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Featured article: The Decembrist Revolt and its Aftermath: Values in Conflict by Robert F. Baumann In December 1825, a group of Russian conspirators attempted to seize power by carrying out an uprising against the tsarist regime. Known as the Decembrist Revolt, Soviet historians embraced the episode as a precursor to the Bolshevik Revolution, which followed […]

Featured article: Military Neuro-Interventions: Solving the Right Problems for Ethical Outcomes by Shannon E. French and Jacob A. Sandstrom Neuro-interventions are a category of procedures that include invasive and non-invasive ways of affecting the human brain, either temporarily or permanently, in order to help reverse the negative effects of damage that affects brain activity or to […]

On Aug. 26, Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox visited the Fairfield Inn and Suites and TownePlace Suites of Leavenworth to present a certificate of appreciation to Brian Huntington, sales manager, and Zach Light, assistant general manager, in recognition of the support and partnership provided by the hotel management and staff to the CGSC Foundation. “I can […]

Matthew Roth, the Distinguished Chair for Diplomatic Studies at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, delivered the first lecture for academic year 2020 of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture series on Aug. 23, 2019. More than 60 students, faculty, and other leaders were in attendance. Matthew Roth, the Distinguished Chair for Diplomatic Studies at […]

Gen. Carter F. Ham, U.S. Army, Ret., the former commander of U.S. Africa Command and the current president/CEO of the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) (see the full bio), presented the annual Colin L. Powell Lecture for students of the 2020 class of the Command and General Staff Officer’s Course, Aug. 13 at Fort […]

Neuro-interventions are a category of procedures that include invasive and non-invasive ways of affecting the human brain, either temporarily or permanently, in order to help reverse the negative effects of damage that affects brain activity or to enhance cognitive abilities in some way. Read the full article:  Military Neuro-Interventions

The Command and General Staff College opened Academic Year 2020 with the International Flag Ceremony for Command and General Staff Officers Course 2020 on Aug. 5 at 9:30. The ceremony features posting of the national colors of 89 nations that comprise this year’s international military student cohort. This year’s group of 114 international military students […]

The CGSC Foundation Press presents: A Practitioner’s Handbook for Interagency Leadership William J. Davis, Jr., Ph.D. – Author Janet K. Benini and Michael S. Choe – Contributors Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox – Editor $15 softcover (5.5 x 8.5), Copyright 2018 ISBN 978-0-692-18462-2 $5 – Kindle version National security requires a whole-of-government approach. Americans deserve […]

Featured article: Faith-Based Peacebuilding in the Former Yugoslavia by David Steele An examination of regional, civil society peacebuilding in the former Yugoslavia provides an excellent opportunity to examine reconciliation efforts and evaluate both methodology and success in light of lessons learned during the ensuing years. In this article, I will evaluate projects I personally directed […]

Featured article: Cyber Attacks The New WMD Challenge to the Interagency by Quan Hai T. Lu The President of the United States recently said that “cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation.” Advances in transistor design and integrated circuits have accelerated technologies exponentially. U.S. […]