On November 17, 2023, Perry Center Professors Boris Saavedra and Celina Realuyo conducted a webinar titled “The Cyber Threat in the Present and Future in Our Hemisphere and Transnational Threats” for the Ecuadoran Ministry of Defense. Dr. Saavedra addressed the challenges of cyber governance, emerging 
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On November 15, 2023, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo briefed the Ohio Senate Community Revitalization Committee on the topic of America’s fentanyl crisis and the China and the Mexican cartels’ asymmetrical war through the drug trade. The committee hearing examined Senate Concurrent Resolution 7 to 
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On November 16, El Salvador’s Vice Chief of Defense Brigadier General José Mario Blanco Hernández and Director of the School for Advanced Strategic Studies (CAEE) Brigadier General (ret.) Harol Manfredo Pineda Arias led a visit to the Perry Center. The delegation was greeted by Perry 
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Max Nathanson is a Fellow for Climate Security Studies at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies at the National Defense University. Through ACT1Federal, Max assists the Perry Center with numerous climate initiatives including support to SOUTHCOM, the Office of the Secretary of 
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On November 8, 2023, Professor Celina Realuyo briefed the Global Counterterrorism Forum (GCTF) workshop on Operationalizing the GCTF Counterterrorism Watchlisting Toolkit in the Western Hemisphere. She described the threat of foreign terrorist fighter flows possibly capitalizing on the irregular migration patterns in the Americas headed 
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On November 9 – 10, Perry Center Professor of Practice William Godnick particpated in the Colombian Police Graduate School’s symposium on Climate Change and Citizen Cohesion for 550 candidates to be promoted to the rank of major. Dr. Godnick’s presentation on Inter-Agency Collaboration and International 
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On November 7, the Perry Center welcomed 50 students from Peru’s Centro de Altos Estudios Nacionales (CAEN), a valued regional partner institute. The delegation led by the Vice Admiral AP Atilio Aste Evans, was received by Perry Center Dean of Academic Affairs Scott Tollefson and 
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On November 8, the Perry Center welcomed a group of 32 students from Peru’s Programa de Alto Mando del Ejército (PAME). Perry Center Director Paul Angelo and Professors Arturo Sotomayor and David Spencer received and hosted the group led by the Director of the Escuela 
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On November 6, the Perry Center had the privilege of hosting Colombia’s Minister of Defense Ivan Velasquez Gomez for his second visit to the Center. The Colombian delegation, including Minister Counselor Claudia Cuevas, was received by Perry Center Director Paul Angelo, Dean of Academic Affairs 
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From October 30 to November 3, the Perry Center conducted a mobile Strategy and Defense Policy course for civilians and military personnel in Suriname. The weeklong forum, led by course director Dr. David Spencer, focused on defense ministry roles and responsibilities, civilian oversight of military 
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