Jaax speaks on ebola, biological warfare

Dr. Jerry Jaax, Colonel (Ret.), U.S. Army Veterinarian Corps, and former Kansas State University Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance, visited Fort Leavenworth on May 1 as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series. Jaax is a world-renowned expert in the field of pandemic infectious disease control, serving 26… Read More

Former Ambassador to Boznia-Herzegonvina speaks in CGSC, USM classes

● mhwiggins ● May 4, 2017 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Patrick S. Moon, former U.S. Ambassador to Bosnia and Herzegovina and former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, visited the Leavenworth area April 26-28 to share his expertise as part of the Simons Center’s Interagency Speaker Series program. During his visit Ambassador Moon… Read More

USAID career minister visits Fort Leavenworth

● mhwiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Career Minister Dr. Dirk Dijkerman recently visited Fort Leavenworth as part of a Simons Center special speakers program. Dijkerman is a retired U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Career Minister with a vast amount of experience in the agency, most notably serving as the Executive Coordinator for the U.S. Ebola… Read More

Ambassador Kennedy returns to Fort Leavenworth

● mhwiggins ● May 3, 2017 ● News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

Ambassador (Ret.) Laura Kennedy 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 2017. Kennedy, who previously served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for European and… Read More

USAID focus of InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture – April 6

● mhwiggins ● March 28, 2017 ● Events Past Events Simons Center News ● No Comments

This seventh lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., April 6, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. This lecture features Mr. Patrick J. Wesner, the Command and General Staff College Distinguished Chair for Development Studies, who will… Read More

InterAgency Journal 8-1 (Winter 2017)

● mhwiggins ● March 21, 2017 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

In this winter 2017 edition of the InterAgency Journal author Patti Bielling offers a model for better U.S. – Mexico security cooperation; David Anderson offers his thoughts on how to best address future stabilization and reconstruction operations; Ted Thomas and Ira Chaleff address the leadership topic of intelligent disobedience; and… Read More

Sixth lecture in InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series – March 15

● mhwiggins ● March 10, 2017 ● Events Past Events Simons Center News ● No Comments

The sixth lecture in the new InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series is scheduled for 12:30-1:30 p.m., March 15, in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. The sixth presentation of the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series will feature Mr. Gustav A. Otto, the Defense Intelligence Chair… Read More

InterAgency Journal 7-3 (Fall 2016)

● mhwiggins ● December 21, 2016 ● Simons Center News ● No Comments

The fall edition of the Simons Center’s InterAgency Journal offers interagency practitioners and others a variety of topics to explore. – How can we maximize collaboration between federal organizations? How do you change organizational behaviors and culture? Where do our national security interests and the responsibility to protect vulnerable populations… Read More

Federal Executive Board is focus of Brown-Bag Lecture

● mhwiggins ● December 14, 2016 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

The fourth lecture in the InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture Series was co-hosted by the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School and the Simons Center for Interagency Cooperation on Dec. 13 in the Arnold Conference Room of the Lewis and Clark Center on Fort Leavenworth. Mr. Larry A. Hisle, Executive Director… Read More

Simons Center hosts third InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture

● Elizabeth Hill ● November 9, 2016 ● Featured News Releases Simons Center News ● No Comments

November 8 was a busy day for everyone at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College (CGSC). Not only was yesterday election day, but that afternoon the Simons Center and the U.S. Army Command and General Staff School (CGSS) hosted their third InterAgency Brown-Bag Lecture. Dr. John G. Breen, … Read More

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