Security Sector Reform and Transformation
Partnership for Peace Consortium conducts South Caucasus regional stability exercise
Kiev, Ukraine (Mar 30, 2015) – TheRegional Stability in the South Caucasus (RSSC) Working Groupconvened an international panel of experts from 26-28 March in Kiev. The meeting was organized under the framework of the Partnership for Peace Consortium (PfPC) in collaboration with the...
Perry Center and UNDEF Host Defense Governance Amid Complex Threats Course in Buenos Aires
From March 5-13, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, in partnership with the Argentinian National Defense University (UNDEF), hosted the Defense Governance Amid Complex Threats (GDAC) course in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The two-week course, which addressed...
Perry Center Conducts Concurrent Caribbean and Governance Security & Defense Courses
From May 5-16, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies convened 105 participants from 25 countries for the resident phase of two concurrent courses: Caribbean Security & Defense (CSD) and Governance and Strategy for Security & Defense (GSSD). Vice...
Perry Center Participates in the 2025 Central American Security Conference
From April 7 to 11, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies participated in this year’s Central American Security Conference (CENTSEC) in Panama City, Panama. Co-hosted by Commander of US Southern Command Admiral Alvin Holsey and Minister of Public Security of...
Perry Center Presents at FIU Hemispheric Conference on Security in the Changing Geopolitical Landscape
On March 9, 2017 Florida International University Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center and the U.S. Army War College hosted a Hemispheric Conference on Security in the Changing Geopolitical Landscape in Miami, FL with over 100...
Perry Center Professor Addresses the OAS Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime
On April 8, 2024, Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “The Globalization and Digitalization of Illicit Networks in the Americas” at the Fourth Meeting of National Authorities on Transnational Organized Crime (RANDOT-IV), which will be held on 8th and 9th April 2024, at OAS headquarters in...
Perry Center Professor Speaks at 2024 US-Mexico Forum hosted by UCSD
On April 30, 2024, Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on the fentanyl epidemic in the US and bilateral efforts to curb illicit fentanyl flows from Mexico in the US on the “Beyond Borders: Future Paths for Security Policies” panel at the US-Mexico Forum 2024 hosted by the UC San Diego. Other...
Perry Center Welcomes Participants to CSD and GSSD 2025
On May 5, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies launched the resident phase of its Caribbean Security and Defense (CSD) and Governance and Strategy for Security and Defense (GSSD) courses, welcoming 105 participants from 25 countries to Washington, DC. “By...
Residential Phase of SDP Course Begins
October 11, 2018 On Monday, October 15, 2018 the Perry Center’s biggest academic course to date, Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP), began. Over 90 military and civilian officials representing 17 countries in the Western Hemisphere traveled to Washington, DC to begin the 2 week...
Romanian alumni association celebrates 20 years of cooperation with the Marshall Center
Over 200 people met on Nov. 21 in Bucharest at Central University Library Carol I to mark 20 years of activity with the Marshall Center. The US Chargé d’Affairs, Duane Butcher and German Amb. Werner Lauk attended the event as well as the US Defense Attaché COL Roderick Dorsey and ODC...
The Key to Successful Elections in Timor-Leste: Professional Security Forces
Flavio Simoes (CSRT 16-1) recently published an editorial on the value of professional security forces and how that is essential to successful elections. His article,"The Key to Successful Elections in Timor-Leste: Professional Security Forces," was published by The Diplomat today....
The Nature of Power: A Metcalfe’s Law National Security Strategy
“The Nature of Power: A Metcalfe’s Law National Security Strategy” by James Sullivan is the latest paper written for DKI APCSS’ Security Nexus. In his paper, Sullivan says that “the world is at a crossroads is true, but not in the way it is popularly understood.” He states, “Peer...
Ukraine Military and General Staff Focus of Sixth Marshall Center Senior Leader Seminar
By James E. Brooks, George C. Marshall European Center Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (July 24, 2017) – Fifteen senior leaders from the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and General Staff, as well as two Ukrainian parliamentarians, traveled to the George C. Marshall...
Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation Visits the Perry Center
On August 16, the Perry Center hosted students from the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) as a part of that institution’s annual visit to Washington, D.C. The institutional visit included partner nation students in WHINSEC’s Maneuver Captains Career Course...
Why is China on a Hyper-Aggressive Streak during a Global Pandemic?
“Why is China on a Hyper-Aggressive Streak during a Global Pandemic?” is a new paper by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Srini Sitaraman for Security Nexus. In this OpEd, Sitaraman offers three explanations as to why China is engaged in hyper-aggressive behavior in the midst of a global pandemic...