InterAgency Reports are intended to summarize and publish papers and presentations delivered at workshops, conferences, and other symposia sponsored by the Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation. These Reports are designed to share the ideas and thoughts presented by participants stimulating discussion, enhancing understanding and contributing to the body of knowledge concerning aspects of interagency cooperation, collaboration, and coordination across diverse United States Government agencies and departments.
An InterAgency Study is a sponsored project led by the Simons Center for the Study of Interagency Cooperation on a particular issue pertaining to the cooperation, collaboration, and/or coordination between various departments, agencies, and offices of government at the application level involving interagency matters pertaining to national security, counterterrorism, stability and reconstruction operations, and disaster preparation and response. A Study examines a specific aspect requested by the sponsor and identifies issues, presents findings, and offers recommendations.
These are articles, essays, papers, reports, and studies published exclusively on the Simons Center website. Web exclusives are numbered with the year and sequence number for that year with a “W” following (e.g. No. 11-03W).
The Simons Center publishes quality books about issues impacting the cooperation, collaboration, and/or coordination between various departments, agencies, and offices of government at the application level involving interagency matters pertaining to national security, counterterrorism, stability and reconstruction operations, and disaster preparation and response. One of the main goals of the Simons Center book program is to foster a deeper understanding of the emerging interagency environment.
The Simons Center’s role is to serve as a sponsor for selected books. Selected books are primarily published by the Command and General Staff College Foundation Press, but may also be done in cooperation with other publishers. The Simons Center lends its name and resources to publicizing the books.
This study examines the relationship between internal security forces and sub-state political violence. The author looks at how civil conflict is shaped by both the quantity and quality of ISFs, and the need for an interagency approach in building security capacity, including government, military, peacekeeping, and law enforcement training.
The Greater Kansas City Cyber Security Seminar explored threats to U.S. cyber security, and discussed the myriad challenges faced across business and government information system platforms. This report provides a summary of the remarks from the event’s speakers and panelists…
This study focuses on security at the U.S. Southwest border, and begins with a broad view of border region issues before narrowing its focus to security and how DoD can support a whole of government approach to border security. The authors examined the border region from various perspectives and applied selected tools of anthropology, physical and cultural geography, and military doctrine.
