Simons Center News

Hurricane season has arrived for some and is fast approaching for others, with Pacific hurricane season beginning today, May 15, and Atlantic hurricane season beginning June 1. Ready.gov offers a digital toolkit to help prepare for hurricane season, including what to know before, during, and after a hurricane. The toolkit contains social media posts and links to graphics/videos […]

National Security Jerusalem welcomes the new U.S. Embassy as Palestinians decry ‘hostile’ move, The Washington Post National Security adviser John Bolton threatens ‘possible’ US sanctions on European firms over Iran, South China Morning Post Report to Congress on Artificial Intelligence and National Security, USNI ‘All Is Shambles’: The Days After the Iran Deal, The Atlantic […]

On May 9, 2018, Brian L. Steed, a retired lieutenant colonel, former faculty member of CGSC’s Department of Military History and and U.S. Army Middle East Foreign Area Officer, presented “Armageddon, Arabia, and the Modern Middle East,” at the Stove Factory Ballroom in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. Steed’s lecture was the 15th in the General of […]

National Security The ‘Silver Lining’ to Trump Pulling Out of the Iran Deal, Foreign Policy Pentagon revised Obama-era report to remove risks from climate change, The Washington Post Mattis: Leaving the Nuclear Deal Will Help the US Negotiate with Iran, Defense One After the Iran Deal, Here’s What the US Military Is Worried About Next, […]

Mr. Thomas A. Gray, the U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command Liaison to the Combined Arms Center and Army University, spoke at the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture at U.S. Army Command and General Staff College on May 8. His presentation was entitled “The Domain of Space and National Security.” Mr. Gray’s presentation began with a simple […]

Featured article: Insights to Effective Interorganizational Coordination by David Grambo, Barrett Smith and Richard W. Kokko The Joint Staff J7, Joint Force Development, supports the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) and contributes to the operational effectiveness of the joint force through the publication of focus papers containing insights and best practices across […]

National Security Trump abandons ‘defective’ Iran nuclear deal, to revive sanctions, Reuters European diplomat: ‘Pretty obvious’ Trump plans to nix Iran deal, Washington Examiner Trump Is Setting America on an Unpredictable Course in the Middle East, The Atlantic Fixing The Iranian Missile Problem, Defense One Don’t Count on Regime Change to Stop Iran’s Nuclear Program, […]

National Security The Afghan War Isn’t Being Won, Says New Pentagon Audit, Foreign Policy The Dead Metaphors of National Security, Defense One White House ignores executive order requiring count of civilian casualties in counterterrorism strikes, The Washington Post Who Can Challenge the No-Fly List?, Foreign Policy U.S. Progress in Rebuilding Afghanistan Detectable Amid Tragedy, Government Executive […]

The 2018 Fort Leavenworth Ethics Symposium was conducted April 30-May 1, 2018. This year’s theme was “The Impact of Diverse Worldviews on Military Conflict.” This ninth annual symposium featured a variety of guest speakers, panel presentations and breakout topics. CGSC Deputy Commandant Brig. Gen. Scott L. Efflandt delivered welcoming remarks on the morning of April […]

Dr. James Willbanks, General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History for the Command and General Staff College was honored in retirement ceremonies at the Lewis and Clark Center April 24. Willbanks career dates to 1969 when he was commissioned a lieutenant of infantry after graduating from Texas A&M University. His early […]