On Thursday, January 12, Perry Center Director Mark Wilkins presented the 2016 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education to Ambassador Luigi Einaudi during a ceremony in Lincoln Hall Auditorium. Mr. Read More
REICHENAU, Austria (Nov. 18, 2014) –The Partnership for Peace Consortium’s Regional Security in the South Caucasus Study Group convened a multinational forum on Austria’s neutral ground, providing a constructive atmosphere for open dialogue Nov. 6 to 8 here. Read More
On 23 January 2025, Dr. Michael Sharnoff and Professor Anne Moisan hosted a virtual roundtable titled "The Post-Assad Era in Syria" with a MENA program Alumnus, Brigadier General Antoine Abisamra. Read More
DIILS conducted an IMET funded Peacekeeping Operational law seminar for the Republic of Sierra Leone Armed Forces (RSLAF) at the British led International Military Assistance Training Team (IMATT) facility in Freetown between 18-22 August 2008. Read More
On 23 May 2023, the NESA Center announced the launch of its online, on-demand courses for alumni through the GlobalNET Learning Management System (LMS). Read More
From 23–24 April 2024, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies team, led by Program Manager Matthew Holbert and Academic Advisor Andrea Brewington, delivered a two-day Faculty and Student engagement to the Saudi Read More
DIILS Congratulates our Alumna, Captain Grace Ajierh from Kenya, who completed the Female Military Officers Course co-organized by UN Women and the International Peace Support Training Center. Read More
From 30 August–1 September 2021, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies arranged a three-day virtual seminar to help participants assess, analyze, and identify opportunities to effectively counter human trafficking in South Asia and the Gulf and impr Read More
21–25 March 2022, the Near East South Asia Center (NESA) hosted a Combating Transnational Threats Senior Executive Seminar (CTSES) titled “The Importance of Non-State Actors.” The seminar started off with an introduction and welcome from Course Director and NESA Center Pr Read More
Kiev, Ukraine (Dec 19, 2014) – NATO and partners have enjoyed close security cooperation ties with Ukraine for over two decades, but only recently has such cooperation taken on a new sense of urgency. Read More
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. Read More
From 9–13 December 2024, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted an Executive Seminar entitled “Conflict Resolution, Cooperation, and Challenges in the MENA Region” in Washington, D.C. Led by Dr. Read More
DIILS congratulates our alumni, Major General U.A.B Medawela, on his promotion to Chief of Staff for the Sri Lankan Army. Major General Medawela was an alumni from our Spring 2005 Peacekeeping and Rule of Law Class. Read More
Congratulations to Mr. Edmunds Akitis (STACS 2011-2) who learned over the summer that he had earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Masters Degree in Homeland Security -- the first such program of its kind in the world -- at California's San Diego State University.... Read More
