On April 02, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) played host to its second “Face-to-Face Encounter” in 2009, this time focusing on the theme “A New U.S. Administration, A New Hemisphere? Perspectives from Three Continents.” In the photo, Dr. Abe Lowenthal (second from left), …

The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS), the Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies (APCSS), the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies (FSI) at Stanford University, and the Pacific Council on International Policy (PCIP) co-hosted a conference on “Pacific Rim Security – Managing the Global …

On November 19th a delegation of 54 members of the Chilean National Academy of Political and Strategic Studies (Academia Nacional de Estudios Políticos y Estrategicos – ANEPE), the institutional category winners of the William J. Perry Award last September, visited the National Defense University, where its Director, …

The same week that the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) celebrated its 11th anniversary, on September 17, it also presented its second annual William J. Perry Awards for Excellence in Security and Defense Education to two of the Americas’ most worthy individuals and institutions. …

On July 29-31, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies cosponsored, together with the Panamanian Ministry of Government and Justice, a conference on “Critical Security and Defense Challenges in Mesoamerica: Regional, Governmental and Private Perspectives.” The event offered several critical insights into the problems being faced …