On April 1, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies welcomed a group of eight security cooperation and bilateral affairs officers assigned to US embassies across the Western Hemisphere. Perry Center Director, Dr. Paul Angelo, and Associate Director of Outreach and Communications, …

2025 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education CALL FOR NOMINATIONS A Message from the Director Every day, thousands of dedicated professionals in government, the military, academia, and civil society do the tireless, often unheralded work of making the Americas safer …

On February 26, the Perry Center, in partnership with the Inter-American Defense College (IADC), launched its first co-branded Space Policy and Strategy course in Washington, DC. Designed for civilian and military professionals, the course analyzes outer space’s strategic, technological, and governance dimensions in the twenty-first …

With deep sadness, we acknowledge the passing of US Army Colonel (ret.) John “Jay” Cope, a visionary leader whose devotion, service, and brilliance helped shape our beloved William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies in its earliest years. As the Center’s founder, Jay gave …

On January 23, Perry Center Director Dr. Paul J. Angelo presented the 2024 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education to Chief of Defense Brigadier General Werner Kioe A Sen in Paramaribo, Suriname. The Perry Award honors individuals and institutions whose …