State Surgeon of Kansas presents on modern epidemics

Dr. Lee A. Norman, the State Surgeon of Kansas, presented a lecture entitled “Modern Epidemics: Why they occur and why we should worry!” on Monday, April 23 in the Arnold Conference Room in the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Dr. Norman spoke about public health issues the world… Read More

Ambassador McCarthy returns as DACOR Visiting Professor

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 23, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassador Deborah McCarthy returned for a second visit to Fort Leavenworth in April, again serving as the DACOR visiting professor of diplomacy for the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC) Class of 2018. McCarthy, who served as the U.S. Ambassador to Lithuania from 2013 to 2016, visited… Read More

Career Minister Gottlieb joins Distinguished Speaker Series

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 16, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Career Minister Gregory Gottlieb, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Gottlieb is the director of the Feinstein International Center of Tufts University, and also holds the endowed position as the Irwin H. Rosenberg Professor in Nutrition… Read More

Amb. Moon returns to Fort Leavenworth

● Elizabeth Hill ● April 12, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassador Patrick S. Moon returned to the Fort Leavenworth area in early April of this year, where he again took part in the Simons Center’s Distinguished Speakers Series. Ambassador Moon, who served as the the U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2013, visited Fort Leavenworth April… Read More

Ambassadors discuss country teams in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● mhwiggins ● April 6, 2018 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Retired Ambassadors David Lambertson and Patrick Moon gave the latest presentation in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series, entitled “Ambassadorial Expectations and Country Team Operations” on April 3. During their presentation Ambassadors Lambertson and Moon shared their experiences on Embassy Country Teams and discussed an ambassador’s expectations of U.S. personnel and… Read More

InterAgency Journal 9-1

● mhwiggins ● March 16, 2018 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

This issue of the InterAgency Journal features writings on homeland security, how to deal with corruption in overseas security operations, dealing with refugees, and interagency leadership. The last article authored by a group of CGSC West African Scholars discusses a framework for economic cooperation in West Africa. This issue also… Read More

Ethics of cyber defense topic of latest brown-bag lecture

● mhwiggins ● February 28, 2018 ● Featured News Releases School News Simons Center News ● No Comments

On Feb. 26, Dr. Michael H. Hoeflich, the John H. & John M. Kane Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of Kansas, led a discussion on the ethics of cyber defense in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. During his presentation Hoeflich… Read More

CALL highlights lessons learned from State personnel

● Elizabeth Hill ● January 26, 2018 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

The Center for Army Lessons Learned (CALL) recently published a new installment in their “News From The Front” series focused on the experiences of Department of State personnel in interagency operations. Leveraging the Interagency: Insights from the U.S. Department of State Leadership is a collection of articles related to U.S.… Read More

KC Federal Executive Board topic of latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● mhwiggins ● December 12, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Mr. Larry A. Hisle, executive director of the Greater Kansas City Federal Executive Board (FEB), conducted a presentation on the FEB in the latest InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Dec. 12, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. During his presentation, Hisle discussed the role… Read More

InterAgency Journal 8-4

● mhwiggins ● December 6, 2017 ● Featured Simons Center News ● No Comments

This issue of the InterAgency Journal features writings on ethics, leadership, strategic communications, educating, and the world order. – The lead article by Erik Jens provides an insider’s perspective, using historical analysis, on the ethics of interrogation. Another article, authored by William Davis, is an excerpt from the interagency leadership… Read More

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