Simons Center News

National Security America’s National Security Trilemma — and How to Solve It, Defense One What JASTA will mean for U.S.-Saudi relations, Brookings DOJ National Security Chief ‘Not Afraid To Impose Consequences’ On Hackers, NPR Obama administration discussing military options against Syria: report, The Hill Army Leaders: Service Must Look to the Future While Training for […]

Featured article: Ethics Committee Model for Humanitarian Operations Planning by Philip W. Ginder Most hospitals and healthcare organizations have established ethics committees that deal with issues involving medical, ethical, and/or legal conflict or uncertainty. The Joint Commission, the accreditation body for the vast majority of hospitals and other ambulatory healthcare settings in the U.S., requires that healthcare organizations […]

Video of the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation’s first lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is now available. The inaugural lecture, titled “Interagency Cooperation and Country Team Operations,” featured Ambassador (Ret.) David Lambertson and Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Richard Keller, and was hosted with the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School. The next lecture in the series will take […]

National Security Reassessing the Threat of Homegrown Violent Extremism in the United States: Overstated or Underestimated?, Small Wars Journal The Trump National Security Paradox, Lawfare Rep. Will Hurd: “Encryption is Good for Our National Security”, Nextgov The National Security State – Joined At The Hip To Terrorism, The Huffington Post Text-Based Emergency Alerts Could Soon […]

National Security Five Lawmakers Are Challenging Gag Orders on FBI National Security Letters, The Intercept Chief of Staff of the Army: Changing Nature of War Won’t Change Our Purpose, Association of the United States Army Kerry Says TPP Rejection Would Hurt US National Security, The New York Times The Case for Retaining the First-Use Doctrine […]

Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work recently spoke about the Joint Interagency Combined Space Operations Center (JICSpOC) at the Air, Space and Cyber Conference. In his keynote, Work said that JICSpOC “is designed to perform battle management and command and control of the space constellation under threat of attack,” and that “it is the first step […]

National Security Military failed to conduct background checks on civilians in base housing, putting troops at risk, Military Times Get ready for the new normal: Fighting terror in the US, The Hill Carter: Nuclear Triad ‘Bedrock of Our Security’, Defense News U.S. charges four Chinese, firm with aiding Pyongyang’s nuclear program, The Washington Post U.S. […]

Featured article: Is the United States Ready for a Deadly Airborne Disease Outbreak? by Conrad R. Wilmoski and Meghan C. Muller In March 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared an Ebola virus disease outbreak in West Africa. This was the most significant Ebola outbreak in history, with more than 10,000 Ebola virus disease (EVD) […]

National Security After 15 years of war, America’s military has about had it with ‘nation building’, Military Times 9 States Accept DHS’ Election Security Support, Nextgov The Final Front in the Afghan War, Foreign Policy Islamic State fired crude chemical weapons on US troops – Pentagon, The Guardian Can the F.B.I. Do More to Investigate […]

Yesterday, Robert G. Salesses, deputy assistant secretary of defense for homeland defense integration and defense support to civil authorities, stressed the importance of strengthening collective security through preparedness, saying “I emphasize that national preparedness and military readiness are synonymous.” Salesses discussed the variety of regional threats faces Department of Defense (DoD) personnel around the world […]