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IAE 15-01W A New Strategic Framework: Development as an Instrument of American Power
Posted: January 27, 2015 by the Simons Center
InterAgency Essay 15-01W, January 2015 by William F. Lyons Rapid economic globalization and urbanization have created an international security environment that has radically altered the calculus of the national security of the United States. Economic globalization has changed the lives... Read More
Chairman calls for information sharing legislation
Posted: January 22, 2015 by the Simons Center
In an interview earlier this week, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin Dempsey spoke about U.S. vulnerabilities to cyber attacks. The Chairman specifically addressed threats to civilian and private infrastructure. During the interview, Dempsey spoke of the... Read More
War Termination – Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan
Posted: October 15, 2014 by the Simons Center
October 22, 2014 Join us October 22, for an evening lecture and panel discussion that will compare and contrast the war termination measures of the Vietnam war with the current Post-9/11 conflicts of Afghanistan and Iraq. Speakers include Lt. Gen. Paul... Read More
USAID builds on Iraq emergency response
Posted: September 29, 2014 by the Simons Center
In the past two months, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has released a series of fact sheets outlining their role in the U.S. response to continuing conflict and hardship in Iraq. The fact sheets provide and overview of... Read More
InterAgency Journal 5-2 (Summer 2014)
Posted: July 16, 2014 by the Simons Center
Inside this issue: Features Download the journal. Losing Lessons at the Water's Edge: Applying FEMA's Interagency Coordination Doctrine to International Stabilization and Reconstruction Operations by Benjamin Cabana Deep Analysis: Designing Complexity Into Our Understanding of Conflict by Thomas G. Matyók, Hannah Rose Mendoza... Read More
DISA releases 2014-2019 strategic plan
Posted: May 21, 2014 by the Simons Center
In May, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) released its strategic plan for 2014-2019. The strategic plan outlines DISA’s focus areas, guiding principles, and strategic goals for the future. In his introduction to the DISA strategic plan, DISA director Lt.... Read More
DoD releases 2014 Quadrennial Defense Review
Posted: May 19, 2014 by the Simons Center
Earlier this spring, the Department of Defense (DoD) released its fifth Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR), a congressionally mandated review of DoD strategy and priorities. The 2014 QDR builds on the 2012 Defense Strategic Guidance, and seeks to adapt, reshape, and... Read More
CSO evaluates two years of engagement
Posted: March 17, 2014 by the Simons Center
Last week, the State Department's Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (CSO) published a report detailing CSO's efforts in its two years in existence. CSO was established in 2011 to improve the effectiveness and coherence of the U.S. government in... Read More
Joint publication on counterinsurgency reviewed by CSIS
Posted: February 11, 2014 by the Simons Center
Last week the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released their review of recently updated Joint Publication (JP) 3-24 Counterinsurgency (COIN). JP 3-24 was updated in November 2013 and amends the original JP that was published in 2009. The... Read More
Fort Lee professor wins 2013 CGSC Faculty Interagency Writing Competition
Posted: December 17, 2013 by the Simons Center
Dr. William J. Davis, Jr., associate professor in the Department of Joint, Interagency, and Multinational Operations at the Fort Lee, Va., satellite campus of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, was recently selected as the winner of the... Read More
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