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National Security National security officials admit they’re worried about violence at upcoming conventions, The Week In the Age of ISIS, Who’s a Terrorist, and Who’s Simply Deranged?, The New York Times The Iran deal: Off to an encouraging start, but expect challenges, Brookings Remarks at Public-Private Sector Roundtable Discussion on Zika, State Department Carter: U.S. […]

On July 13, the State Department hosted a public-private sector roundtable discussion on the Zika virus. Deputy Secretary of State for Management and Resources Heather Higginbottom and Deputy Homeland Security Adviser Amy Pope opened the discussion. Higginbottom and Pope both spoke on the “growing public health emergency” that is already effecting tens of thousands of lives. In her […]

National Security Truck Attack in Nice Shows Limits of Global Hunt for Terrorism, The Wall Street Journal The World After the Iran Deal: Better or Worse?, Foreign Policy Standoff Brews Over the Future of US Security Assistance, Defense News FBI Utah office actively investigating home-grown terrorists, agent in charge says, Deseret News Southcom Commander Outlines […]

In June, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report assessing federal agencies’ efforts to combat human trafficking. The report, GAO-16-555, focuses on the prevalence of human trafficking, victim issues, and avoiding grant duplication. Many U.S. federal agencies lead efforts to address human trafficking. The Departments of Justice and Homeland Security lead federal investigations and prosecutions of trafficking crimes. The […]

National Security U.S. intel warns: ISIS not desperate, just ‘adapting’, CNN Halfway To Transparency On Drone Strikes, Breaking Defense Standoff Brews Over the Future of US Security Assistance, Defense News Some National Security Lessons from the Past, The Cipher Brief Treasury Says It Needs Some New Security Features for Next-Gen Money, Nextgov Inaction on Zika […]

The State Department has announced that they will host a series of working discussions to encourage private-public partnerships to combat the Zika virus on July 13. The event will bring together over 100 participants from the government and the private sector, and will be lead by senior representatives from the Departments of State and Homeland Security. During the discussions, […]

Today the Obama Administration announced a new strategy to help agencies build the cybersecurity workforce. The Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy is designed to “grow the pipeline of highly skilled cybersecurity talent entering federal service” and to retain and invest in that talent. In a blog post announcing the Cybersecurity Workforce Strategy, the authors discuss the persistence […]

National Security What’s Next for Drone Warfare?, Defense News How Advanced Analytics Can Help Combat Infectious Disease From Spreading, Nextgov Islamic stateless?, The Economist E. European Stability, Terrorist Threats To Dominate NATO Summit, Defense News Ayotte to give national security speech in Manchester, The Associated Press THAAD To Officially Deploy to South Korea, Defense News […]

Lindsey Foat and Taylor Hersh from the local Public Broadcasting System (PBS) channel, Kansas City Public Television (KCPT), visited Fort Leavenworth and the Command and General Staff College on June 30, to learn more about the post, the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the CGSC Foundation. The CGSC Foundation conducts this “walk […]

Wilburn “Bud” Meador – retired Marine, Vietnam veteran, professor of history at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, and the faculty advisor to the CGSC Foundation – was recently interviewed by Leawood Lifestyle, a magazine published for residents of the Kansas City suburb of Leawood. The magazine’s July edition had a focus on […]