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Strategy and Policy Analysis Program

CNA’s Strategy and Policy Analysis Program helps U.S. government leaders understand national security and defense strategy challenges and analyze their options to address them. Our experts in military and naval affairs have provided on-site analytic support to Service-level headquarters and at U.S.-based and forward-deployed commands. We have conducted field research in dozens of countries and on a range of issues, including but not limited to the areas listed below:

Defense strategy, plans, policies, and posture
Strategic deterrence, including nuclear deterrence, conventional-nuclear integration, and missile defense
Robotic and autonomous system integration into military strategy
Alliance management and coalition operations
Naval campaigning in the Arctic, Indian Ocean, Caribbean and Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Middle East

Our analysis incorporates workshops, tabletop exercises, and Track 1.5 dialogues.

Nuclear Research

CNA analysts have decades of experience working on the world’s most challenging and pressing nuclear weapons policy and strategy issues.

Working with the Adversary: Great Power Cooperation and Nuclear Risk Management

This report provides practical guidance on both when great power cooperation might work and how to increase the odds of success.

Working with the Adversary: Great Power Cooperation and Nuclear Risk Management

Great Power Cooperation and Nuclear Risk Management

Arctic Strategy and Operations

CNA works at the forefront of Arctic operations, strategy and policy analysis. Our analysts work side by side with the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps at sea and ashore in the Arctic, providing insights about Arctic operational and strategic challenges.

CNA TALKS: A NATIONAL SECURITY PODCAST

Rule of Law at the Poles (Part 1)

CNA’s Josh Tallis, Mark Rosen and Cornell Overfield discuss the treaties and agreements that govern the Polar Regions writ large, before taking a deep dive into the Antarctic Treaty system.

Rule of Law at the Poles (Part 2)

CNA’s Josh Tallis, Mark Rosen and Cornell Overfield discuss how the Law of the Sea is applied in the Arctic and examine the territorial disthaputes in the region.

The Future of US Alliances and Partnerships: A Data Science Approach

CNA experts in data science and in national security strategy used machine learning to quantify U.S. alliances and partnerships. Their novel approach could signal opportunities for stronger alliances and partnerships and even predict conditions that could strengthen or weaken alliances.