Twenty international participants journeyed to Newport, RI from 18 countries to attend the DIILS SOLARA course.SOLARA is short for “Stability Operations: Legal Aspects of ROE/RUF Afghanistan”, a two-week course for forces deploying or continuing deployments to... Read More
From 21–30 August 2023, the NESA Center conducted the “Perspectives on Strategic Leadership Seminar” with students and faculty of the Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC) in Amman, Jordan. 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
The vast expanse of the Indo-Pacific conceals a dark secret: sea slavery, a human rights crisis entwined with unsustainable fishing practices. From idyllic coastlines to the open ocean, forced labor, abuse, and environmental destruction cast a long shadow. Read More
DIILS conducted Legal Aspects of Peacekeeping seminar with Beninese Armed Forces in July 2007. The Beninese Armed forces have significant peacekeeping experience and the seminar was a truly collaborative experience for the DIILS team to have the input of their experience Read More
The September 2021 Arctic Academic eTalks presentation on "China: Information and Influence" with Dr. Camilla T.N. Sørensen and Dr. Marc Lanteigne is happening on Friday September 17th, 2021 at 0800 AK/ 1000 MT/ 1200 EST/ 1800 CET. Read More
From 23 August – 1 September 2022, the Near East South Asia Center’s professional military education (PME) team conducted the second iteration of the CAPSTONE strategic leader education program for a select audience of rising Iraqi senior leaders. Read More
From 17–20 May 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies in coordination with the Saudi Arabian National Defense University (SANDU) conducted a War College Joint Professional Military Education Seminar titled “Partnering with Coalitio Read More
HONOLULU (Sept. 2, 2021) -- Illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing has significant and far-reaching security, economic, and environmental implications for the Indo-Pacific. In the words of Adm. Read More
Tashkent - A DIILS seminar at the Military Academy addressed the Law of Armed Conflict and Human Rights as they apply to international and non-international armed conflict. Read More
Vienna, Austria, May 12, 2021 - The third virtual meeting of PfP-C’s Regional Stability in South East Europe Study Group took place on 12 May 2021. Read More
The conclusion of International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) operations in Afghanistan in 2014 closes an important chapter in the history of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In this volume, European and US experts examine a range of ... Read More
NEWPORT- 29 August 2019, eight participants from partner nations graduated from DIILS’s 3-week Legal Aspects of Peacekeeping Operations (LAPKO) resident course. Read More
DKI APCSS Director, Pete Gumataotao is leading a delegation of Center faculty and staff through a visit to Thailand. The trip marks one of the Center’s first expeditions into the region since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read More
Geneva, Switzerland (December 17, 2015) - Security sector reform (SSR) is an increasingly important topic on the agenda of international development, and peace and security communities. Read More