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.

Dr. James Wirtz is a Professor of National Security Affairs and Dean of SIGS. His latest research project examines the geopolitical and geostrategic interactions between Asia's three major nuclear powers: Pakistan, India and China; the impact these relations have on their regional and global nuclear and nuclear-related policies; and implications for U.S. foreign policy and national security. 
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Associate Professor James A. Russell discusses innovation in COIN in this recent video presentation (July 26, 2010). (Video)

James J. Wirtz, Dean of the School of International Graduate Studies (SIGS), was recognized for two decades of federal service at the Naval Postgraduate School during a ceremony on July 16, 2010. (Full story)

In Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to State Authority in an Era of Softened Sovereignty,Anne L. Clunan and Harold A. Trinkunas explore existing ideas about what constitutes an ungoverned space, what threats arise from these areas and how states should approach them. (July 8, 2010) (Full story)

The Fifth Annual U.S.-China Strategic Dialogue was conducted May 2-4, 2010, in Honolulu, HI, under the leadership of Dr. Christopher Twomey. One of the key advantages of the strategic dialogues is their unofficial status allows participants the freedom to discuss issues in an open and in-depth manner, the organizers say. (June 29, 2010) (Full story)

 Department Lecturer Brig. (ret.) Feroz Khan delivered a briefing on Feb. 3, 2010, to members of the defense community regarding security developments in Pakistan and the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region, as part of a symposium on security in South Asia.

Associate Professor James Russell conducted research in January 2010 in the Northern Paktya Province of Afghanistan while embedded with U.S. troops working on counterinsurgency operations there. (Full story) 

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Strategic Insights
Spring/Summer 2010 Issue

Our latest issue explores the complex realm of asymmetric conflict and features new articles from Dylan Craig, Nathan Black, Matthew Dearing, Nick Masellis, and Kelly Greenhill

New book by Anne Marie Baylouny. Privatizing Welfare in the Middle East: Kin Mutual Aid Associations in Jordan and Lebanon (Indiana University Press 2010)

New book by Barry Zellen. Arctic Doom, Arctic Boom: The Geopolitics of Climate Change in the Arctic (PSI 2009) 

New book edited by Dr. Anne Clunan and Dr. Harold Trinkunas, Ungoverned Spaces: Alternatives to State Authority in an Era of Softened Sovereignty (SUP 2010)

New article by Feroz Khan, "Prospects for Indian and Pakistani Arms Control and Confidence-Building Measures," (PDF), Naval War College Review (Summer 2010)

Other Recent Faculty Publications

Conference papers & reports