On May 5th the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies received a group of 60 faculty and students from the Mexican National Defense College (Colegio de Defensa Nacional – CDN) headed by Brigadier General Ernesto Aguilera Casados, at National Defense University’s Abraham Lincoln Hall. The group …

The Strategy and Defense Policy course has finished after three weeks of intense academic activities in Washington, DC and three previous weeks of distance learning via Blackboard.  The awarding of diplomas was carried out by the Director of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies as well …

On the 25th and 26th of January the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies had the pleasure to host a number of distinguished scholars and administrators from both the United States and countries throughout the Western Hemisphere for the “Teaching Security and Defense Concepts” conference. The …

With the participation of 75 students from countries throughout the Americas, the 1st of February marked the beginning of the in-person phase of the Security and Defense Policy course. The opening remarks, given by the Director Dr. Richard Downie and the Dean of Academics Dr. …

52 participants from 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean complete the residence phase of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies’ Advanced Courses 2010. The three courses, Advanced Civil-Political-Military Relations and Democratic Leadership (ACPMR), Governance, Governability and Security in the Americas: Responses to Illicit …