On October 19, the Perry Center hosted 200 students from Brazil’s High War College and High Defense College. The group was welcomed by National Defense University President Lieutenant General Michael T. Plehn, Perry Center Director Dr. Paul J. Angelo, Dean of Academic Affairs Dr. Scott 
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On October 27, the Perry Center hosted a visit by Ecuador’s Joint Military Defense Academy (ADEMIC). The Ecuadorian delegation of nearly 60 naval captains and colonels from three services was led by Rear Admiral Luis Piedra, Director of Education of the Armed Forces, and Colonel 
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Dr. Erin K. McFee is a Professor of Practice at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University where she focuses on climate security, migration, and the reintegration of formerly armed actors (FAA) (e.g., military veterans, ex-guerrillas, former cartel 
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On 17 October 2023 Perry Center Professor of Practice William Godnick spoke about security in the Western Hemisphere to a group of young Latin American professionals participating in the fifth annual Organization of American States Youth and Democracy in the Americas Summit held at the 
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On October 5, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo briefed on the global and regional threats of terrorism at the “Building Resilience to Violence: An Introduction to Preventing Violent Extremism” workshop at the OAS/CICTE, the Inter-American Committee Against Terrorism. She provided an overview of terrorist groups in 
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On October 3, the Perry Center hosted 48 members from the Honduran National Defense College (Colegio de Defensa Nacional – CDN), led by Brigadier General Mario Bueso Caballero and Infantry Colonel Jose Mejia Medina. The delegation was welcomed by Perry Center Director Paul Angelo, Deputy 
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On September 26, the Perry Center hosted a delegation of 62 students from the Colombian National War College (Escuela Superior de Guerra – ESDEG), led by Brigadier General Edgar Alexander Salamanca Rodriguez. The students from the Advanced Military Studies Course (Curso de Altos Estudios Militares 
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On September 27, the Perry Center received a Chilean delegation led by General Ricardo Yañez, Director General the Chilean Carabineros. The delegation was welcomed by Perry Center Director Paul J. Angelo before meeting with Deputy Director Ruben Lopez and members of Perry Center faculty and 
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Authors William Godnick and Iñaki Aguerreche assembled a thorough investigation and analysis on the occurrence of military interventions in the prison system in Latin America and the Caribbean. This insightful portrayal of the reality of prisons in many countries is a must-read for anyone interested 
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The Perry Center, at the invitation of the Guatemalan Army’s Higher Education Command (COSEDE – Comando Superior de Educación), participated as observers in the XXIV Conference of the Iberoamerican Defense Colleges Association, which took place between August 29 and September 1, 2023 in Guatemala City. 
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