Center on Contemporary Conflict
{{Infobox university
| image=Center on Contemporary Conflict.png
| type=Graduate school
| established=2001
| city=Monterey
| state=California
| country=USA
| website=[http://www.nps.edu/ccc 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.isn.ethz.ch/isn/Communities-and-Partners/Partners/Detail/?lng=en&id=30983 |title=Center on Contemporary Conflict (CCC) |publisher=International Relations and Security Network, Center for Security Studies |date= |accessdate=27 October 2012}}
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.{{cite web|title=CCC Research|url=http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/Research/index.html|publisher=Naval Postgraduate School|accessdate=27 October 2012}} 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.{{cite web|title=CCC Partners|url=http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/Partners/partners.html|publisher=Naval Postgraduate School|accessdate=27 October 2012}}
The CCC also manages programs and facilitates federal sponsorships for other private institutions, in addition to executing federally sponsored research.{{cite web|title=Center on Contemporary Conflict Department of National Security Affairs|url=http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/CCC_brochure_27MAR2012.pdf|publisher=Naval Postgraduate School|accessdate=27 October 2012}}
''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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.nps.edu/Academics/Centers/CCC/index.html|title=Welcome - Center for Regional Maritime Strategy - Naval Postgraduate School}}
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