Leadership
Inaugural Indo-Pacific Senior Enlisted Leaders SMEE Empowers Collaboration, Sets Stage for Stronger Regional Security
Honolulu, Hawaii – May 2024 “The knowledge and connections we built here strengthen our region against the complex security challenges we face together,” remarked a participant as the inaugural Indo-Pacific Senior Enlisted Leaders Subject Matter Expert Exchange (IPSEL SMEE) drew to a close...
Iraq National Defence College Discussion
31 March 2021 – The NESA Center conducted a virtual private event for the National Defence College of Iraq to address the challenges and obstacles ahead of U.S.-Iraq relations under the new Biden Administration. The discussion was led by Mr. Daniel Curfiss, with a welcome by NESA’s Academic...
Jennifer Key (ASC17-2) selected as Alumna of the Year for 2018
Ms. Jennifer Key (Samoa), ASC17-2, Assistant CEO of the Policy Division at the Ministry of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, has been named as the DKI APCSS Alumna of the Year Award 2018! The Center receives many nominations each year. She helped draft Samoa’s first National Security Policy....
Lebanon Fouad Shehab Command & Staff College Program
6 April – 9 April 2021 – Events in Lebanon and the United States over the last 10 months have conclusively demonstrated that leaders do not have the luxury of responding to crises one at a time. Whether grappling with global pandemics, national disasters, or violent extremism, states must...
Lieutenant General Michael T. Plehn (USAF-Retired) joins the NESA Center in Celebrating its 25th Anniversary with a Special Washington Seminar
On 12 February 2025, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies celebrated its 25thanniversary with a special Washington Seminar that featuredLieutenant General Michael T. Plehn (USAF-Retired), 17th President of the National Defense University, as its keynote speaker. The...
Lithuania Alumni Explore Russian Strategic Thinking
On Thursday, 16 June 2016, Lithuanian Marshall Center Alumni met to discuss Vladimir Putin's strategy and policymaking process. Marshall Center Professor Graeme Herd led the group through a thought-provoking presentation on Russia's national security decisionmaking. Former Marshall Center...
LTG Terry Wolff Completes Term as NESA Center Director
Last month, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies bid farewell to outgoing Director LTG Terry Allen Wolff, USA (Ret.). LTG Wolff started at the NESA Center after previously serving as the Director of Strategic Plans and Policy, J-5 for the Joint Staff. LTG Wolff was the...
Managing Crisis on Multiple Fronts: Southeast Asian Women's Leadership During COVID-19
How do women manage crises on multiple fronts? Join us next week as we examine this question in our webinar about Southeast Asian Women's Leadership during COVID-19. Pacific Forum is hosting this event featuring DKI APCSS' Dr. Miemie Winn Byrd. Visit the event page to register:https://lnkd.in/...
Marshall Center alumnus promoted to Commodore and appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Trinidad and Tobago
The Alumni Team at the Marshall Center would like to congratulate our CTOC alumnus from Trinidad and Tobago. Captain Hayden Pritchard, has been promoted to the rank of Commodore and appointed Chief of Defence Staff by President Anthony Carmona. http://www.trinidadexpress.com/20170808/news/...
Marshall Center, Munich Security Conference’s Loisach Group Hosts Transatlantic Policy Discussions
By Josh Southworth George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies Washington D.C., (Nov, 15, 2018) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and the Munich Security Conference’s Loisach Group met in Washington, D.C. to discuss transatlantic security challenges...
Measuring Shinzo Abe’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific
Dr. John Hemmings has a new paper published by the East West Center called “Measuring Shinzo Abe’s Impact on the Indo-Pacific.” In the paper, Hemmings explains that: “Suga – and, indeed, the next generation of future prime ministers – will continue Abe’s legacy in one form or another.” “...
NATO Design and Innovation Courses
One of the newest addition to the NATO School Oberammergau course catalog just completed with the first iteration of the NATO Design and Innovation Basic Course. This course have been, conducted in a 'flipped classroom' adult learning configuration over five days providing foundational...
Nesa Ior Digital Series With Darshana Baruah
5 April 2021 – This edition of the NESA IOR Digital Series featuresMs. Darshana Baruah, Head of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace’s newly announced Indian Ocean Initiative. This conversation discusses the development of a maritime-linked regional identity throughout the Indian...
NESA-AFRICOM 2023 Workshop Series and NESA Center Women, Peace, and Security E-Book Release
From 29 April – 6 May 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies, in partnership with U.S. Africa Command, held three back-to-back workshop series in Bangkok, Thailand, for senior government and civilian security experts and a “whole of society” approach from 24...
New Director for Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Named
HONOLULU –The Department of Defense has approved the selection of retired US Army Maj. Gen. Suzanne (Suzy) Puanani Vares-Lum as director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), a Department of Defense organization dedicated to advancing security...
New Director for Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Named
HONOLULU –The Department of Defense has approved the selection of retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Peter A. Gumataotao to be the director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), a Department of Defense organization dedicated to advancing security cooperation...
Omani Chief of Staff Sultan Armed Forces Program
On 21 September 2023, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies conducted a one-day program in Washington, D.C., with eight military officers from the Omani Chief of Staff Sultan Armed Forces. The day began with introductions and a welcome from NESA Center Acting Director COL David...
Perry Center Director Speaks at XIII Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas
October 19, 2018 Perry Center Director Lieutenant General (ret.) Frederick Rudesheim participated in the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) hosted by the Government of Mexico in Cancun from 7 - 10 October. The forum was founded by former Defense Secretary William J....
Perry Center Hosts Alumni Event in Buenos Aires
On November 15, 2016, the Perry Center hosted an alumni reunion at the Sheraton Libertador Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event was the Center’s first in Argentina since 2010 and had an excellent turn out with more than 80 alumni and guests in attendance. Perry Center Director Mark...
Perry Center Hosts Delegation from Paraguay’s Ministry of Defense
On April 9, 2025, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies welcomed a delegation from Paraguay’s Ministry of Defense as part of an ongoing bilateral engagement. The delegation included three distinguished representatives: Colonel Hugo Osvaldo Javier Rodríguez Martínez (...