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“The General and the Ambassador” discuss role of development in national security
Posted: September 9, 2020 by the Simons Center
On September 7, Ambassador (retired) Deborah McCarthy was joined by former Acting U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Alonzo Fulgham and former Senior USAID Mission Director James Bever on a new episode of "The General and the Ambassador." This episode... Read More
Featured Article: Countering Russian Hybrid Warfare
Posted: May 12, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: Countering Russian Hybrid Warfare by Nicholas J. Stafford Russia’s recent operations in Crimea, Eastern Ukraine, and Georgia have disrupted a generation of relative peace and stability between Moscow and its Western neighbors. This, and China’s growing challenge to... Read More
Featured Article: Great Power Competition Lessons from Tibet
Posted: May 4, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: Proxy Warfare on the Roof of the World: Great Power Competition Lessons from Tibet by Steve Ferenzi A sponsor may disrupt or coerce an adversary with only a small investment in a proxy force without crossing the threshold... Read More
Featured Article: The First 21st Century Water War
Posted: April 20, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: The First 21st Century Water War by J. M. Landreth Dr. Ismail Serageldin, founding director of Bibliotheca Alexandria, forecasted in 1995 that wars in the 21st century would be fought over water rather than oil. While an increasing... Read More
Featured Article: Is it Time for an Interagency Goldwater-Nichols Act?
Posted: March 4, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: Is it Time for an Interagency Goldwater-Nichols Act? by Sean M. Roche The unstable global economic situation in conjunction with an ever-increasing fight for resources and power ensure future warfare will resemble the previous ten years in Iraq and... Read More
Featured Article: When Diplomacy Fails…
Posted: February 26, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: When Diplomacy Fails: Consent, Risk and Modern Warfare by M. Shane Riza I sat on troop seats in the back of a KC-135 Stratotanker crossing the Atlantic the week before Christmas 1998. My feet were experiencing negative temperatures,... Read More
Featured Article: An Interagency Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs
Posted: February 19, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: An Interagency Experience with the Department of Veterans Affairs by Khanh T. Diep The experience of the past decade of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan has demonstrated the value of holistic thinking and problem-solving. Terms such as “team... Read More
Featured Article: Intellectual Habits in Understanding the Operational Environment
Posted: February 5, 2020 by the Simons Center
Featured article: Intellectual Habits in Understanding the Operational Environment by James T. Wilson Einstein acknowledges the importance of understanding the operational environment. If we do not understand the complex environment in which we operate, then we are likely wasting effort or... Read More
Featured Article: Building Civil-Military Synergy in the Interagency
Posted: November 13, 2019 by the Simons Center
Featured article: Team of Rivals: Building Civil-Military Synergy in the Interagency by Jeffrey S. Han In the summer of 2009, in the aftermath of the defeat of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, I deployed as a newly-minted, active duty, Army civil... Read More
Featured Article: The Influence of Transhumanist Thought on Human Enhancement
Posted: October 30, 2019 by the Simons Center
Featured article: The Influence of Transhumanist Thought on Human Enhancement by Jeff Sheets In the April 2017 edition of National Geographic Magazine, journalist D.T. Max describes his encounter with cyborg Neil Harbisson. Color blind from birth due to a condition... Read More
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