“Faster Euro-Atlantic Integration – A Precondition for Lasting Peace and Stability in the Western Balkans?” The Study Group on Regional Stability in Southeast Europe of the PfP Consortium organized a seminar on this theme in tandem with the Center for Security Studies, a... Read More
LILONGWE, Malawi — The concept of the responsibility to protect and retailoring conflict prevention policies to address new security challenges will be essential to effectively conduct peace support operations, ac Read More
The Africa Center, with the support of the National Defence College Nigeria, U.S. Africa Command, and the U.S. State Department, hosted a weeklong Streamlining Interagency in Maritime Security Workshop in Abuja, Nigeria, on 16-20 May. Read More
The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies offers nine annual courses on contemporary defense sector legal challenges at DIILS' home base, Naval Station Newport. Read More
DIILS presented a week-long seminar on "Military Operations Other Than War" in Bangkok. The participants included military officers, prosecutors, attorneys, and judges. The Judge Advocate General of the Thai Army made opening and closing remarks for the seminar. The U.S. Read More
DIILS continued a successful relationship with Romania during two seminars held in Bucharest and USMC, DIILS Program Manager for Romania, led a team consisting of USAF; JAGC, USN; and Army National Guard, for two weeks of seminars that focused on the Legal Aspects of Air Read More
Human trafficking is the third largest criminal activity in the world, behind illegal arms and drug sales. It is a leading source of profits for organized crime, generating between $7 billion and $10 billion annually according to U.N. estimates. Read More
On 21 April 2022, The Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies hosted another Washington webinar to explore the security challenges facing the Middle East and South Asia. Read More
In June 2007 DIILS international operations officers CPT Nagesh Chelluri (US Army) and LT Derek Mills (USN) hosted 3 Togolese Judges and their interpeter in Washington DC for a week of orientation on US Tort claims laws. Read More
From 11–15 September 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted a Combating Transnational Threats Senior Executive Seminar (CTSES) titled “Emerging Security Platforms in the Digital Age” Read More
On Saturday, March 18, we attended a DLIELC trip arranged by the International Field Studies Office. It was to the 59th An-nual San Antonio Folk Dance Festival held at Our Lady of the Lake University. This was our first time attending a fes-tival like this. Read More
Vienna, Austria, December 7, 2018 – Since the establishment of a crisis hotline between Armenia and Azerbaijan in October 2018, reports of ceasefire violations have decreased approximately 75% according to George Niculescu, Partnership for Peace Consortiu Read More
Marshall Center Prof. CAPT Rob Blazewick, the deputy director of the Seminar in Trans-Atlantic Civil Security (STACS), addressed over 45 Latvian civil servants and law enforcement personnel, almost all of them Marshall Center alumni, in Riga, Latvia today. CAPT Blazewick... Read More
On 2 March 2022, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies and the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS) held a joint roundtable discussion to examine the potential impact of the Vienna nuclear negotiations between Iran and global powers on re Read More
On Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the Hemispheric Forum "Cuba's Continuing Regional Influence". Read More
The Legal Aspects of Defense Support to Civil Authorities 18010 course presented the inaugural Vincent Sowa Award to Group Captain Musa Sanda-Jika from Nigeria. Read More
From 25–26 April 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies held a Gulf security roundtable discussion in partnership with the Qatari Armed Forces Center for Strategic Studies and Chatham House in London. Read More
DIILS program on "Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism" held recently in Lima, Peru was made even more relevant by the extradition of a former Peruvian President from Chile to Peru for alleged misconduct occurring during his tenure in office (1990-2000). Read More