Simons Center News

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Sept. 21, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests. As lunch wound down Simons Center Deputy Director, Lt. Col. (Ret.) John Nelson introduced Ulin […]

The Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and Interagency Cooperation announces a call for papers for the InterAgency Journal, to be published in Fall of 2023. The InterAgency Journal seeks thoughtful articles that provide insight and fresh thinking in advancing the knowledge, understanding, and practice of ethical leadership, interagency coordination, cooperation, and collaboration.  The general focus […]

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW: AMBASSADOR EDWARD MARKS Ambassador Marks was appointed to the Foreign Service in 1956 with early assignments mainly in Africa. Senior positions included Ambassador to the Republics of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde, the Department of State’s Deputy Coordinator for Counterterrorism, Visiting Senior Fellow on terrorism at the Center for Strategic and International Studies […]

The latest episode of the Army Management Staff College (AMSC) “Leader Up” podcast features special guest Col. (Ret.) Dwayne Wagner who discusses his Military Review article titled “We Have Come a Long Ways… We Have a Ways to Go” and his personal journey as an African American Army officer and Army civilian. Episode 58 of […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted a Des Moines National Security Forum on July 19, 2023, with a luncheon event featuring a presentation by retired Colonel Bob Ulin at the Des Moines Embassy Club West in West Des Moines, Iowa. Brownells, headquartered in Grinnell, Iowa, was the Simons Center’s cohost for the event. Ulin, the […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on June 15, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests and then introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Joseph G. D. (Geoff) Babb. In this presentation […]

In episode 80 of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by General Tod Wolters and Ambassador David Satterfield. McCarthy’s guests discuss key elements of their successful partnership in managing the U.S.-Turkey security relationship from 2019 to 2022. General Wolters completed a distinguished 40-year active-duty career […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center initiated the Des Moines National Security Forum (DMNSF) May 25, 2023, with a luncheon event featuring a presentation by retired Colonel Matt Dimmick on the Ukraine-Russian War at the Des Moines Embassy Club West in West Des Moines, Iowa. Simons Center Director Col. (Ret.) Bob Ulin welcomed more than 70 […]

In episode 79 of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by Admiral James Foggo and Ambassador Philip Kosnett. McCarthy’s guests discuss their collaboration to launch the book Boots and Suits, edited by Kosnett with a preface by Foggo. Foggo and Kosnett also share their personal […]

In April the Department of Defense (DoD), the White House, and other agencies began looking into how photos of what appear to be classified DoD documents were shared on social media platforms. Some of the documents are believed to be related to Ukraine- and Russia-related operations. According to Chris Meagher, the assistant to the secretary […]