The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a forum on the topic of “Iran and the Americas” on Tuesday, March 13. The panel comprised Steve Johnson, Director of the Americas Program at CSIS; Judith S. Yaphe, Distinguished Research Fellow for the Middle East at INSS; 
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On Thursday, March 8, 2012, the CHDS Alumni Association in El Salvador held an academic lecture as part of its regular videoconferencing series with the Center.  Professor Celina Realuyo presented via videoconference to an audience of over 55 people comprised of students attending the Armed 
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CHDS Professors Pedro de la Fuente, Ricardo Hurtado, and Kevin Newmeyer worked with the Inter American Defense Board (IADB) to conduct a three-day tabletop exercise from 6-8 March 2012 to assist the IADB in evaluating their plan for providing advice and information to the Organization 
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On February 10, 2012, Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernández presented Professor Howard J. Wiarda with the Orden de Colón, the highest honor bestowed by that government on a civilian. The ceremony was held at the National Palace in Santo Domingo. In honoring Dr. Wiarda, President 
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CHDS, along with the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, the Near East and South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, are cosponsoring a four-day seminar on countering transnational threats and narcotics trade at the National Defense 
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QUOTES COURTESY OF THE UNIVERSITY OF GUADALAJARA On February 2, 2012, CHDS conducted a video teleconference with Guadalajara, Mexico, entitled “Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit Networks” presented by CHDS Professor Celina Realuyo. The event was co-hosted by the State of Jalisco’s Citizen’s Council on Public 
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On February 1, Dr. Diane Villiers Negroponte of the Brookings Institute discussed her new book titled Seeking Peace in El Salvador: The Struggle to Reconstruct a Nation at the End of The Cold War at National Defense University in Washington, DC. This event, cosponsored by 
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CHDS conducted a highly successful one and a half day National Security Policy Workshop (NSPW), Building Decision Elements for the National Security Strategy 2012-2016 in Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain on January 21-22, 2012. The Honorable Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar opened the event stressing 
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On January 18, CHDS hosted the third in its series of Hemispheric Forums on the subject of the 2012 Mexico elections and their implications for US-Mexico security and foreign policy relations. After an introduction by Dr. Wiarda, the panelists took turns presenting their opinions with 
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CHDS hosted an Alumni Working meeting in Port of Spain, which coincided with the National Security Planning Workshop held there. The alumni event was well attended and included a successful virtual component in which three separate groups participated: the Jamaican Alumni Chapter, a Haitian group, 
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