Cyber Security
NESA Center Conducts Executive Seminar on Technology and Security
From 25 July to 5 August 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted an Executive Seminar that focused on how the security sector is informed by technological advances. The event’s topics included Autonomous/Unmanned Systems, Space, Cybersecurity, Artificial...
NESA Center Roundtable Discussion with the Indian Institute of Public Administration
On 6 February 2024, five NESA Center faculty members held a seminar discussion at NESA Center offices in Washington, D.C., with two faculty members and twelve students from theIndian Institute of Public Administration (IIPA)regarding current and emergent policy issues in South Asia and the...
NESA Center Subject Matter Expert Lecture Series at the Royal Jordanian National Defense College
From 21–23 January 2024, the NESA Center Professional Military Education (PME) Team enabled the delivery of three subject matter expert (SME) lectures to students and faculty at the Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC) outside Amman, Jordan. Over the course of three days,...
NESA-USAFRICOM “North Africa Senior Leaders Workshop”
The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command (USAFRICOM), conducted a“North Africa Senior Leaders Workshop”from 7–14 September 2022 in Washington, DC, ending the 2022 NESA-AFRICOM Workshop Series. The focus of the Workshop was on the...
New Cybersecurity curriculum now available
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (November 9, 2016) – A newly published Cybersecurity Curriculum is now available for institutions interested in implementing cybersecurity education programs, in order to better protect their networks from cybersecurity threats. The creation of the...
Perry Center announces new publication on Caribbean security and defense matters
August 26, 2016 The Perry Center is excited to announce its latest book, an edited series of essays titled, “Contemporary Security and Defense Issues in the Caribbean.” Contributing authors include students and professors from the Caribbean Security and Defense Course in 2015. The 200-...
Perry Center Co-Hosts Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Seminar in Panama
February 5-7, 2020, the Perry Center co-hosted a three-day Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure Seminar with the Panamanian Ministry of Public Security, the National Aeronaval Service of Panama, and the United States Embassy in Panama. Vice Minister of Public Security Ivor Pittí Hernández...
Perry Center Kicks Off Regional Seminar on Countering Transnational Threats
August 10, 2016 The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and Colombia’s Escuela Superior de Guerra/Centro Regional de Estudios Estratégicos de Seguridad have convened over 100 senior defense and security professionals, from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Paraguay,...
Perry Center Professor Conducts VTC Lecture with CEDEYAC Students
April 26, 2019 On April 25, speaking on the importance of cybersecurity for critical infrastructure, Perry Center Professor Dr. Boris Saavedra addressed an audience of approximately 25 students enrolled the Peruvian Navy's Postgraduate War College's CEDEYAC (Strategic Leadership for Defense...
Perry Center Visits Ecuador
April 15, 2019 The Perry Center Director, Lieutenant General (ret.) Frederick Rudesheim, professors Celina Realuyo and Dr. Boris Saavedra along with Kara O’Ryan from the Alumni and Academic Outreach Office traveled to Quito, Ecuador from 1-3 April, 2019 for three days of academic and...
Qatari Diplomatic Institute Virtual Seminar
From 08-10 November 2021, Dr. Gawdat Bahgat led the Qatari Diplomatic Institute Virtual Seminar to help foster a shared understanding of the evolving strategic landscape in the Middle East and promote mutual cooperation. The seminar was attended by over 100 officials from the Qatari Ministry...
Residential Phase of Cyber and DG Courses Begin at the Perry Center
On Monday, September 16 2019 the residential phase of two Perry Center courses, Defense Governance (DG) and Cyber Policy Development (CYBER) began. Nearly 80 senior military and civilian representatives from a dozen countries in the Western Hemisphere have convened for the next two weeks to...
Residential Phase of HR/ROL and CTTN 2019 Courses Come to a Close
April 08, 2019 On Friday, March 29, The Perry Center celebrated the graduation of students participating in the 2019 Combatting Transnational Threat Networks (CTTN) and Human Rights and Rule of Law (HR/ROL) courses. Attended by more than 80 civilian and military officials from across the...
Securing the Cybersphere
“While a peaceful cyberspace provides us with many opportunities, the potential for malicious cyber activities by state and non-state actors to create instability and mistrust in international relations is increasing,” according to a statement released by the chair of the Global Conference on...
Senior Executive Seminar: Global & Regional Power Competition
From 15-19 November 2021, the Near East South Asia Center (NESA) hosted a virtual Senior Executive Seminar titled “Global and Regional Power Competition.” The seminar started off with welcomes from Course Director Dr. Michael Sharnoff, NESA Center Academic Dean Dr. Roger Kangas, and NESA...
Strategy and Defense Policy Course Comes to a Close
On October 21, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies celebrated the graduation of students in the 2016 Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP) course. Completed by 72 civilian and military officials from 19 countries, SDP gave students the opportunity to ask questions of...
The Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS)
The CT team here at DKI APCSS has started a new weekly newsletter called CT Go! It is available on our public webisite at this link. We have also uploaded the newest CTGo! Podcast.
Two Courses Begin at the Perry Center
On Monday, April 24, 2017 two courses began at the Perry Center: Strategic Implications of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (HR/ROL) and Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC). Over 80 military and civilian officials from 18 Western Hemisphere...
Two for the Price of One with the Indo Pacific Defense Forum
We have a rare treat this week with the publication of the Indo Pacific Defense Forum (IPDF).The latest issue of the IPDF has twoarticles by DKI APCSS faculty.Dr. Al Oehler has an article on Debt & Strategic Competition (Pg 10) andDr. Inez Miyamoto has an article onWeaponized Ransomware(pg...
USF and the NESA Center Host the 5th Great Power Competition Conference
On 28–29 April 2022, TheUniversity of South Florida (USF) College of Arts and Sciencesand theNear East and South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studieshosted the 5th Great Power Competition Conference titled“The Future of National Security After 9/11: Where We are We Now? Where Will We be in...