On July 21, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke virtually on “The Digitization of Illicit Networks in the Americas and Illicit Financial Flows” at the 9th Congress on the Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, ABCPLAT 2023 in San Jose, Costa Rica. The 
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On July 20, the Perry Center was honored to receive Ecuadorian Minister of Defense General Luis Lara Jaramillo for a visit. Minister of Defense Lara was greeted by National Defense University President Lieutenant General Michael Plehn and Perry Center Director Dr. Paul Angelo. Minister of 
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On July 10, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies launched the resident phase of two courses: “Climate Change and Implications for Defense and Security” and “Cybersecurity Policy in the Americas: Challenges for Policy-Strategic Analysis.” In opening remarks to 89 participants representing 20 
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The 2023 Webinar Series continued with the June 21 discussion on “Maritime Security in the South Atlantic: Perspectives from South America,” featuring guest speakers Marcelo Valença, Assistant Professor at the Brazilian Naval War College and Ariel González Levaggi, Associate Professor at the Pontifical Catholic University 
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On June 20, 2023, twenty members of the Dominican Naval Command and Staff College visited the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The group received an organization briefing and presentations on combating transnational threat networks and cybersecurity. Professor Celina Realuyo made a presentation 
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On June 16, 2023, ten members of Ecuadorian Army War College visited the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. The group was welcomed by Perry Center Director Dr. Paul Angelo and received a cybersecurity presentation by Dr. Boris Saavedra. The presentation focused on 
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On Monday, June 19, the Perry Center began its annual Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief (HADR) course, attended by 33 participants representing 17 nations in the Americas and Africa. The weeklong academic event includes speakers from the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA), the United 
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From 12 – 16 June 2023 Professor of Practice William Godnick joined the US Southern Command’s Human Rights Initiative in support of its engagement with the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces of Peru. More than 30 officers from the three branches of the 
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Last week the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies bid farewell, adieu, adios, and um forte abraço to Perry Center Deputy Director/Chief of Staff Jeffrey Murphy, who retired after 35 years of public service including 14 years at the Perry Center. During that 
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On June 6-8, the Perry Center joined regional security leaders in Jamaica for the 2023 Caribbean Nations Security Conference (CANSEC). The conference, themed “Strengthening Regional Security through Informed Action,” was co-hosted by General Laura Richardson, Commander of US Southern Command, and Rear Admiral Antonette Wemyss 
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