Fourteen Participants from the Combating Transnational Organized Crime section of the 2015 Security and Defense Policy course attended a Congressional briefing on “Cuba and Venezuela: Human Rights, National Security, and US Foreign Policy” at the Rayburn Office Building. Although several Congresspeople were unable to participate 
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The Perry Center conducted a Hemispheric Forum on October 27, 2015, titled “Security and Defense Challenges Posed by Emerging Technologies in the Americas: Cybersecurity, Drones (Unmanned Systems), and Robotics.” Three experts in emerging technologies shared their perspectives on the opportunities, threats, and regulatory challenges associated 
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The Perry Center welcomed a delegation of 36 civilians and military officers from the Institute for Advanced Strategic Studies (Instituto de Altos Estudios Estratégicos – IAEE) master’s program in national security and planning (PMPCEN). One of Paraguay’s premier institutions of higher learning, IAEE is a 
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Perry Center Professor Patrick Paterson provided an overview of regional issues in Latin America during the CAPSTONE Executive Development Course for spouses of CAPSTONE fellows. Taking place during the final week of National Defense University’s CAPSTONE course for general and flag officers, this program is 
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Participants of the Perry Center’s enhanced Security and Defense Policy (SDPe) course were joined by Vice Admiral Gonzalo Nicolás Ríos Polastri of Peru, the Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB); Abraham Stein, an advisor on defense issues to the Secretary General of the Organization 
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The Perry Center received Major General Fernando José Soares da Cunha Mattos, Deputy Chief for Planning, Brazilian Army General Staff, accompanied by Major General João Batista Bezerra Leonel Filho, Military Attaché of the Embassy of Brazil to the United States of America and to Canada, 
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Over seventy participants arrived at the Perry Center for the Strategy and Defense Policy course on Monday, 19 October. The participants represent 15 countries in the hemisphere. Two-thirds of the group are civilian government representatives or members of civil society. The remainder are security officials 
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On October 9, 2015, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “Collaborating to Combat Transnational Organized Crime” in a video conference with Perry Center alumni, international relations students and professors at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The globalization of drug trafficking, Central American 
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On October 6, 2015, Vice Admiral Carlos Alberto Matias, Chief of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense’s Strategic Planning Department, led a delegation visiting the Perry Center and National Defense University. Rear Admiral Sergio Segovia, Deputy Chief of Strategic Planning Department, and Major General Osmar Lootens 
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Perry Center Professor of Practice Celina Realuyo spoke at the Colombian National War College’s Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Security (ESDEGUE-CREES) as one of the keynote speakers on collaboration to combat transnational organized crime in Latin America on September 29, 2015 at their Transnational 
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