During a recent trip through Mexico and Honduras, US Vice President Joe Biden stated that although the idea of legalization was worth discussing, “there is no possibility the Obama/Biden administration will change its policy on legalization.” On May 11 CHDS held the fifth in a …

On May 2, 2012, CHDS received a visit by Julio Hang, Director of the Institute for International Security and Strategic Affairs in Argentina. Hang, a retired Argentine Lieutenant General, is a CHDS Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Using the breadth of his knowledge as a leading expert …

Forty-two students from 14 different countries completed the 2012 Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD) course in Colorado Springs on Friday, 27 April. The students spent the second week of the two-week course examining how US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) manages homeland security and homeland …

Students and staff from the 2012 Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD) course moved into the second phase of the course by flying to Colorado Springs from Washington, DC on Saturday, 21 April 2012. Following an intensive first week of lectures, panels, and group …

Forty students from fourteen countries assembled at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) in Washington DC on Monday, April 16 for the fourth rendition of the Perspectives on Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD). The goal of the course is to permit participants …