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2024 Prerry Award Selectees /Seleccionados para el Premio Perry 2024
2024 Prerry Award Selectees Announcing the selection of the University of the Armed Forces-ESPE (Ecuador) and Brigadier General Werner Guiseppe Kioe A Sen (Suriname) to receive the 2024 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education! Thank you to all who...
A Message from the Director
I thank Dr. Scott Tollefson for 25 years of service in the US government, including nine years as the Perry Center’s Dean of Academic Affairs and three years as Associate Dean. Dr. Tollefson has been part of the transformation of the Center across multiple directors. He is a trusted advisor...
Call for Nominations
2024 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A Message from the Director Every day, thousands of dedicated professionals in government, the military, academia, and civil society do the tireless, often unheralded work of making...
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS - 2025 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education
2025 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A Message from the Director Every day, thousands of dedicated professionals in government, the military, academia, and civil society do the tireless, often...
Dialogues with the Perry Center – Season 2, Episode 2: Cybersecurity
Announcing the release of Season 2, Episode 2, of our video series, “Dialogues with the Perry Center,” hosted by Perry Center Professor Luis Bitencourt. In this Spanish-language episode, Dr. Bitencourt discusses cybersecurity with Professor Boris Saavedra. Dr. Saavedra explores the various...
Launch of Human Rights and Cyber Policy Resident Courses
On July 8, Perry Center Director Dr. Paul Angelo welcomed 60 participants from 19 countries for the resident phase of two courses: “Strategic Implications of Human Rights and Rule of Law” and “Cyber Policy Development and Artificial Intelligence Applications for Defense.” Dr. Angelo was...
Perry Center and IADC Celebrate Graduation of Inaugural Space Policy and Strategy Course
On April 21, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and the Inter-American Defense College (IADC) celebrated the graduation of the first co-branded Space Policy and Strategy course. With thirty-four participants from fourteen countries, this milestone program...
Perry Center and IADC Launch First Space Policy and Strategy Course
On February 26, the Perry Center, in partnership with the Inter-American Defense College (IADC), launched its first co-branded Space Policy and Strategy course in Washington, DC. Designed for civilian and military professionals, the course analyzes outer space’s strategic, technological,...
Perry Center Conducts Concurrent Caribbean and Governance Security & Defense Courses
From May 5-16, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies convened 105 participants from 25 countries for the resident phase of two concurrent courses: Caribbean Security & Defense (CSD) and Governance and Strategy for Security & Defense (GSSD). Vice Admiral...
Perry Center Conducts First Mobile Strategy and Defense Policy Course in Guyana
From February 3 to 7, 2025, the Perry Center, in partnership with the Guyana National Defence Institute, delivered its mobile Strategy and Defense Policy (SDPm) course in Georgetown, Guyana. This course, designed to equip both civilian and military personnel with the tools to navigate...
Perry Center Honors Brigadier General Kioe A Sen with 2024 Excellence in Security and Defense Education Award
On January 23, Perry Center Director Dr. Paul J. Angelo presented the 2024 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education to Chief of Defense Brigadier General Werner Kioe A Sen in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Perry Award honors individuals and institutions whose...
Perry Center Hosts Delegation from Paraguay’s Ministry of Defense
On April 9, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies welcomed a delegation from Paraguay’s Ministry of Defense as part of an ongoing bilateral engagement. The delegation included three distinguished representatives: Colonel Hugo Osvaldo Javier Rodríguez Martínez (...
Perry Center Participates in 3rd Annual International Congress on Hemispheric Security and Defense; Hosts Colombian Alumni Event
On February 26-27, 2025, the Perry Center participated in the 3rd Annual International Congress on Hemispheric Security and Defense: Challenges and Cooperation in a Context of Global Change, held in Bogota, Colombia. The two-day event, organized by the Universidad Jorge Tadeo Lozano...
Perry Center Participates in 7th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum
On April 3, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies participated in the 7th Annual Security Challenges in Latin America Forum, Securing the Next Quarter Century: 25 Years of Transformation in Latin America’s Security and Defense, held at the Johns Hopkins...
Perry Center Participates in the 2024 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association
From Wednesday, June 12, to Saturday, June 15, a Perry Center team led by Director Paul J. Angelo participated in the 2024 International Congress of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA) in Bogota, Colombia. They gave multiple presentations, participated in the book exhibit, and...
Perry Center Participates in the 2025 Central American Security Conference
From April 7 to 11, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies participated in this year’s Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) in Panama City, Panama. Co-hosted by Commander of US Southern Command Admiral Alvin Holsey and Minister of Public Security of...
Perry Center Professor Addresses the OAS Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime
On April 8, 2024, Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “The Globalization and Digitalization of Illicit Networks in the Americas” at the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime (RANDOT-IV), which will be held on 8th and 9th April 2024, at OAS headquarters in...
Perry Center Professor Speaks at Crisis of Governance in Security and Development Forum in Colombia
On April 10, 2025, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated virtually in the “Crisis of Governance in Security and Development” forum, hosted by Simón Bolívar University (Unisimón) in Cúcuta, Colombia. The event, part of Unisimón’s Expert Lecture Series, was organized by the...
Perry Center Professors Speak at the Leadership, Strategic Planning and Cooperation Forum in Bogota, Colombia
On June 14, 2024, Perry Center Professors Celina Realuyo and Boris Saavedra participated in the Forum on Leadership, Strategic Planning and Cooperation: A Threat and Challenge Scenario in the Defense and Security Sector for some 200 military, civilian and academic officials in person and...
Perry Center Receives Delegations from Guatemala and Mexico
On May 13, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies welcomed delegations from the Command of Higher Education of the Guatemalan Army (COSEDE) and Mexico’s Center for Advanced Naval Studies (CESNAV). Perry Center Director Paul J. Angelo, the Dean of Academic Affairs...
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2023 Legatum Prosperity Index
On 27 February 2023, the Legatum Institute published the 16th edition of the Legatum Prosperity Index. The Legatum Prosperity Index is a tool for transformation, offering a unique insight into how prosperity is forming and evolving across the world. Leaders around the world can use it to help set...
The Bahamas: A Case Study in Confronting PRC Influence
In this article for US Northern Command’s magazine, The Watch, Dr. William Godnick describes the contours and challenges faced at the United States’ "third border" in the Caribbean, specifically the multi-island state of the Bahamas. Dr. Godnick outlines the long-standing bilateral...