Ambassador Oscar Serrate, Chargé d’Affaires of the Embassy of the Plurinational State of Bolivia in Washington, DC, visited the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The former ambassador of Bolivia to the United Nations, Ambassador Serrate spoke with Perry Center Director Lieutenant General 
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Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo participated in the Wilson Center Mexico Institute’s 8th Annual US-Mexico Security Conference on January 15, 2020 where she spoke on her latest publication “Countering the Evolving Drug Trade in the Americas” addressing the opioid epidemic and growing drug trafficking in 
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Course Application Periods Extended The application periods for two courses, Caribbean Defense and Security (intensive), and Cyber Policy Development (intensive), have been extended until 30 December, 2019. Due to the regional focus of both of these courses, priority will be given to candidates from the 
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A Perry Center team visited Peru the week of November 11, 2019, for a series of academic engagements with institutional partners and the growing alumni community in Lima. Over the course of the week, professors Celina Realuyo and Boris Saavedra along with Kara O’Ryan from 
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On November 22nd, Professor William Godnick facilitated a presentation and interactive exchange via video teleconference (VTC) on human rights and international humanitarian law with students at the Metropolitan University of Asunción, Paraguay (Universidad Metropolitana de Asunción – UMA). The session included a discussion of new 
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On Thursday, November 21st and Friday, November 22nd, 2019 The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the ad-hoc working group on the Evolving Role of the Armed Forces in Defense and Security as a part of the XIV Conference of Defense Ministers 
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From November 4 to November 16, 2019, the Perry Center held its first ever Mobile Strategy and Defense Policy Course (SDPm). The course took place in Lima, Peru at the installations of the Army War College. 61 students completed the course. The student body primarily 
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The Perry Center is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and former colleague, Major General John Thompson, who was tragically killed in an automobile accident on Saturday morning. He was a patriot who loved America and worked tirelessly to improve the lives of 
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On November 6-7, 2019, WJPC Professors Celina Realuyo and Boris Saavedra conducted the WJPC-CESNAV International Seminar on Transnational Threats for over 200 naval, army, and intelligence officers at the CESNAV Aula Magna in Mexico City, Mexico. On the first day, Professor Realuyo spoke on US 
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The Perry Center wrapped up the 2019 Washington Security and Defense Seminar (WSDS) on Friday, November 8. The seminar serves as a “US Government 401” in that it explores the branches and processes of the USG at the highest levels. Senior representatives from the Departments 
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