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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As part of a long standing program of cooperation between the Perry Center and the Peruvian naval postgraduate school (Escuela Superior de Guerra Naval – ESUP), Dr. Luis Bitencourt gave a videoconference lecture on “Tomorrow’s Defense Challenges.” Throughout the VTC, Dr. Bitencourt invited the participants 
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On May 5, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies concluded concurrent courses in Strategic Implications of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (HR/ROL) and Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC). Successfully completed by 84 military and 
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On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the Hemispheric Forum, “Command Update: Military and Police Operations During the Colombian Peace Process.” Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo moderated the forum. The featured speaker was Major General Carlos Alfonso 
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On April 25th, Perry Center Professor Boris Saavedra conducted a VTC in support of the Peruvian Naval Postgraduate School Strategic Management Course for Defense and Crisis Administration (CEDEYAC). With approximately 45 participants, Professor Saavedra discussed the conceptual framework of security and defense in the Western 
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On Monday, April 24, 2017 two courses began at the Perry Center: Strategic Implications of Human Rights and the Rule of Law (HR/ROL) and Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC). Over 80 military and civilian officials from 18 Western Hemisphere 
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Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo conducted a counterterrorism financing and anti-money laundering seminar titled “Following the Money Trail to Combat Terrorism, Crime and Corruption” for the Superintendency of Banks of Panama on April 10, 2017 in Panama City, Panama in collaboration with the US Embassy 
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On April 7, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies celebrated the graduation of students enrolled in the 2017 Defense Policy and Complex Threats (DPCT) course. Attended by 31 civilian and military students from 13 countries across the Western Hemisphere, the course included 
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