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Hemispheric Security Course with the Colombian National Police

As an integral part of the academic program for the Colombian National Police, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies implemented a week-long course for 37 police officers at the levels of Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel who were selected for promotion. This program, which started in …
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2012 Advanced Courses

CHDS Advanced and Specialized Courses Begin In-Person Phase

On October 15, CHDS Director Dr. Richard Downie welcomed 45 students from 18 countries in the hemisphere to the Center for the in-person phase of three advanced and one specialized courses. The four courses are: Governance, Governability, and Security in the Americas taught by Dr. …
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First CHDS Videoconference with Mexico’s CESNAV

On the evening of October 10, 2012, CHDS conducted the first event in the 2012 NationLab exercise with the Centro de Estudios Superiores Navales (Center for Advanced Naval Studies – CESNAV), the senior War College of the Mexican Navy. The event, a 3-hour videoconference, presented …
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Washington Security and Defense Seminar Comes to an End

From the first to the fifth of October, CHDS hosted its annual Washington Seminar on Security and Defense (WSDS) seminar. The popular WSDS seminar brings together professionals with policy, military, military, and diplomatic backgrounds to examine topics such as different perspectives on national strategy and …
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CHDS Holds Seminar on Terrorism and Crime in Lima, Peru

On September 26 and 27, 2012, CHDS Professor Celina B. Realuyo taught a seminar on the nexus between terrorism and crime at the Peruvian Army Intelligence College in Lima, Peru. The seminar, organized by General (ret.) Augusto Álvarez, a CHDS alumnus, was attended by 49 …
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The Honorable Peter MacKay Receives 2012 Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education

On Friday, September 28, high-ranking officials representing both the Canadian and the US government joined CHDS Director Dr. Richard Downie for a luncheon celebrating the Honorable Peter MacKay, Canada’s Minister of National Defense and a 2012 recipient of the William J. Perry Award for Excellence …
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Upcoming Venezuelan Elections Hemispheric Forum

Hemispheric Forum on the Upcoming Venezuelan Presidential Election

On September 27, an audience composed of government officials, policy professionals, and academics gathered at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) in Washington, DC, to listen to the views of a prestigious panel of Venezuela experts in anticipation of the upcoming presidential election in …
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2012 William J. Perry Awards Presentation

On Thursday, September 21, 2012, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) presented the 2012 William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education to two deserving institutions, the Regional Security System (RSS) based in Barbados and the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security …
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CTOC and TCI 2012 Course Closing Ceremony

On September 21, the participants and CHDS professors from two courses assembled in the Abraham Lincoln Hall Auditorium as one group for a final time. Two sessions of the course on Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks in the Americas (CTOC) and one session …
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Dr. Alvaro Briones Speaks to CTOC Students about OAS Regional Security Outlook

Participants in the Fall CHDS Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC) Course were treated to a special guest lecture on Friday, September 14, given by Dr. Alvaro Briones, representing the Organization of American States (OAS). Dr. Briones has served as an ambassador of the Chilean government …
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    National Defense University
    Abraham Lincoln Hall
    260 5th Avenue, Building 64
    Washington, DC  20319-5066
  • William J. Perry Center
    for Hemispheric Defense Studies

    National Defense University
    Abraham Lincoln Hall
    260 5th Avenue, Building 64
    Washington, DC  20319-5066