Participants of the Perry Center’s enhanced Security and Defense Policy (SDPe) course were joined by Vice Admiral Gonzalo Nicolás Ríos Polastri of Peru, the Chairman of the Inter-American Defense Board (IADB); Abraham Stein, an advisor on defense issues to the Secretary General of the Organization 
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The Perry Center received Major General Fernando José Soares da Cunha Mattos, Deputy Chief for Planning, Brazilian Army General Staff, accompanied by Major General João Batista Bezerra Leonel Filho, Military Attaché of the Embassy of Brazil to the United States of America and to Canada, 
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Over seventy participants arrived at the Perry Center for the Strategy and Defense Policy course on Monday, 19 October. The participants represent 15 countries in the hemisphere. Two-thirds of the group are civilian government representatives or members of civil society. The remainder are security officials 
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On October 9, 2015, Perry Center Professor Celina Realuyo spoke on “Collaborating to Combat Transnational Organized Crime” in a video conference with Perry Center alumni, international relations students and professors at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). The globalization of drug trafficking, Central American 
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On October 8, 2015, at the request of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, the Perry Center hosted a Hemispheric Forum on “Thematic Axes for the XII Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA)” in 2016, with participation by live and internet audiences. Participants 
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On October 6, 2015, Vice Admiral Carlos Alberto Matias, Chief of the Brazilian Ministry of Defense’s Strategic Planning Department, led a delegation visiting the Perry Center and National Defense University. Rear Admiral Sergio Segovia, Deputy Chief of Strategic Planning Department, and Major General Osmar Lootens 
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Perry Center Professor of Practice Celina Realuyo spoke at the Colombian National War College’s Regional Center for Strategic Studies in Security (ESDEGUE-CREES) as one of the keynote speakers on collaboration to combat transnational organized crime in Latin America on September 29, 2015 at their Transnational 
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On Monday, September 28, students for the Colombian Superior War College’s (ESDEGUE) Military Information Course (CIM) visited the Perry Center for an academic exchange with faculty. This engagement with 53 officers from the administrative and legal corps of the Colombian armed forces was part of 
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On Monday, September 14, students from the Colombian National War College’s (ESDEGUE) command and general staff course (CEM) visited the Perry Center for an academic exchange with faculty. The 34-person delegation included some of the most promising field grade officers in the Colombian armed forces 
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From September 14-18, 2015, the Perry Center is conducting the Washington Security and Defense Seminar for over 80 members of the Latin American defense attaché and diplomatic community. The seminal allows participants to develop their knowledge and understanding of the security and defense environment and 
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