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Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies (CHDS)

http://www.ndu.edu/chds

Aims

CHDS is a regional forum situated at the National Defense University in the US, which aims to provide education, and conduct outreach, research and knowledge-sharing activities on defense and international security policy-making with military and civilian leaders of the Western Hemisphere. It also aims to advance international security policy and defense decision-making processes, foster partnerships and promote effective civil-military relations in democratic societies.

Activities

The CHDS runs an Academic Program, which consists of a series of courses, seminars, workshops, and research. The flagship course, conducted 25 times since its first offering in March 1998, is the Defense Planning and Resource Management Course. This survey course is planned for civilians, both governmental and non-governmental, with about 25% uniformed military and police officers. The Center also runs Advanced Policymaking Seminars on such topics as Planning and Resource Management for the War against Terrorism and Defense Transformation, in addition to Legislative Leader Seminars. The CHDS also conducts academic research to support the US Department of Defense and the defense ministries in the region with publications and sub-regional conferences.

Publications and other Resources

The website is available in English, Spanish and Portuguese and features an online journal, Security and Defense Studies Review (with all articles available to download in PDF format at no cost) as well as a very large range of conference papers and proceedings available to download in PDF format at no cost.