Simons Center News

National Security Security experts: Foreign nation not behind Friday internet attack, The Hill Battlegrounds: The Fight for Mosul and Election Day Disruptions, Foreign Policy US wants Mexico under grid security pact before year’s end, Washington Examiner Norm Augustine on Public-Private Lack of Trust, Defense One Why the U.S. Army’s Readiness Crisis is So Terrifyingly Real, […]

Earlier this month The Chicago Council on Global Affairs and the Bipartisan Policy Center published a report on immigration and its relationship to the safety and security of the nation. “Balancing Priorities: Immigration, National Security, and Public Safety” examines the U.S. government’s ability to balance the country’s immigration, national security, and public safety priorities as […]

Yesterday the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) hosted the second lecture in their new InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series. Over 65 students and faculty from the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) and other area universities attended the lecture. Special Agent Christopher J. Lamb, Ph.D., […]

National Security Countering violent extremism in America: Policy recommendations for the next president, Brookings Why it’s taking so long for the U.S. and its allies to finish off the Islamic State in Libya, The Washington Post FACT SHEET: Building a Lasting Effort to End Modern Slavery, White House Ex-NSA contractor accused of massive theft is […]

Featured article: Interagency Qualifications to Address Fragility, or Rethinking Civil Affairs by Kurt E. Müller The defense sector has a long-standing appreciation of the value of whole-of-government approaches to national security challenges. The phrase “all elements of national power” resonates with Department of Defense (DoD) leadership and is a common feature of curricula and outreach […]

Today, the President’s Interagency Task Force to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (PITF) convened at the White House. This was the final cabinet-level meeting of the PITF during the Obama administration. The PITF reported on the progress made within four priority areas: rule of law, victim services, procurement and supply chains, and public awareness and outreach. The […]

National Security Homeland Security Is ‘Investigating All Potential Causes’ of Internet Disruptions, Time Government alleges former NSA contractor stole ‘astonishing quantity’ of classified data over 20 years, The Washington Post US Election, Presidential Transition Will Be ‘OK,’ Intelligence Chief Says, Voice of America Beyond Grabbing: Gender, Conflict, and the National Security Establishment, Lawfare Terrorism is […]

National Security 10 foreign policy questions for the final Clinton-Trump debate, Brookings The Hidden Defect In U.S. Nuclear Strategy That Could Spell America’s Doom, The National Interest False Alarm May Have Triggered U.S. Navy Warship’s Missile Defense System, Military Times Mission Possible: A Spy Agency Builds A Tech Scout Network, Nextgov Fear of an imminent […]

The Department of Defense (DoD) is wrapping up its two-week mission in Haiti. Service members were deployed to the storm ravaged nation following Hurricane Matthew’s landfall in early October. Earlier this week, U.S. Southern Command commander Navy Admiral Kurt W. Tidd spoke about DoD’s response efforts during a conference at the Center for Strategic and International […]

National Security The Apps They Carried: Software, Big Data, and the Fight for Mosul, Defense One Losing the Peace is Still Losing, War on the Rocks James Cartwright, Ex-General, Pleads Guilty in Leak Case, The New York Times Despite failures, North Korea could field missile next year: U.S. expert, Reuters Battle for Mosul Tests Obama […]