On June 28, 2017 the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies bid farewell to Perry Center Director Mark Wilkins. Current and former officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense and other Department of Defense Regional Centers joined Perry Center faculty and 
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On the heels of the Conference on Prosperity and Security in Central America in Miami, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies and Guatemalan Ministry of Defense convened over sixty defense and security professionals in Antigua, Guatemala for the 2nd Annual Central American 
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On June 9th, a delegation from the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense’s (SEDENA) Superior War College visited the Perry Center for briefings and a dialogue on the topic of emerging defense and security challenges in the Western Hemisphere. Led by Major General Francisco Aguilar Hernández, 
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Directly from Mexico City, Perry Center’s Professor Luis Bitencourt lectured to 42 students of the Peruvian Defense Advanced Studies Course on “Defense Policies and Regional Defense Systems”. Luis also had as a special invited speaker, the former Perry Center’s Professor Guillermo Pacheco, who was also 
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Participants in the Strategic Vision Initiative for Hemispheric Defense and Security meet at the Perry Center to develop forward thinking research to support the agenda of the 2018 Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas to be held in Mexico City in 2018. Perry Center 
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Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo and NDU/Center for Complex Operation Director of Research Michael Miklaucic participated in the book launch of Beyond Convergence: World without Order before the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the diplomatic corps in Vienna, Austria and in Oslo, 
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The Perry Center’s Dr. Boris Saavedra participated in a VTC-based seminar on “Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity.” The seminar was sponsored by the Argentine-American Leadership Network and the Argentine National Intelligence School. Dr. Saavedra’s presentation addressed policies and strategies for the protection of critical infrastructure, while his 
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On Tuesday, May 23, a delegation from the Advanced Strategic Studies Course (CAEE) of the Command for Education of the Armed Forces of Guatemala (COSEDE) visited the Perry Center to discuss security and defense policymaking. Director Mark Wilkins welcomed the 36-person delegation, which included both 
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May 15-19, the Perry Center traveled to Mexico City and Guadalajara to conduct seminars and other network and institutional building activities. Collaborating with professors Yadira Gálvez, Dr. Consuelo Dávila and Dr. Alejandro Chanona of the National Autonomous University of Mexico’s Department of Political and Social 
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On May 22, the 2017 Managing Security and Defense (MSD) Senior Executive Seminar opened at the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. For the next week, the Perry Center will host over 20 senior leaders from the ministries of defense, ministries of national 
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