Andrew Griffin is a career member of the US Foreign Service. He is currently the Chief of Staff to the Assistant Secretary of Western Hemisphere Affairs. His latest publication on Pan-Americanism is a clear and comprehensive overview of the history of US foreign policy in …

On November 27, the Perry Center welcomed Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) Director James Hursch for a site visit and working meeting. DSCA serves as the executive agent for the United States Department of Defense Regional Centers for Strategic Studies. Director Hursch and his team, …

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 …