From May 1-5, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated in the NESA-AFRICOM Workshop Series on “The Changing Nature of Security,” “Transnational Threats Know No Boundaries” and “The Women’s Revolution: Life, Liberty, and Freedom” conducted in Bangkok, Thailand. The engagement included 60 participants (50 women …

On Monday, May 8, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies launched the resident phase of its inaugural climate change course, “Climate Change and Implications for Defense and Security (CCIDS).” Forty-three participants from 21 countries in the Americas and Africa will participate in …

On April 25, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo briefed the full meeting of the Inter-American Defense Board on the fentanyl crisis in the US and the emerging threat from synthetic drugs in the Western Hemisphere. She described how synthetic drugs are more addictive, easier to produce …

On April 17, the Perry Center launched its 2023 resident course program with two courses: “Strategic Implications of Human Rights and the Rule of Law” (HR/ROL) and “Countering Transnational Threat Networks” (CTTN). In total, 92 participants representing 16 partner nations were welcomed. US Ambassador to …