Forty-two students from 14 different countries completed the 2012 Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD) course in Colorado Springs on Friday, 27 April. The students spent the second week of the two-week course examining how US Northern Command (NORTHCOM) manages homeland security and homeland …

Students and staff from the 2012 Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD) course moved into the second phase of the course by flying to Colorado Springs from Washington, DC on Saturday, 21 April 2012. Following an intensive first week of lectures, panels, and group …

Forty students from fourteen countries assembled at the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) in Washington DC on Monday, April 16 for the fourth rendition of the Perspectives on Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD). The goal of the course is to permit participants …

On March 29, the 2012 Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP) course celebrated the end of its in-person classes with a dinner at the Gadsby’s Tavern, located in historic Old Town Alexandria, Virginia, just south of Washington, DC. Rear Admiral (ret.) Manuel Lora, course director, offered …

Twenty-seven members of the US Marine Corps War College (MCWAR) arrived at CHDS to enhance their understanding about security issues in Colombia and Brazil. Their day began with a brief presentation by Dr. Luis Bitencourt that aimed to help participants to contextualize Brazil and Colombia …