Posts Tagged ‘State Department (DOS)’

State Releases International Narcotics Control Strategy Report

Monday, March 11th, 2013

Early in March, the Department of State released the 2013 International Narcotics Control Strategy Report. The report provides an overview of counternarcotics efforts by the governments of over 90 countries, including several U.S. departments and agencies…

Interagency Cost-Saving Efforts Applauded

Wednesday, December 12th, 2012

Panelists at Defense Logistics 2012, recently applauded cost-saving efforts by U.S. combatant commands, the joint staff and services, the State Department, and other agencies…

Conference Focuses on Cyber Defense

Tuesday, September 25th, 2012

U.S. Cyber Command recently hosted a two-day Interagency Legal Conference involving discussions on national defense, cybersecurity, and the role of international law…

Partnerships Essential to Bio Threat Prevention

Monday, September 10th, 2012

Greg Delawie, State Department Deputy Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance, recently spoke about the need for partnerships in addressing biological threats and biodefense, including biological weapons and infectious disease…

USAID Details Multi-Agency Efforts Against Gender-Based Violence

Wednesday, September 5th, 2012

In August, the U.S. Agency for International Development released its strategy to establish a government-wide approach that identifies, coordinates, integrates, and leverages current efforts and resources in preventing and responding to gender-based violence around the world…

InterAgency Journal 3-3 (Summer 2012)

Monday, August 27th, 2012

Inside this issue:  Radiological Nuclear Detection Task Force, by Kevin L. Stafford; The Interagency Role in Conflict Prevention, by Kevin D. Stringer and Katie M. Sizemore; Interagency Collaboration by Design, by Alex J. Ryan …and much more.

Shapiro Speaks on State-Defense Cooperation

Monday, August 13th, 2012

Assistant Secretary of State for Political-Military Affairs Andrew J. Shapiro recently spoke at the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the new era in State-Defense cooperation. Shapiro spoke on State’s efforts to improve interagency cooperation…

Simons Center Director Published in Foreign Service Journal

Tuesday, July 17th, 2012

The Foreign Service Journal recently published an article co-authored by Simons Center Director Ted Strickler and CGSC Chief of Staff Jeffrey LaMoe. The article examined how the Army’s professional education system develops leadership skills…

CCO Hosts Dialogue on Combating Crime-Terror Pipelines

Wednesday, June 27th, 2012

The U.S. Department of State recently hosted a dialogue on combating crime-terror pipelines. The event was hosted at the Center for Complex Operations in partnership with National Defense University and the Departments of State and Defense…

State, SOCOM Partner to Counter Cyberterrorism

Wednesday, June 6th, 2012

The State Department and United States Special Operations Command have undertaken a new counterterrorism mission that focuses on the relationships between organized crime, political or ideological extremism, and terrorism. The new mission includes countercyberterrorism efforts…