Simons Center News

In episode 78 of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by General Alberto José Mejía Ferrero and Ambassador Kevin Whitaker. McCarthy and guests discuss the arduous effort to negotiate a peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC). […]

Lending support for the Ukraine in the war against the Russia has sparked a great deal of debate, both here in the United States and among our allies. In the newly introduced section of our website “Thoughts on War and Conflict,” Col. (ret.) Bob Ulin shares his opinions about the Ukrainian conflict and the current state of U.S. support.

Members of the Fort Leavenworth-Roger Donlon Chapter of the Foreign Area Officers Association (FAOA), along with spouses and friends met at Leavenworth’s Ten Penny Restaurant on the afternoon of March 22, 2023 to welcome Ambassador (Ret.) David Miller during his visit to Fort Leavenworth. Ambassador Miller was visiting Fort Leavenworth at the invitation of the […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on March 23, 2023, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin opened the event welcoming the ARNSF members, some of whom introduced their personal guests. After the lunch period, Ambassador (Ret.) David C. Miller, Jr, president of […]

In episode 77 of the podcast “The General and the Ambassador: A Conversation,” host Ambassador (Ret.) Deborah McCarthy is joined by Mississippi Adjutant General, General Janson Boyles, and former U.S. Ambassador to Uzbekistan, Pamela Spratlen. The three discuss the role of the U.S. national guard overseas, focusing on the State Partnership Program between the Mississippi […]

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum (ARNSF) luncheon event on March 8, 2023, at the Mission Hills Country Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests. As lunch was winding down Ulin introduced the guest speaker, Lt. Gen. […]

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 […]