Adult Learning
Perry Center Professor Leads VTC Session on Security and Defense
On April 25th,Perry Center Professor Boris Saavedra conducted a VTC in support of CAEN‘s (Center for Higher National Studies) CEDEYAC course. With approximately 45 participants, Professor Saavedra discussed the conceptual framework of security and defense in the Western Hemisphere, followed by...
Perry Center provides VTC lecture to CEDEYAC course
On October 10, Dr. Luis Bitencourt lectured via VTC on “Challenges for Defense Governance in a Complex and Rapidly Changing World” to approximately 25 students of thePeruvian Navy’s CEDEYAC (Curso de Dirección Estratégica para la Defensa y Administracián de Crisis) course. Dr. Bitencourt...
Perry Center publishes interview with U.S. Special Envoy Bernie Aronson
The Perry Center’s most recent Regional Insight is a transcript of an interview conducted with U.S. Special Envoy to the Colombia Peace Accords, Mr. Bernie Aronson. Aronson was selected to his position by President Obama on February 20, 2015. Since then, he has made over two dozen trips to...
Romanian Students Study Regional Security at Marshall Center’s Special Seminar
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Twenty-five war-college level Romanian professionals had the opportunity to meet experts in the field to get an update on the regional security framework...
Student Shares Experience During FSP Botanical Gardens Weekend Tour
The Field Studies office provided a trip to the San Antonio Botanical Gardens on February 10. I was among 50 students attending this event. I had a chance to enjoy the dazzling array of colors in the formal setting that explores the world of exotic plants and unique species of Texas native...
The Comprehensive Security Course Launches with 70 Fellows in Resident
DKI APCSS welcomes a group of 70 security practitioners from the Indo-Pacific region who will be the first graduates of the newComprehensive Security Course (CSC). The participants range from high-ranking military officers to directors of government agencies, law enforcement, and leaders of...
The Perry Center at 20
The Perry Center celebrates its twentieth anniversary: 20 years of empowering security and defense professionals in the Americas. For two decades, the Perry Center has educated policymakers, practitioners, and academics from throughout the Americas in the security and defense sectors...
Twenty-Two Senior Leaders Graduated from the Transnational Security Cooperation Course
Twenty-two senior leaders from 19 countries and the United States completed the Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) course 21-3 which was conducted in-resident in Honolulu, HI, from Dec. 5th to 10th. The fellows participating in the course represented diverse nationalities from...
U.S. and International Fellows complete Asia-Pacific orientation at APCSS
One hundred fifty Fellows from nine locations gained increased knowledge on factors impacting regional security during the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC 15-3...
Visit by Paraguay’s Institute for High Strategic Studies (IAEE)
On Thursday, October 20, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a delegation of students from Paraguay’s Institute for High Strategic Studies (IAEE). Led by COL Vicente Torres, Chief of Staff and Program Advisor, and Dr. Laura Battilana, Director of the National...
Welcome to the 2015-2016 Class of African Fellows at NDU
On Friday, July 31, the Africa Center was pleased to welcome the newest class of African fellows at the National Defense University. Numbering 20 and coming from 12 countries across the continent, the fellows arrived this summer before beginning their rigorous year-long academic program at...
Workshop enables DKI APCSS, ASEAN nations to build education cooperation
In an effort to advance regional cooperation in professional military education, the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies facilitated a three-day workshop, Jan 12 to 14, 2016. Titled, "Command and Staff Colleges in the Asia-Pacific: Next Steps Towards a Framework for...
‘Inclusion’ Marks the First Graduating Class of the Comprehensive Security Cooperation Course
On March 30, seventy Fellows representing 30 different nations graduated from the first Comprehensive Security Cooperation Course 22-1 held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) in Honolulu, Hawaii, from February 24- March 30. The Fellows ranged from...