On September 14, the Perry Center hosted 22 members of the Colombian National Police. The delegation was led by Colonels Richard Fajardo Ayala and Sandra Patricia Lopez Luna – a Perry Center alumna. The group was welcomed by Perry Center Director Paul Angelo, faculty members, …

Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated virtually in the North American National and Regional Security Follow-Up Seminar titled “The Strategic Future between Mexico and the United States,” organized by the University of the Americas Puebla (UDLAP) in Mexico City on September 8-9, 2023 with 138 …

The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies joined regional security leaders in Colombia, August 22-24, for the 2023 South American Defense Conference (SOUTHDEC). General Helder Fernan Giraldo Bonilla, Commanding General of the Colombian Armed Forces, and General Laura Richardson, Commander of United States …

On August 10, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on transnational organized crime and its impact on state capacity in the Americas at the World Compliance Forum 2023 in Bogota, Colombia. She explained how transnational organized crime enriched by illicit financial flows is becoming …

On August 8, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo participated in an international forum titled “Global Threats, Regional Crisis and Domestic Challenges” at the Escuela de Altos Estudios Estratégicos of the Universidad Militar Nueva Granada in Bogota, Colombia with 70 participants in person and even more online. …