Simons Center News

Mr. Ralph M. Erwin, Senior Geospatial Intelligence Officer, led a discussion on the roles and missions of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) on September 24 – the second to speak as part of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for academic year 2019. The NGA is both a combat support agency under the Department of Defense and an […]

Featured article: The Ethics of Information-Gap Decision Making by William J. Davis, Jr. and Penny Koerner Not taking risks one doesn’t understand is often the best form of risk management. – Raghuram G. Rajan Classic decision-making theory incorporates three echelons of information required to make a decision: certainty, risk, and uncertainty. Information-gap theory provides models […]

Brigadier General (Ret.) Wendell Chris King, Ph.D., P.E., Dean Emeritus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) addressed students and faculty from the University of Saint Mary’s (USM) on September 21, the International Day of Peace, as part of the Simons Center Distinguished Speaker Series. The presentation was hosted by Dr. Karenbeth […]

National Security National security leaders: Trump’s Iran strategy could spark war, The Hill America Needs an Entirely New Foreign Policy for the Trump Age, The Atlantic Managing the new threat landscape, Brookings ICE’s Expanded Use of Local Law Enforcement Came Without Adequate Planning or Resources, Government Executive DHS Needs to Define Network Disruptions Before It […]

National Security DHS Needs More Data to Help Stop Bioterrorism, Nextgov FBI, DOJ said to plan redactions despite Trump’s document order, Stars and Stripes State Dept: Worldwide terrorist attacks decreased by 23 percent in 2017, The Hill U.S. To Go on Offense in Cyberspace, Bolton Says, Nextgov National security negligence needs to end, The Hill […]

The response to Hurricane Florence is underway, and according to Air Force General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessey cooperation between local, state, and federal entities has been “outstanding.” Speaking from the North Carolina operations center, O’Shaughnessey praised the efforts of the Department of Defense (DoD), the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and other responders, saying that their cooperation […]

Featured article: Chinese Advantages in the Development and Integration of Artificial Intelligence and Warfare by Daniel G. Cox The United States currently leads the world in Artificial Intelligence (AI) development. However, several scholars and writers have noted that this lead is dwindling and that China is rapidly catching up. Most observers see a concerted effort […]

On the 17th anniversary of 9/11, the United States Institute of Peace published a report on extremism and the threat posed by fragile states. Beyond the Homeland: Protecting America from Extremism in Fragile States is a report of the Task Force on Extremism in Fragile States, which is led by the co-chairs of the 9/11 […]

National Security Could Trump meet Kim in New York this month when world leaders gather? Why, and why not, The Associated Press Security Brief: Russia Wraps Vostok Exercise; Taliban Experiments With Governance, Foreign Policy Beyond the Homeland: Protecting America from Extremism in Fragile States, United States Institute of Peace Why Bolton’s Assault on the ICC […]

According to Department of Defense (DoD) officials, more than 7,000 active duty and National Guard service members are prepared to respond to Hurricane Florence. DoD officials also said that the department is working with civilian agencies and federal partners in support of regions affected by the storm. U.S. Northern Command is “actively posturing” DoD forces in […]