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Iran's Quds Forces

CNA's Director of Iranian Studies addresses the role of the Iran's Quds Forces in the wake of an alleged assassination plot on U.S. soil. Michael Connell, Ph.D., an expert on Iran, talks about the structure and activities of this secretive arm of the Iranian military. Produced by Randy Garsee.

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il

North Korea Under Kim Chong-il:

Power, Politics and Prospects for Change

Don't be surprised if CNA Research Analyst Ken E. Gause's new book on North Korea is different from other books. "This book tends to go beyond just Kim Chong-il and deal with the people around him in the military circles, his security circles, the party circles, the cabinet circles, and the government circles around him," Gause explains. He's visited China previously and visited again this year in order to learn more about the Hermit Kingdom. Produced by Randy Garsee.

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Experts Talk About a Post-Qadhafi Libya

Will the death of deposed Libyan leader Muammar al-Qadhafi leave cracks in the fragile foundation of the National Transition Council? CNA research analysts Patricio Asfura-Heim and Lesley Anne Warner discuss a Libya without a dictator and what it means for the future. Produced by Randy Garsee.

The Two Sudans

In an historic move, southern Sudan voted in January 2011 to become a separate nation from northern Sudan. Recently back from a trip to Rumbek in southern Sudan, CNA research analyst Lesley Anne Warner discusses the future of the two Sudans. Produced by Randy Garsee.

Post 9/11: The Science of Safety in the Skies

On a daily basis, CNA research analyst Mark Lesko conducts analyses that is then handed to the top level executives at the Federal Aviation Administration. And as you're about to see, he had a hand in making many of the changes in aviation safety and security after 9/11. Produced by Randy Garsee.



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Pilot Alert!

 How CNA Analysts are Moving Messages Faster

(Washington, D.C.) When you're flying in a passenger jet, you can't see what's ahead and if something is in your pilot's way, you don't know fast he will be notified of a potential hazard. But working in support of the Federal Aviation Administration, research analysts in the Air Traffic Management division of CNA's Institute for Public Research have taken a 50-year-old system of delivering those alerts and upgraded it to lightning fast, modern day standards. Meet one analyst who's helping to make the friendly skies, safer skies. Produced by Randy Garsee.



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