Security Studies
Partnerships and Soft Power in Space
“Partnerships and Soft Power in Space” is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Al Oehlers for Security Nexus. This article emphasizes the importance in examining the role of allies and international partners in the newly-formed U.S. Space Force and Space Command’s...
PASS 16-15 Graduates
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Nov. 17, 2016) – Armed with the knowledge of the “big picture” of the world’s security challenges and whole-of-government approaches, 106 security professionals from 51 countries graduated from the George C. Marshall...
Perceptions of Indigenous Security Practitioners on China’s Geostrategic Activities in the Pacific
“Perceptions of Indigenous Security Practitioners on China’s Geostrategic Activities in the Pacific” is a new research paper authored by Dr. Deon Canyon for Security Nexus. Excerpt: “Increasing regional activity by China and the increased United States focus on Oceania are already...
Perceptions of U.S. Posture in Papua New Guinea
“Perceptions of U.S. Posture in Papua New Guinea” is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Deon Canyon and Michael Kabuni forSecurity Nexus. This article compares the effects of U.S. posture on the relationship with Papua New Guinea, to that of the People’s Republic of China...
Perl Delivers Remarks on Asymmetric Warfare at Budapest Conference
Raphael Perl, executive director of the Partnership for Peace Consortium, shared his perspectives on asymmetric warfare at the conference, “Asymmetric Warfare, Conflict of the Past, the Present and the Future.” The conference was held at Stefania Palace in Budapest, Hungary on November 9-10,...
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 Awards Honors Dr. Linda Castro Gainza and Peru's CAEN
Each year, the William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies recognizes organizations and individuals who have made notable contributions to promote mutually supportive approaches to common security issues in the Western Hemisphere. On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 the Perry Center...
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 Conducts Academic Exchanges and Alumni Event in Dominican Republic
Last week, Perry Center Director LTG (ret.) Frederick Rudesheim, Professors Boris Saavedra and Celina Realuyo, and Educational Outreach Specialist Kara O’Ryan traveled to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, to conduct a series of official visits and academic exchanges with institutional...
Perry Center Explores Solutions to Complex Threats in New Academic Course
July 15, 2016 More than 30 students from 10 Latin American countries are attending a new academic course at the William J. Perry Center on how to handle complex security threats. The course, Defense Policy and Complex Threats (DPCT), is directed by Dr. Luis Bitencourt and Professor...
Perry Center facilitates Central American dialogue on human rights in complex security environments
Perry Center Professor of Practice William Godnick and Adjunct Professor Juan Carlos Gomez, with the support of the Inter American Institute of Human Rights (IIDH), facilitated a dialogue among 36 military, police, civilian government and civil society officials from 9 Central American and...
Perry Center Hosts Hemispheric Forum on Cuba's Continuing Regional Influence
On Tuesday, March 3rd 2020 the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the Hemispheric Forum "Cuba's Continuing Regional Influence". The event featured subject matter experts from academia, Cuban dissidents, and US policymakers as they explored the question of how the...
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...
PfP Annual Conference Geneva 2013
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PfPC Annual Conferences
NO Dates City Country Theme Downloads 1 October 1998 Zurich Switzerland Networking Security Institutions in the Information Age and the Way Ahead Proceedings...
PfPC Background Paper- “Big Data” and Emerging Security Challenges: Issues Facing Decision Makers
This background paper examines policy issues associated with emerging security challenges arising from the impact of big data on areas of societal importance and offers considerations for response. There is no single accepted definition for big data. However, the term generally represents...
PfPC Leads Seminar on Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Skopje
By Partnership for Peace Consortium SKOPJE, Macedonia (Nov. 9, 2017) – The Republic of Macedonia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the United States Embassy in Macedonia co-hosted the Partnership for Peace Consortium’s (PfPC) Combating Terrorism Working...
PfPC's Emerging Security Challenges Working Group is underway in Malta, discussing hybrid warfare and hybrid conflict
The Partnership for Peace Consortium's (PfPC)Emerging Security Challenges Working Groupmet in Malta, generously hosted by the University of Malta's Mediterranean Academy of Diplomatic Studies (MEDAC). The group discussed hybrid warfare and hybrid conflicts, which focuses on the changing...
Planning for Military Involvement in an Indo-Pacific Pandemic Vaccination Program
The newpaper written by Sebastian Kevany, University of California, San Francisco; Deon Canyon, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii; Robert Ostergard, U.S. Navy (Retired); Michael Baker, U.S. Navy (Retired); Sheena Eagan, East Carolina University and Jacob Baker,...
PLTCE Language Course Helps Diplomats ‘Say the Right Thing at the Right Time’
By Christine June Public Affairs George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 22, 2018) – Everyday, Sofiko Balanchivadze writes and analyses executive documents and news on bilateral issues for eight partner nations for the Minister of...
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Terror Crime Nexus? Terrorism and Arms, Drugs, Human Trafficking in Georgia
This chapter examines the presence of a terror-crime nexus in Georgia. It focuses on potential points of intersection between terrorism and arms, drug and human trafficking. After outlining the threat that transnational terrorism and international organized crime pose to Georgia, the author...
Terrorist Routes in Central Asia: Trafficking Drugs; Humans, and Weapons
This chapter argues that the weaknesses associated with Central Asian states tend to keep states in the region relatively exposed to penetration by external forces. According to the author, these forms of weaknesses allow sub-state actors to play a greater role in the determination of regional...
Terrorist Routes in South Eastern Europe
This chapter analyzes the relationship between terrorism and organized crime in Southeastern Europe. The author argues that transnational organized crime is a complex phenomenon in this region, one lnked with warlordism and terrorism. According to her, politics, crime and corruption have merged to...
The Age of Post-Truth: State Influence and Strategic Communication - Contemporary Security Challenges on Europe’s Eastern Flank
The role of strategic communication has changed in the context of Russia’s relations with its partners, including the West, the post-Soviet space and the Western Balkans since 2013 with the declaration of the close integration of communication with other means of Russian influence. Moscow has...
The Art of Shaping Defense Policy: Scope, Components, Relationships (but no Algorithms)
This chapter facilitates an understanding of basic concepts and relationships in defense policymaking. The study considers the art of defense policymaking in assessing weaknesses and identifying opportunities for improvements in the process of articulating defense policy.
The Asymmetric Warfare Environment as Described by the Participants
The completion of a cross-national research study on a sizeable sample of military personnel who had participated in asymmetric warfare operations has resulted in a variety and breadth of survey material that is deserving of further examination. Additional study of the data gathered in this...
The Challenge of Sustaining US Influence in Latin America in the 21st Century
Influential international affairs author Robert Kaplan postulated during a recent speech in Washington DC that the contemporary effects of advanced technology and other factors of globalization does not change the world’s geography, "but has intensified it." Kaplan also noted the aftershocks of the...
The Comprehensive Approach: NATO Responses from an Operational Standpoint - Case of Afghanistan
This chapter focuses on the role of NATO in Afghanistan. The author argues that NATO recognizes that its politico-military engagement in Afghanistan should be guided by a comprehensive approach that brings together NATO's military involvement in theatre with the alliance's wider diplomatic efforts...
The Concreteness of Asymmetric War: Fragments of Experience
IntroductionAsymmetric warfare takes its name from the pitting of a weaker opponent against a stronger one, and from the use of war-fighting techniques that are vastly different from traditional military tactics. It is the use of these untraditional methods that enables the weaker side stand up to...