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 …

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 …

With the participation of 45 students, the Strategic Direction for Defense and Crisis Management Course (CEDEYAC) began its 22nd iteration, in which civilian officials from various public sector entities, businessmen, as well as high-ranking military and national police officers take part. CHDS usually supports CEDEYAC …

On September 5, 17 students from Brazil, Colombia, Spain, El Salvador, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, and Peru started the residential phase of the Advanced Course on Terrorism and Counterinsurgency (TCI) at CHDS in Washington, DC. The course is taught by Professor Alejandro Arbeláez and General Carlos …

On August 22, nearly 45 officials who are enrolled in two courses at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation (WHINSEC) visited CHDS. Dean of Students and Outreach, Major General (ret.) John Thompson, greeted the delegation, headed by WHINSEC Commandant Colonel Glenn Huber. General Thompson …