On November 15, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo briefed the Ohio Senate Community Revitalization Committee on the topic of America’s fentanyl crisis and the China and the Mexican cartels’ asymmetrical war through the drug trade. The committee hearing examined Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 to …

On November 8, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo briefed the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) workshop on Operationalizing the GCTF Counterterrorism Watchlisting Toolkit in the Western Hemisphere. She described the threat of foreign terrorist fighter flows possibly capitalizing on the irregular migration patterns in the Americas headed …

On November 8, the Perry Center welcomed a group of 32 students from Peru’s Programa de Alto Mando del Ejército (PAME). Perry Center Director Paul Angelo and Professors Arturo Sotomayor and David Spencer received and hosted the group led by the Director of the Escuela …

From October 30 to November 3, the Perry Center conducted a mobile Strategy and Defense Policy course for civilians and military personnel in Suriname. The weeklong forum, led by course director Dr. David Spencer, focused on defense ministry roles and responsibilities, civilian oversight of military …

On October 27, the Perry Center hosted a visit by Ecuador’s Joint Military Defense Academy (ADEMIC). The Ecuadorian delegation of nearly 60 naval captains and colonels from three services was led by Rear Admiral Luis Piedra, Director of Education of the Armed Forces, and Colonel …