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 Tuesday, November 7, the first meeting of alumni of the Perry Center in Costa Rica was held. This group of graduates from different courses met with the purpose of creating a network of professionals, sharing technical criteria and promoting academic spaces for exchange. During 
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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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The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and the George Washington University Cisneros Hispanic Leadership Institute will host a joint online event honoring Richard Cavazos, the first four-star Army General of Hispanic heritage, for whom the third largest US military base was recently 
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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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