The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted “Caribbean Defense and Security Challenges in the Twenty-First Century,” an Advanced Policymaking Seminar (APS) in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 11 to 13 May. The event provided an opportunity for regional experts, CHDS alumni, and invited policymakers to address key …

On May 11th the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted a group of  faculty and students from the Guatemalan Army’s Centro de Altos Estudios Estratégicos (High Strategic Studies Center – CAEE), a six-month course headed by Colonel José Cotzajay Chacón, at National Defense University’s Abraham …

On May 5th the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies received a group of 60 faculty and students from the Mexican National Defense College (Colegio de Defensa Nacional – CDN) headed by Brigadier General Ernesto Aguilera Casados, at National Defense University’s Abraham Lincoln Hall. The group …

The Strategy and Defense Policy course has finished after three weeks of intense academic activities in Washington, DC and three previous weeks of distance learning via Blackboard.  The awarding of diplomas was carried out by the Director of the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies as well …

The increased presence of women in our Strategy and Defense Policy course, with 24 women constituting 32% of all participants, demonstrates their increasing participation in the security and defense sectors. This also reflects the regional reality where a growing number of high-level posts, including the role …