Simons Center News

The CGSC Foundation’s Simons Center hosted an Arter-Rowland National Security Forum luncheon event on May 26, 2022, at the Carriage Club in Kansas City. Simons Center Director Bob Ulin welcomed the ARNSF members, some of whom also introduced their guests, and then introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Mahir Ibrahimov. In this presentation of the forum, […]

The U.S. Army’s School of Advanced Military Studies (SAMS) Class of 2022 graduated May 26, 2022, in a ceremony conducted in the Eisenhower Auditorium of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. The class consisted of 107 students graduating from the Advanced Military Studies Program and 17 from the Advanced Strategic Leadership Studies Program, […]

The eighth and final presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series for CGSC academic year 2022 was conducted May 18, in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board, led the discussion about the Federal Executive […]

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW REFLECTS ON THE NECESSITY OF ESTABLISHING AND MAINTAINING STANDARDS In his personal blog, Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Robert Caslen reflects on the West Point honor code asserting that while the Corps of Cadets “understands the importance of character within a leader who does not lie, cheat or steal, but they struggle to understand […]

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW: ROBERT L. CASLEN, LIEUTENANT GENERAL (RETIRED), U.S. ARMY Robert L. Caslen is a United States veteran who served in the U.S. Army for 43 years. His military career culminated in 2018 as the 59th superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point. He also served as the 29th president of […]

The 14th lecture in the Vietnam War Commemoration Lecture Series was conducted May 12, 2022 at June’s Northland in downtown Leavenworth, Kansas. Dr. James H. Willbanks, Professor Emeritus and former General of the Army George C. Marshall Chair of Military History at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and decorated Vietnam War veteran, was […]

Eight faculty members from the Command and General Staff College Department of Joint, Interagency and Multinational Operations represented CGSC in the Kansas City International Relations Council’s “WorldQuest” competition at the University of Missouri –Kansas City (UMKC) Volker Campus on the evening of May 4, 2022. The team, consisting of both active duty officers and civilian […]

In this edition we highlight the visit from Christine Wormuth, the first female Secretary of the Army. In this edition we also have updates from the CGSC commandant and deputy commandant, as well as school directors, and
 for the first time, an update from the commandant of the Sergeants Major Academy. At 40 pages, this […]

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW COMMENTS ON NATO’S NEED TO IMPROVE ITS MILITARY POWER In a piece published for the Center for European Policy Analysis on March 23rd, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Gordon “Skip” Davis argues that NATO must readdress its approach for deterrence of Russia. While Davis acknowledges a significant growth in NATO’s military power since 2014, […]

SENIOR RESEARCH FELLOW: GORDON B. “SKIP” DAVIS JR, MAJOR GENERAL (RETIRED), U.S. ARMY Gordon “Skip” Davis is currently a Senior Fellow at the Center for European Policy Analysis. He recently served as NATO’s Deputy Assistant Secretary-General for Defense Investment. Prior to NATO, Skip served 37 years in the U.S. Army retiring as a Major General. […]