Solution Centers

How We're Organized

CNA's Center for Naval Analyses

  • Advanced Technology & Systems Analysis

    Helping decision makers get the best possible returns from their technology and systems investments.

  • China Studies

    Providing in-depth analyses of China's emerging role in the international order, important issues in U.S.-China relations, and critical developments within China itself.

  • Marine Corps Division

    Expert analysis of issues of critical concern to the Marine Corps leadership, including manpower and training, operations, logistics, aviation, Naval integration, and programs and resources.

  • Operations & Tactics Analysis

    Conducting ongoing Washington-based operational studies of systems, resources, and integrations.

  • Operations Evaluation Group

    Conducting ongoing Washington- and field-based research focused on the operational challenges facing the military and other government agencies.

  • Resource Analysis

    Providing analytical services to help develop, evaluate, and implement policies, practices, and programs that make people, budgets, and assets more effective and efficient.

  • Strategic Studies

    Identifying "the issue after next" in the research and analysis of a wide range of strategic, regional, and policy issues.

CNA's Institute for Public Research

  • Air Traffic Management

    Helping ensure a safe, secure, and efficient global airspace through wide-ranging technical and analytical services in critical areas of operations and management.

  • Education

    Lending critical decision-making support to policymakers, educators, and stakeholders through research and analysis, program evaluation and technical assistance.

  • Health Research & Policy

    Combining research and analysis with a practical, firsthand understanding of the health care industry at the individual, local, state, and national levels.

  • Safety & Security

    CNA Safety and Security is a national leader in supporting homeland security, public safety, and emergency operations at all levels of government.

CNA's Military Advisory Board

► National Security and the Threat of Climate Change

► Powering America’s Defense: Energy and the Risks to National Security

► Powering America’s Economy: Energy Innovation at the Crossroads of National Security Challenges

► Ensuring America's Freedom of Movement: A National Security Imperative to Reduce U.S. Oil Dependence

 

Featured Articles and Reports

CNA Releases Report on Climate Change

CNA Resource Analysis releases report on the effects of climate change on installation energy use

CNA Releases Report on Climate Change
CNA Award for Operational Analysis Deadline

The deadline for submissions for the CNA Award for Operational Analysis is June 29, 2012. Open to non-CNA affiliated researchers and analysts, this competitive award and a $10,000 cash prize will be presented to the individual or team whose submitted work is judged as having provided the most creative, empirically based support to a real-world decision, or solution to a real-world problem.

CNA Operational Analysis Award Deadline
CNA Releases Report on Africa

CNA Strategic Studies releases report from conference on North Africa and the Sahel: Implications of the Arab Awakening

North Africa and the Sahel: Implications of the Arab Awakening
Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Abroad

CNA Strategic Studies releases Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Abroad – Gap Analysis and Survey authored by research analyst William McCants, Ph.D., for The Department of Defense’s Rapid Reaction Technology Office, Emerging Capabilities Division

Science and Technology for Communication and Persuasion Abroad