Simons Center News

United Nations Assistant Secretary-General Kevin M. Kennedy met with faculty and students in a professional development session Oct. 19, in Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center to discuss a variety of topics ranging from the current situation in Syria to various U.N. humanitarian and peacekeeping missions both past and present. More than 50 […]

National Security   Let’s Walk This Through: If North Korea Launches An ICBM, Then…, Defense One Diplomats from US, S. Korea, Japan discuss N. Korean threat, Military Times Defeat of Islamic State in Raqqa may herald wider struggle for U.S., Reuters No Plans to Withdraw U.S. Troops Even After ISIS Defeat, Foreign Policy America Has […]

Featured article: Optimizing a U.S. Communications Strategy through Structure and Design by Sharon Engelmeier The endurance of Syria’s Assad regime, Russia’s defiant maneuvering in eastern Ukraine, and the Islamic State’s encroachment on Iraqi territory stand as staunch reminders to those within U.S. government strategic communication fields that they remain deficient in comparison to their adversaries’ […]

National Security   Kelly: North Korea threat ‘manageable’; hopes diplomacy works, Associated Press If Trump wants to prevent nuclear war with North Korea a ‘No First Use’ pledge might work better than threats, The Washington Post The sound in Havana: What Americans heard in Cuba attacks, Federal Times Appointee Watch: Kelly’s Replacement at DHS Announced, […]

National Security   Trump to pick Kelly deputy for top Homeland Security post, Nextgov Federal Agencies Significantly Ramp Up California Wildfire Response, Government Executive Should Uncle Sam ‘send in the Marines’ after hurricanes?, The Conversation Poll: North Korea nuke advances spook most Americans, Associated Press 12 Keys to Successful National Defense Strategy Planning, Defense One […]

On Oct. 12 more than 100 students, staff, and faculty of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College gathered in the Arnold Conference Room to hear Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Intelligence Analyst Kenneth Hines lead a discussion on homegrown violent extremists (HVEs) and the threats within the United States. Hines’ reviewed the history of […]

Featured article: Covert Action and Unintended Consequences by John G. Breen In the middle of the CIA’s 1954 covert overthrow of the democratically-elected government of Guatemala, with waning rebel force momentum and facing calls to increase support to the insurgents with unmarked surplus WWII bombers, President Eisenhower turned to his CIA Director and asked what […]

The Department of Defense’s (DoD) U.S. Northern Command (Northcom) is ready to support Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) efforts in responding to Hurricane Nate, which made landfall in Louisiana as a category 1 hurricane over the weekend. Northcom pre-positioned DoD assets in preparation for the response to Nate, and DoD has since activated defense coordinating officers […]

National Security   Should we treat domestic terrorists the way we treat ISIS?: What works—and what doesn’t, Brookings ISIS Fighters, Having Pledged to Fight or Die, Surrender en Masse, The New York Times How the White House expects agencies to meet the latest national security memo, Federal Times Milley: A bigger Army will mean more […]

October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month (NCSAM). NCSAM is an annual campaign to raise awareness about the importance of cybersecurity, and is designed to engage and educate public and private sector partners through events and initiatives to provide them with tools and resources needed to stay safe online, and increase the resiliency of the Nation in the […]