Simons Center News

National Security How to Grade Trump’s National Security Strategy on a Curve, Foreign Policy Brookings experts on Trump’s National Security Strategy, Brookings Trump’s National Security Strategy Deserves to Be Ignored, Foreign Policy Tradition’s quiet victories: Trump’s National Security Strategy, War on the Rocks U.N. Security Council imposes new sanctions on North Korea over missile test, […]

The House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee reviewed the DHS Interagency Task Force Act of 2017 on December 13. The bill was introduced to the committee by Representative John Rutherford (R-FL) on December 5. The committee unanimously agreed to the bill, which authorizes the participation of Department of Homeland Security personnel in overseas interagency counterterrorism task forces, […]

National Security The National Security Strategy papers over a crisis, The Atlantic Trump should mind the gaps in his national security strategy, War on the Rocks Three Ways to Read Trump’s National Security Strategy, The Atlantic Trump’s National Security Strategy Is a Farce, The New York Times Lawmakers urge Tillerson to declassify Qatar counterterrorism agreement, The […]

Video of the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation’s latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture is now available. Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Dec. 12, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center […]

Featured article: The Vision Process: Seven Steps to a Better Organization by Matthew J. Bonnot and Carey W. Walker When someone mentions the need for a vision in an organization, more seasoned leaders tend to roll their eyes at the concept and snicker and with good reason. New leaders seem to publish vision statements much the same […]

Happy Holidays from the CGSC Foundation and the Simons Center! Left to right: Col. (Ret.) Roderick M. Cox, Program Director, Simons Center; Joan Cabell, CGSC Foundation Director of Development; Elizabeth Ditsch, Simons Center Program Assistant; Ann Soby, CGSC Foundation Director of Operations; Jennifer Herron, Foundation Database/Gift Shop Operations; Col. (Ret.) Douglas L. Tystad, CGSC Foundation […]

President Trump announced the new National Security Strategy (NSS) on December 18, saying “With every decision and every action, we are now putting America first.” The NSS is supported by four pillars – protect the homeland, promote American prosperity, preserve peace through strength, and advance American influence. The new NSS emphasizes strength, particularly military and economic […]

National Security Trump’s Nation Security Plan Warns of ‘Great Power Competition’ With Russia and China, The New York Times Security Clearance Backlog Has Been a Decade in the Making, Government Executive Trump Administration Seeks Outside Help to Hire 26,000 New Immigration Enforcement Personnel, Government Executive Beyond maximum pressure: A pathway to North Korean denuclearization, Brookings […]

National Security New York City terror attack is the new normal, The Hill Court document points to Kaspersky Lab’s cooperation with Russian security service, The Washington Post Tillerson Open to Talks With North Korea, Foreign Policy Trump Signed NDAA. Here’s What It Means., Nextgov Allies Are Key, Says Trump’s National Security Strategy, Defense One A […]

The 2018 classes of SAMS and CGSOC are well underway and into the rhythm of their academic year. – In this issue we highlight our 4th annual Celebration of International Friendship where we welcomed the 2018 class of international military students. We also continue our “CGSC 101” series that highlights the College’s teaching departments and […]