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National Security DoD gets request for 4,000 troops to stay on Mexico border through Jan. 31, Military Times Saudi crown prince exchanged messages with aide alleged to have overseen Khashoggi killing, The Washington Post The True Origins of ISIS, The Atlantic Is Trump really going to cut the defense budget?, Defense News Jim Mattis warns […]

National Security Something We Can Agree On: Close Some Overseas Bases, Defense One Report: Trump Draws Red Line Ahead of Shutdown Deadline, Government Executive The Korean War is Ending — With or Without Denuclearization, Defense One FBI’s Counterterrorism Investigations Now Run on Amazon, Nextgov Trade deal or not, the long-range prospects for US-China relations are […]

The 12th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted Nov. 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas (417 S. 2nd Street). A reception sponsored by the CGSC Foundation began at 6 p.m. In this most recent lecture, Col. Pat Proctor, Ph.D., discussed the 1968 presidential election […]

Featured article: Strategic Defense Impacts of Climate Change: An Interagency Challenge by Wendell Chris King The United States faces a complex and scary national security environment. We are confronted with numerous threats to peace and security from both inside and outside our borders: North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, Chinese aggression in Asia, Russian cyber activity, continued […]

National Security US government report says climate change exacerbating disasters, Al Jazeera Trump Administration Quietly Releases Intact 13-Agency Climate Change Report, Government Executive The Administration Signed a Contract to Bring on 7,500 Border Personnel. It’s Hired Just 15., Government Executive Hawaii’s false missile alert leads to new recommendations to prevent mistakes, The Associated Press The […]

National Security The US could regulate AI in the name of national security, Quartz So we’re celebrating the Pentagon’s failed audit?, Defense News It has cost $72 million so far to deploy active-duty troops to the border, Pentagon says, Military Times Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke and Jackie Speier question Mattis over border deployments, Defense News […]

Featured article: Collaborating to Solve National Science and Technology Challenges in a Time of Scarcity by Ian G. Brosnan and Jonathan Stock In late 2014, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) signed an interagency agreement to explore scientific collaborations with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s (NASA)’s Ames Research Center (ARC), which was followed by a second agreement in 2016 […]

National Security Trump defends border deployment amid fresh scrutiny, The Hill CIA concludes Saudi crown prince ordered Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination, The Washington Post America’s place in the world depends on conditions at home (and the middle class), Brookings Why migrants won’t see armed US troops on the border, The Associated Press General Dunford’s Border Politics […]

National Security CIA considered potential truth serum for terror suspects, The Associated Press Big Bad Data: Achilles’ Heel of Artificial Intelligence, Breaking Defense National Security Council official frames nation’s biodefense plan for Blue Ribbon Panel members, Homeland Preparedness News The White House bickering endangers national security, The Washington Post Price tag of the ‘war on […]

University of Kansas Professor of Law, Dr. Michael Hoeflich led a discussion on deterrence and international law in the cyber domain at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on November 14. Dr. Hoeflich’s presentation was part of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019. Hoeflich began his presentation with a brief summary of the […]