Simons Center News

Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong had the honor of hosting the historic U.S. – North Korea summit between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on June 11, 2018. Prime Minister Loong is a graduate of the CGSC Class of 1978 and a 2009 inductee into CGSC’s International Hall of […]

(ArmyU Public Affairs) In preparation for the Command and General Staff College graduation on June 15, international military students received their International Graduate Badges in a ceremony June 14, 2018, at the Lewis and Clark Center. Netherlands Major Rene Berendsen, International Military Student Chief of Staff for the Command and General Staff Officers Course Class […]

Featured article: Pacific Command: Attacking the Nexus of Emerging Threats by Jan Schwarzenberg With conflicts winding down in Southwest Asia and the accompanying retraction of U.S. forces overseas, the U.S. may once again direct its attention globally. While troops engaged in open combat in Iraq and Afghanistan, commitments elsewhere in the world did not lag or wane. In […]

National Security Four Ways North Korea’s Nukes Spell Trouble for the US — Even If They’re Never Used, Defense One Facebook allowed Chinese firm charged as a national security threat to access user data, Washington Examiner What a Small ISIS Cell in Trinidad is Teaching SOUTHCOM, Defense One Statement from DHS Press Secretary on May […]

Dr. Ted Thomas, the director of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College’s (CGSC) Department of Command and Leadership, led the tenth and final presentation for academic year 2018 of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series on June 6. Dr. Thomas, discussed how leading in an interagency-dominated contemporary environment requires a more nuanced approach than […]

Featured article: Evolving Band-Aids to Global Crisis: For Want of U.S. Leadership by Mark Sweberg and Allan Childers Change is in the wind for the U.S. Army. Indeed, it is in the wind for all the Services as the strategic focus of the U.S. shifts from Europe to the Pacific and as the military adjusts […]

The 2018 classes of SAMS and CGSOC are nearing completion of their academic year. – We wish them well as they head back into the operating forces to put their knowledge and skills back to the test. In this edition we continue our “CGSC 101” series that highlights the College’s teaching departments and schools with […]

National Security A Radical Pick for the National Security Council, The Atlantic Trudeau: It’s ‘insulting’ that the US considers Canada a national security threat, The Hill Trump Tariffs Threaten National Security, The New York Times Trump’s North Korea Gamble Is a Real-Time Experiment, The Atlantic Relief for North Korea only after clear, irreversible steps to […]

Dr. David A. Graff, professor of history at Kansas State University, recently guest lectured at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). On May 31, Dr. Graff spoke on Chinese military history at an elective course in the Department of Military History. According to Department of Military History instructor Dr. Geoff Babb, Dr. Graff […]

National Security Trump’s tariffs against key US military allies could be a blow to national security, CNBC The White House Is Not Complying With Inquiries From Government’s Top Watchdog, Government Executive What Would Denuclearization Look Like in North Korea?, Council on Foreign Relations U.S. Missile Defense Seen Gaining Against Threat of Kim’s ICBMs, Bloomberg Why […]