Center for Contempory Conflict

The Center for Contempory Conflict (CCC) is a research institute that focuses on current and emerging security issues. It was founded in 2001 by the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of National Security Affairs. The CCC seeks to develop relevant security research of high quality. Through the CCC's Regional Security Education Program (RSEP), the research is made accessible to the people charged with executing American military policy, not just the policy makers.

The CCC's research projects often entails


 * "collaborative undertakings in which CCC personnel's efforts are complemented by contributions from outside governmental, military, and academic experts from the U.S. and from Allied or other cooperating nations"

A significant portion of the CCC's research is disseminated publicly.

Current Main Areas of Research

 * Asymmetric conflict, including terrorism and counter-terrorism, information operations (IO), and homeland defense
 * Weapons of mass destruction (WMD) proliferation, nonproliferation, and counterproliferation
 * Regional instability, including intra-regional conflict, civil-military relations, peacekeeping, and humanitarian missions
 * Strategic nuclear policy, including deterrence doctrine, command and control, strategic arms control, and missile defense

Strategic Insights
Strategic Insights is an online and print monthly publication with current and conscise studies of security interests of the United States and of international concerns.

Relevant submissions from external sources are welcomed and solicited, as well as feedback to published reports.

A free email delivery of each monthly issue is available via a website email form.

Other Publications

 * Books
 * Book Chapters and Monographs
 * Journal Articles

Current Programs

 * The Nuclear Posture Review: Implementing the Quiet Revolution
 * Program on Northeast Asian Security Studies
 * Balance of Power Revisited: Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
 * U.S. Strategy and Gulf Security in the New Millennium
 * Asymmetric Conflict in South Asia: The 1999 Limited War in Kargil
 * U.S.-Russia CBMs in Strategic Nuclear Forces

Broad Category Links

 * Africa
 * East Asia
 * Europe and NATO
 * Homeland Security &amp; Terrorism
 * Latin America
 * Middle East
 * Russia and Eurasia
 * South Asia
 * WMD Proliferation &amp; Counterproliferation

Event Calendar

 * Conferences, Forums, and Lectures

Center for Contempory Conflict
National Security Affairs Department, Naval Postgraduate School 1411 Cunningham Rd. Monterey, CA 93943 Tel: 831-656-2521 Website: www.ccc.nps.navy.mil E-mail: ccc AT nps.navy.mil

Naval Postgraduate School
Naval Postgraduate School 1 University Circle Monterey, CA 93943 Ph: (831) 656-2441 DSN: 756-2441 Website: www.nps.edu Naval Postgraduate School-SourceWatch Article

Abridged Website Listing

 * Home
 * About CCC
 * Conferences
 * Contact
 * National Security Affairs Department
 * People
 * Publications
 * Regional Security Education Program
 * Research
 * Resources and Links
 * Sitemap
 * Stragegic Insights