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 …

On August 8th, CHDS had the pleasure of hosting a visit with Dr. Jose Luis Prado Maillard, the Director of the Department of Law and Criminology at the Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon (UANL) in Mexico. Dr. Prado had traveled to Washington, DC, to complete …

Nearly a month ago, more than 60 people from 18 countries of the Caribbean, Central and South America met online to began the three-week distance learning phase of the Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC). Participants and facilitators reviewed, analyzed, and discussed readings, in preparation …

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 …