Featured Article: An Ambassador’s Perspective

● ehill ● June 20, 2018 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Interagency Cooperation: An Ambassador’s Perspective by Thomas J. Miller In 2011, it is difficult to think of any event or issue that is any longer confined to the domain, authority, and purview of a single agency in the U.S. government. This is a far cry from the State… Read More

Amb. Moon returns to Fort Leavenworth

● ehill ● April 12, 2018 ● Foundation News Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

Retired Ambassador Patrick S. Moon returned to the Fort Leavenworth area in early April of this year, where he again took part in the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Ambassador Moon, who served as the the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2013, visited Fort Leavenworth April… Read More

InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – November 14

● ehill ● November 2, 2017 ● Foundation News Simons Center Events ● No Comments

The fourth lecture of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2018 is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., November 14, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. In this lecture, career Foreign Service Officer Mr. Andrew B. Mitchell will lead a discussion on… Read More

Featured Article: Moving Toward Improved Strategic Planning in U.S. Foreign Policy

● ehill ● August 2, 2017 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Moving Toward Improved Strategic Planning in U.S. Foreign Policy by Jeffrey Grieco In 2005, the Department of State (State) and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) undertook a detailed program with over 24 civilian, counterpart, federal agencies entitled “Project Horizon.” Project Horizon, inspired by USAID Administrator Andrew… Read More

Featured Article: Demystifying the Interagency Process…

● ehill ● May 16, 2017 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Demystifying the Interagency Process and Explaining the Ambassador’s Role by Ronald E. Neumann This article is designed to be an introduction to the interagency process and its application in the field for those unfamiliar with the subject. One great obstacle to understanding the interagency process is the tendency,… Read More

Ambassador Moon visits Fort Leavenworth

● ehill ● May 4, 2017 ● Simons Center News & Announcements ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick S. Moon, former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, visited the Leavenworth area 26-28 April where he shared his expertise as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series program. Ambassador Moon met with… Read More

Featured Article: The State Department: No Longer the Gatekeeper

● ehill ● December 6, 2016 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: The State Department: No Longer the Gatekeeper by Edward Marks Foreign Affairs Ministers no longer hold a monopoly over foreign affairs, as the process of international relations now includes domestic agencies and important non-state actors as major participants. This process, beginning early in the 20th century, became more… Read More

Featured Article: Defining Diplomacy

● ehill ● November 29, 2016 ● Featured Articles ● No Comments

Featured article: Defining Diplomacy by Edward Marks Most countries provide professional education for their diplomats and some operate establishments specifically for that purpose. Few of us would claim that the U.S. government and the Department of State provides equivalent experience with any degree of seriousness or comprehensiveness. Our Foreign Service… Read More

Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act introduced to Senate

● ehill ● February 24, 2016 ● IA News ● No Comments

Earlier this month Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced the Genocide and Atrocities Prevention Act of 2016, S. 2551. The act aims to help prevent acts of genocide and mass atrocities, which threaten national and international security, by enhancing U.S. civilian capacities to prevent and mitigate such… Read More

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