Center on Contemporary Conflict

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Center on Contemporary Conflict
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Type Graduate school
Established 2001
Location Monterey , California , USA
Website http://www.nps.edu/ccc/

The Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC) is the primary research wing of the Naval Postgraduate School's Department of National Security Affairs. The CCC conducts research on current and emerging national security threats, sharing its findings with United States and allied military and civilian decision makers. [1]

Naval Postgraduate School United States graduate academy for Naval officers

The Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) is a public graduate school operated by the United States Navy and located in Monterey, California. It grants master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and certificates. Established in 1909, the school also offers research fellowship opportunities at the postdoctoral level through the National Academies' National Research Council research associateship program.

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Research

The Center on Contemporary Conflict broadly addresses several areas of national security research providing research and analysis to decision makers in the Department of Defense community. Among these areas are resource scarcity and conflict, proliferation and deterrence, innovation and terrorism, U.S. strategy, non-state actors and violence, state failure and governance, and regional security and alliances. [2] Research at CCC is sponsored by various federal agencies, including the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration, the National Intelligence Council, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the U.S. Pacific Command, and the U.S. Southern Command. [3]

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The CCC also manages programs and facilitates federal sponsorships for other private institutions, in addition to executing federally sponsored research. [4]

Strategic Insights

The Center on Contemporary Conflict previously published the academic journal Strategic Insights . This journal published from 2002 to 2011, is on hiatus pending new funding. [5]

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Strategic Insights was a monthly electronic journal produced by the Center for Contemporary Conflict at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.

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References

  1. ↑ "Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC)". International Relations and Security Network, Center for Security Studies. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  2. ↑ "CCC Research". Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "CCC Partners". Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Center on Contemporary Conflict Department of National Security Affairs" (PDF). Naval Postgraduate School. Retrieved 27 October 2012.
  5. ↑ http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/index.html
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