Simons Center News

Featured article: Demystifying the Interagency Process and Explaining the Ambassador’s Role by Ronald E. Neumann This article is designed to be an introduction to the interagency process and its application in the field for those unfamiliar with the subject. One great obstacle to understanding the interagency process is the tendency, particularly in the U.S. military, to refer to […]

On May 11, the Trump administration released the long-delayed Executive Order on Strengthening the Cybersecurity of Federal Networks and Critical Infrastructure. The order calls for government agencies to follow best cybersecurity practices and holds agency leaders accountable for security breaches. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary John Kelly spoke about DHS’s cybersecurity efforts and the new executive […]

National Security Is America a Failing State?, Foreign Policy CIA establishes mission center focused on North Korea, The Hill Spy Chief Searching for Cuts Across Entire US Intelligence Community, Defense One ICE-led gang surge nets 1,378 arrests nationwide, Department of Homeland Security North Korea poses ‘existential’ threat, US intel chief warns, Associated Press U.S. intelligence […]

National Security Comey’s Firing Came as Investigators Stepped Up Russia Probe, The Wall Street Journal Security Clearance Bureau Making Progress But No Timeline To End Backlog, Nextgov Military brass defend State Department against White House budget ax, Defense News Condoleezza Rice: ‘We have to call’ out radical Islamic terrorism ‘by name’, Washington Examiner Justice interviewing […]

National Security U.S. poised to expand military effort against Taliban in Afghanistan, The Washington Post Cheap Chinese Aluminum Is a National Security Threat, Foreign Policy America’s Allies Are in Decline. Here’s How the US Should Adjust, Defense One DHS Wants To Verify Drones, Devices Are What They Say They Are, Nextgov US to work through […]

Last week, officials from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) testified in a House Committee on Homeland Security hearing on preventing terrorist entry to the U.S. The Committee hearing focused on the new Task Force on Denying Terrorists Entry to the United States, which was established earlier this year. The bipartisan task force was created with the […]

Featured article: Cognitive Dissonance and Religion in Military Stability Operations by William B. Scott Cognitive dissonance is a psychological theory about how the mind resolves conflicting beliefs, attitudes, and behaviors held simultaneously. For many Americans, it is important to “emphasize the Christian religion,” while maintaining a “separation between Church and State.” Although the two statements above would seem […]

Video of the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation’s latest lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is now available. Mr. Patrick J. Wesner, the Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for Development Studies, spoke about history and mission of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) on April 6, 2017. Wesner’s presentation was the […]

Dr. Jerry Jaax, Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army Veterinarian Corps, and former Kansas State University Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance, visited Fort Leavenworth on 1 May as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series. Jaax is a world renowned expert in the field of pandemic infectious disease control, serving 26 years with the U.S. Army Veterinary […]

National Security The Border Patrol’s Corruption Problem, The Atlantic John Kelly Lays Out His Border Security Vision, Defense One Trump’s trade policy rests on a little-known national security provision, The Hill Special Operations Commander: More troops would aid Afghanistan fight, The Washington Post Homeland Security can’t keep up with more than 1 million immigrants who […]