Simons Center News

The Simons Center for Ethical Leadership and Interagency Cooperation announces a call for papers for the InterAgency Journal, to be published in Spring 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: PROFESSOR SHANNON E. FRENCH, Ph.D. Shannon French is the Inamori Professor in Ethics at Case Western Reserve University (CWRU) where she teaches for the department of Philosophy and the School of Law and the CGSC Foundation’s General Hugh Shelton Distinguished Visiting Chair of Ethics. Prior to coming to CWRU in 2008, she […]

Is it worthwhile to send Western tanks to Ukraine?  Simons Center Senior Research Fellow, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr., former U.S. Army Director of Operations at U.S. European Command and NATO’s former Deputy Assistant Secretary General argues that since Western tanks can outperform their Russian counterparts, that the decision to send these […]

With Ukraine and NATO allies meeting to discuss arms shipments in Brussels on February 14, Simons Center Senior Research Fellow, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Gordon B. “Skip” Davis Jr., former U.S. Army Director of Operations at U.S. European Command and NATO’s former Deputy Assistant Secretary General, says it’s time to send combat aircraft.  Davis argues that […]

In the February 2023 episode of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by Admiral Michael Franken and Ambassador Geeta Pasi. McCarthy and her guests talk about shifting U.S. strategic interests in Africa, the key role of the U.S. base in Djibouti, the challenge of regional […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on Jan. 19, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests. He also introduced one of the namesakes of the Forum, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Arter, […]

In the December 2022 episode of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Daniel Erikson and Ambassador Luis Arreaga. Together, the three discuss U.S. military and diplomatic engagement with the western hemisphere, with a focus on Latin America. They also […]

The third presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2023 was conducted Dec. 13, 2022, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. CGSC Foundation President/CEO Rod Cox provided welcoming remarks and introduced Dr. Mark Sorensen, the CGSC Distinguished Chair for Development Studies. Sorensen led […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) luncheon event on Dec. 1, 2022, 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. In this presentation of the Forum, Dr. Allen […]