	Assistant Professor Maiah Jaskoski published the report Resource Conflicts: Emerging Struggles over Strategic Commodities in Latin America (Scope Report). April 2011. Released March 2012. (PDF)
	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.

PASCC released a broad area announcement (BAA) for FY13-FY14 project funding. The BAA is posted on grants.gov . White papers that propose new and ongoing research across the full spectrum of WMD are due by May 30, 2012.

The CCC is currently looking to fill two positions: Deputy Director of Finance and Research Assistant. For more information on these positions check out CCC's People.

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)