Simons Center News

Video of the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation’s fourth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is now available. Mr. Larry A. Hisle, Executive Director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), presented a lecture on “The Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board” on December 13, 2016. The next lecture in the series will […]

President Obama recently declared January 2017 National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month. In his proclamation, the President spoke of slavery’s role in U.S. history, and the continuing role it plays, saying “the injustice of modern slavery and human trafficking still tears at our social fabric.” The President also spoke about the role of the President’s Interagency […]

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has released their end of year statistics for fiscal year 2016. These statistics reflect the department’s immigration enforcement efforts prioritizing convicted criminals and threats to public safety, border security, and national security. The report includes data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. In his remarks, […]

National Security No, the U.S. doesn’t need to expand its nuclear weapons program, Brookings Central Americans continue to surge across U.S. border, new DHS figures show, The Washington Post DHS/FBI report officially implicates Russian hackers for 2016 election tampering, Federal Times Climate change is going to be very bad for the global economy, Business Insider […]

Featured article: Killing Kids: An Interagency Problem by John R. Bennett, Nicholas J. Hitt and Eric A. Swett A call crackled over the radio and broke the silence of a quiet morning in Iraq in 2003. With panic in his voice, a young American Soldier stammered, “There is a child pointing a gun at us […]

National Security Contentious presidential transition could threaten national security, Federal Times Hacking Into Future Nuclear Weapons: US Military’s Next Worry, Nextgov What to make of the NDAA’s latest DOD reorgs, FCW Can DNA technology thwart military supply chain threats?, C4ISR Net Obama Strikes Back at Russia for Election Hacking, The New York Times New DARPA […]

National Security Trump picks former Bush aide for counterterror adviser, The Hill With final detainee transfer, Obama’s Guantanamo policy takes its last breath, The Washington Post Right-sizing the Trump defense buildup, Brookings If Trump Can Figure Out How to Pay for $1 Trillion of New Nukes, God Bless Him, Foreign Policy New in 2017: Big […]

The House of Representatives and the Senate recently passed the RESPONSE Act of 2016, in an effort “to enhance emergency responder training for incidents involving hazardous-materials rail transportation.” The bill passed the House on November 29, and the Senate on December 10, before being signed into law by President Obama on December 16. The RESPONSE Act of 2016 […]

National Security Women’s Rights Are a National Security Issue, The New York Times Special Operations Command takes a lead role in countering weapons of mass destruction, The Washington Post Trump and Pentagon nominee James Mattis don’t appear to see eye-to-eye on nuclear weapons, The Washington Post Terrorism Financing Task Force Releases Results of Two-Year Investigation, […]

Last week, the House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force to Investigate Terrorism Financing released a bipartisan report of its 12 month long probe into the threat terror financing poses to the U.S. financial system. The task force’s report focuses on financial crimes that support terrorist acts or organizations. According to the report, terrorist financiers present a real […]