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" [1]

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

Research Dissemination

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.

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