Since the invasion of Ukraine, Russian intelligence operations have shifted toward a mass-scale approach, focusing on sabotage, intelligence collection, and influence efforts. Check out this report from @kloosha.bsky.social and @cna.org Russia Studies Program! www.cna.org/reports/2025...

Organized crime has gotten a lot more attention over the past few months. My @cna.org colleague Tom Bickford examines how organizations that start in the Indo-Pacific can have an impact in the U.S.

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🔎 New CNA quick look! 🔍
CNA’s Narrative-Impact-Action Framework™ is a strategic tool designed to help emergency management agencies at all levels of government understand and respond to the spread of false and misleading information.
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🎧 New #CNATalks #podcast! 🎧
Julian Waller and Elizabeth Wishnick join the show to discuss their research into Russia's evolving relationship with Iran.

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Last week at the CNA Board of Trustees Dinner, Dmitry Gorenburg, a Senior Research Scientist with CNA’s Russia Studies Program, was honored with the CNA Trustees Award.
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In Feb, the CNA gaming team led a tabletop exercise with Indo-Pacific Command operators and DOD experts in Makalapa, HI. The exercise explored how to increase precision and enhance decision making through improved understanding of the operational & civilian environment.

Independent journalist Johnny Harris wanted to understand how wargames work and their value as a military operations tool. He joined our wargamers to play a game simulating an invasion of Taiwan by mainland China.
@andrewsonofole.bsky.social

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We proudly announce that Dr. Jennifer Griffin has accepted the position of vice president of our Resources and Force Readiness Division. Jennifer has worked at CNA since 2011 as an analyst and director in the Marine Corps and Defense Workforce Program, which she has led for the past five years.

📋 New CNA Research! 📋
Julian Waller from our Russia Studies Program and Cornell Overfield from our Countering Threats and Challenges Program studied the relationship between Russia’s political and military leadership.
www.cna.org/reports/2025...

We proudly announce that Navy Vice Admiral David Johnson (Ret.) is our new chair of the CNA Board of Trustees. Admiral Johnson has served on CNA’s board since 2019. He previously completed a distinguished 36-year career in the U.S. Navy.
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The Quadrennial Review of Military Compensation of the Department of Defense includes recommendations based on the work of CNA's Adam Clemens and his team to update the methods used to calculate the Basic Allowance for Housing.

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We proudly announce that CNA exceeded our $50,000 fundraising goal for the 2024 Combined Federal Campaign (CFC) for charitable giving. Collectively, CNAers raised $59,627 for charity! #GiveCFC #givehappy

Yesterday, CNA held our inaugural Innovation Day, a showcase of CNA’s self-funded research projects. After an inspiring keynote address by US Coast Guard Vice Admiral Peter Gautier, visiting government leaders explored our research team’s recent projects.

🎲 Let’s play! 🎲
Learn about Sentinels of the Sea, a new wargame designed by CNA’s #gaming program. The game was developed to improve understanding of regional maritime domain awareness capacities and enable more information sharing to address shared maritime security concerns. #WarGames