On September 15th, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs Frank Mora was the keynote speaker at a three-day conference on “Civilian Careers for Defense Professionals” co-sponsored by his office and the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies. Mora told the group of 93 …

The Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies concluded its 5th Sub-Regional Conference (SRC) in Cartagena, Colombia on July 31. The theme of this year’s SRC was the “Challenges in Security and Defense in a Complex Political Environment: Prospects for Cooperation and Divergence in South America.” The …

CHDS Director Dr. Richard D. Downie announced Friday that Dr. Frederick M. Nunn, a distinguished historian of the Latin American military, has been selected as the Center’s new Dean of Academic Affairs. Nunn, the author of several books and scores of scholarly articles, is Professor …

On Friday, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the US-Chile Defense Consultative Commission during its visit to National Defense University. The event included a tour of CHDS as well of a briefing by Director Richard D. Downie for Chilean Under Secretary of War Gonzalo …

On April 02, the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS) played host to its second “Face-to-Face Encounter” in 2009, this time focusing on the theme “A New U.S. Administration, A New Hemisphere? Perspectives from Three Continents.” In the photo, Dr. Abe Lowenthal (second from left), …