From June 6 to 14, 2012, Colombia hosted the 9th annual FUERZAS COMANDO exercise at the Colombian National Training Center on Fort Tolemaida. During this time special operations forces from 21 countries engaged in an eight-day military skills competition, testing their physical strength and tactical …

On May 9, 2012, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies had the honor of receiving a group from Mexico’s Colegio de Defensa Nacional (National Defense College – CDN) at National Defense University’s Abraham Lincoln Hall. CHDS Director Dr. Richard Downie, and Dr. Luis Bitencourt, Dean …

On May 2, 2012, CHDS received a visit by Julio Hang, Director of the Institute for International Security and Strategic Affairs in Argentina. Hang, a retired Argentine Lieutenant General, is a CHDS Distinguished Visiting Scholar. Using the breadth of his knowledge as a leading expert …

From April 9-27, CHDS conducted the Defense Policy Course (ADP) for the students of Class 51 from the Inter-American Defense College. The course had as a general objective that of deepening the participants’ understanding in defense policy development. Towards this goal, the participants undertook an …