Col. Arthur D. Simons Center Announces Winners of the 2011 Faculty Writing Competition

Winners of the 2011 CGSC Faculty Writing Competition

First Place:
Dr. Nathan W. Toronto, School of Advanced Military Studies
“Active Inaction: Interagency Security Assistance to Egypt”

Second Place:
Dr. William J. Davis, Department of Joint, Interagency
and Multinational Operations
“After Ten Years of Working through Conflict Together, Is
Defense Still From Mars and State Still from Venus?”

The Col. Arthur D. Simons Center Faculty Writing Competition is an annual event inviting faculty members of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College to submit original papers examining aspects of interagency cooperation, coordination, or collaboration at the operational and tactical levels of conflict.  Its purpose is to foster and encourage scholarship in interagency affairs that enhances education and discourse at the College; facilitating broader and more effective cooperation within the U.S. government at the level of application; and showcase the intellectual capital of the College’s faculty. The winning author will receive $250 and the second place author will receive $200. Papers are also considered for publication by the Simons Center through the CGSC Foundation Press.