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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
... Read MoreNational 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 […]
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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 […]
... Read MoreNational 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 […]
... Read MoreNational 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 […]
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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 […]
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Representatives from 83 nations participated in the third annual Counter Violent Extremist Organizations Chiefs of Defense Conference hosted by chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Marine Corps General Joe Dunford. The event, held in October, included U.S. combatant commanders and commanders of counterterrorism operations from around the world. At the conference, Dunford spoke of the need to focus […]
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Featured article: Understanding the Human Dimension for Unified Action: An Approach to Scholarship, Complexity, and Military Advice by Stephan Bolton Now is the time for enlivened discourse about unified action, national policy, and the human dimension. The peoples and institutions that inhabit operational environments are always significant to our desired outcomes. As the U.S. military […]
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