strategic communications
2025 Silk Road Future Leaders Seminar
From 12–16 May 2025, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted the annual Silk Road Future Leaders Seminar in Washington, D.C., under the theme “Strategic Leadership for National Security.” The immersive five-day program brought together 23 emerging military officers...
2nd San Diego Process: The Quad Critical & Emerging Technology Forum
From 19–21 August 2024, the University of Tokyo hosted the second “San Diego Process” (SDP) in Tokyo, Japan with representatives of the Quadrilateral states for a discussion of critical and emerging technologies. Partners in the effort included the National Security College of the Australian...
A New Nexus Paper Calls for Strategic Clarity in U.S.-China Relations
A Security Nexus paper by Army War College Fellow, Lt. Col. Jeffrey C. Higgins, argues for the urgent need for Strategic Clarity in the U.S.’s approach to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) amid intensifying global power competition. Titled “Strategic Clarity: An Argument for Effective...
NESA-AFRICOM Countering Violent Extremism: The Evolution of Radicalization and Responses Workshop
The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), conducted the “NESA-AFRICOM Countering Violent Extremism: The Evolution of Radicalization and Responses Workshop” from 1–5 August 2022 in Casablanca, Morocco. In examining...
SANDU Faculty Development and Transformation Support Workshop
From 2–11 October 2023, the NESA Center for Strategic Studies delivered a seven-day faculty development and transformation support workshop to the Saudi Arabian National Defense University (SANDU) War Wing. The workshop was held at National Defense University in Washington, D.C. The War Wing...