On June 20–22, 2012, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a Senior Executive Dialogue (SED) on “National and Sub-Regional Strategies for Citizen Security in Central America,” which convened 14 senior foreign officials at the vice-ministerial level representing the Ministries of Defense, Security, and Foreign …

CHDS in collaboration with the Mexican Secretariat of National Defense (SEDENA) conducted a week-long NationLab event from June 11 through 15 in Mexico to explore interagency response to major natural disasters. The event was hosted by the Escuela Superior de Guerra in Mexico City and …

On June 6, CHDS hosted a visit by Colombia’s Advanced Military Studies Course (Curso de Altos studios Militares – CAEM). The delegation was headed Major General Jairo Alfonso Aponte Prieto, Director of Colombia’s Higher War School (Escuela Superior de Guerra – ESDEGUE), and was composed …

During a recent trip through Mexico and Honduras, US Vice President Joe Biden stated that although the idea of legalization was worth discussing, “there is no possibility the Obama/Biden administration will change its policy on legalization.” On May 11 CHDS held the fifth in a …