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National Security Trump’s Budget Harms National Security, The Atlantic Acting SecDef: ‘We Won’t Do Cost-Plus-50’, Defense One Pentagon: Trump’s ‘cost plus 50’ plan hasn’t been discussed with Europe, The Hill Trump Seeks ‘Historic’ Federal Spending Cuts to Boost Defense and Border Wall, Government Executive Pentagon officially stands up Space Development Agency, names first director, Defense […]
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Featured article: Lessons for Cyber Policymakers by James Torrence Critical infrastructure keeps our food fresh, our houses warm, our trade flowing, and our citizens productive and safe. The vulnerability of U.S. critical infrastructure to cyber, physical, and electromagnetic attacks means that adversaries could disrupt military command and control, banking and financial operations, the electrical grid, […]
... Read MoreNational Security Here’s the breakdown of the Pentagon’s budget request, Defense News Russia’s New Missiles Are Aimed at the U.S., Foreign Policy The US Army Is Trying to Bury the Lessons of the Iraq War, Defense One Trump Seeks ‘Historic’ Federal Spending Cuts to Boost Defense and Border Wall, Government Executive Are the right hiring […]
... Read MoreNational Security What’s the next step for ISIS? A top US general shares his prediction with lawmakers, Defense News Trump would be ‘very disappointed’ in Kim if missile test facility being reassembled, Washington Examiner House Dems threaten to block Pentagon’s money-moving authority in border wall fight, Defense News Why America can’t escape its role in […]
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The eighth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019 featured Dr. Ted Thomas, director of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s (CGSC) Department of Command and Leadership. Thomas was joined by Chaplain (Maj.) Jonathan Bailey, CGSC ethics instructor. The two presented on the topic of ethics in leadership on Mar. […]
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Retired Ambassador Deborah McCarthy, the 2018 DACOR Visiting Professor of Diplomacy for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), has expanded her podcast series “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation.” McCarthy’s podcast promotes interagency cooperation and is produced […]
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Featured article: Employing Maritime Security Response Teams as the Nation’s Maritime Crisis Response Force by Christjan C. Gaudio The U.S. Coast Guard is recognized worldwide for our ability to perform diverse maritime missions over vast geographic areas. Our value to the Nation resides in our enduring commitment to protect those on the sea, to protect the […]
... Read MoreNational Security Is Trump Giving Up on a Nuclear-Free North Korea?, The Atlantic The good, the bad, and the ugly at the US-North Korea summit in Hanoi, Brookings Trump says he didn’t discuss with Kim Jong Un an end to military exercises, Politico Border wall casts long shadow over FY20 defense budget — and that’s […]
... Read MoreNational Security The Dangerous Spread of Extremist Manifestos, The Atlantic Trump’s top Border Patrol official explains the two crises America faces at the border, Washington Examiner The Nuclear Game Theory of the India-Pakistan Crisis, The Atlantic The Security Clearance Process Is About to Get Its Biggest Overhaul in 50 Years, Nextgov Trump and Kim abruptly […]
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Dr. Dean Nowowiejski, the Ike Skelton Distinguished Chair for the Art of War at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC), delivered the most recent lecture in the General of the Armies John J. Pershing Great War Centennial Series on Feb. 26 at the Riverfront Community Center in downtown Leavenworth, Kan. Nowowiejski’s lecture […]
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