2014 Annual Report

William J. Perry Center for 

Hemispheric Defense Studies

The Perry Center

In Brief

Our Mission

Established by Congress in 1997, the 

Center conducts educational activities for 

civilians and the military in the Western 

Hemisphere with the goal of enhancing 

partner capacity and fostering trust, 

mutual understanding, and regional 

cooperation. 

Who We Are

The Perry Center leadership and faculty 

represent an impressive cross-section of 

scholars and defense policymakers who 

have devoted their careers to the study 

and practice of security and defense 

issues in the Western Hemisphere. 

What We Do

Through educational courses, seminars, 

outreach, analysis, strategic dialogue, 

and research, the Perry Center advances 

its mission in support of U.S. defense 

policymakers and our partner institutions 

throughout the region.

Whether through our Hemispheric 

Forum event series, our resident 

and in-region courses, our multiple 

publication outlets, or our strategic 

regional interactions, Perry Center 

faculty and staff are always engaging with 

the prominent topics in Hemispheric 

security, including democratic 

governance, civil-military relations, 

terrorism, organized crime, and cybersecurity, among others. 

The security of all the 

nations in our hemisphere is 

immensely improved because 

of [the Perry Center’s] pursuit 

of excellence in defense 

education. 

-Former U.S. Secretary of Defense 

William J. Perry
FY14 Annual Report

Contents

5 Message from the Director

6 FY14 By the Numbers

7 Resident Courses

11 Events at the Perry Center

14 Research

15 Publications

16 Internship Program

17 Perry Center in the Region

21 Alumni

22 VTC Program 

23 Digital Resources

24 Special Recognition

Director

Mark S. Wilkins

Dean of 

Academic Affairs

Luis Bitencourt, Ph.D.

Chief of 

Strategic Outreach

COL Robert Alvaro, USA

Editor

Patricia Kehoe
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The following report captures and illustrates the accomplishments of the Perry Center in 2014. The namesake 

of this institution, former Secretary of Defense William J. Perry, ushered in a new defense doctrine during his 

time in office in the mid-1990s by focusing on “prevention” rather than “deterrence”. By emphasizing that 

the best collective defense proactively addresses threats and challenges before they happen, he carved out the 

academic space for this and other Department of Defense Regional Centers to collaboratively build global 

security through effective and accountable security sector governance. Every day here at the Perry Center, 

we endeavor to carry that torch forward. By building platforms and breathing space where security sector 

practitioners from around the hemisphere can gather (in person or virtually) and debate and propose responses 

to our pressing issues, we help frame and shape responses to emerging challenges.

John F. Kennedy once said “Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present 

are certain to miss the future.” For the past year, change has been the defining dynamic at the Perry Center. I 

arrived as the new Director in July 2014 with the challenging task of reducing the size of the organization due 

to across-the-board budget cuts within the Department of Defense, yet still maintaining and improving upon 

the essence of what has made the Perry Center so successful over the last decade and a half. We entered our 

new fiscal year on October 1st a leaner organization, but still well postured to accomplish the most important 

parts of our hemispheric mission.

We look to 2015 and beyond with a renewed sense of purpose. We aim to be an active participant 

in, and contributor to, hemispheric defense and security fora, adding value through our unique combination 

of senior-level education, strategic dialogue, and cutting-edge research. As our shared challenges become 

ever more complex and transnational in nature, no one country can confront these problems in isolation. 

The complex and highly adaptive criminal and terrorist networks we face as a region, especially as their illicit 

activities and business practices show signs of overlapping, require that we consider and adopt integrated 

responses that bring us together in common purpose.

As part of our course offerings and strategic outreach in 2015, the Perry Center will renew our 

focus on building managerial capacity to effectively and efficiently manage defense and security institutions. 

Together with interested partners and institutions from around the region, we aim to critically examine the 

challenges and benefits of security sector reform and defense institution building in maturing democracies. 

We intend to research and synthesize international best practices with an eye towards providing practical 

recommendations, including an emphasis on providing “tool kits” that participants can take home with them 

and immediately put to use in everyday, tangible ways. 

Finally, I thank everyone who continues to share observations, critiques, and comments. I take them 

all seriously and have repeatedly found that your feedback helps keep me grounded in reality and focused on 

the really important matters at hand. I look forward to working with all of you in 2015 and beyond for a 

better, more secure tomorrow in our shared hemisphere.

Message from the Director

Mark S. Wilkins
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FY14 

By The Numbers

62% Civilian Govt. 

10% Civilian Non-Govt. 

28% Military * 

Course Participants by Career Field

Civilian Non-Govt. 

Participant Careers

Civilian Govt. 

Participant Careers

Facebook Presence*

English Page: 2,501 “likes”, increase of 25% from 2013, avg. 45 new “likes” per month

Spanish Page: 1,805 “likes”, increase of 38% from 2013, avg. 57 new “likes” per month

*as of December 2015

Perry Center Website Statistics

59,334 visits/241,761 page views from 146 countries

Livestream and Video Library

28 videos online

4,874 unique viewers from 97 countries

This year, the Perry Center continued its tradition of 

providing strategic education opportunities to a broad 

range of Western Hemisphere security and defense sector 

professionals. While maintaining a focus on building 

partnerships and capacity of civilian defense policymakers, 

the Center’s course participant demographics show 

the variety of highly qualified students that attended 

programs in 2014. Roughly 25 percent of this year’s course 

participants were women (compared to 19 percent in 

2013), reflecting the increasing representation of women 

among leading policymakers throughout the region. 

*=Out of 96 total military 

participants, 34 held the 

rank of Colonel or above.

13% Journalism

50% Academia

28% Consulting/Analysts

9% Other

33% National Security/Public Security

36% Public Policy/Domestic Government

12% Diplomats

2% Legislature

2% International Organizations

15% U.S. Government
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Resident Coursess

The core of the Perry Center educational experience remains our resident courses, which take 

place in Washington, DC. Resident courses are split among four levels, of which the first three 

are: Foundational, an introduction to defense policymaking; Specialized, which are thematically 

focused on security and whole-of-government topics; and Advanced, which are graduate-level and 

take advantage of the subject-area expertise of our faculty and explore high-level policymaking and 

organization in depth. These three programs include a distance-learning phase, preparation that 

ensures students arrive at the Center fully ready to dive into their studies. The fourth program level—

Strategic—include short-term, intensive educational events for senior executives to sharpen their 

specific and actionable policy-management skills and analyze lessons learned from speakers including 

former ministers and presidents. Many of these lessons can be immediately applied in the individual’s 

home nation. 

All of the courses, while distinct in subject matter, follow a similar format of lectures, 

small group discussions, independent research, and practical group exercises. The students have 

opportunities to hear from guest speakers representing the highest levels in the U.S. government, 

academia, and private enterprise in the fields in which they are studying. Resident courses directly 

support the Perry Center mission to build partnerships and partner capacity by bringing together a 

diverse cross-section of the Western Hemisphere security and defense community to share perspectives, 

build professional and personal relationships, and gain working knowledge in specific areas of defense 

and security policy.

On a typical day during a Perry Center resident course, students participate in both plenary 

lectures and group discussions. For example, during the advanced course session in October 2013, 

students from all four advanced courses attended a guest lecture by Amb. William Brownfield, a career 

foreign service officer with extensive experience in the Western Hemisphere who currently serves as the 

Assistant Secretary of State for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs. In his lecture, 

he made clear the connections between the rule of law, technology in law enforcement, and the nature 

of transnational organized crime, providing key insights for students in each of the distinct subject 

matter areas. Following the lecture, he participated in a candid and broad-ranging discussion with the 

students about the unique security challenges facing the Western Hemisphere.

Plenary lecture session during SDP (May 2014). Brigadier General Joseph Whitlock addresses 

SDP (May 2014) students. 
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Foundational Level

Strategy and Defense Policy (SDP)

May 5-16, 2014

-52 Participants

17 Nations Represented: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa 

Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, 

Panama, Paraguay, Peru, United States, Uruguay

Issues examined: defense and security policy formulation and 

implementation; resource management; civilian-military and law 

enforcement cooperation; defense economics; interagency and 

international coordination; and control and oversight. Exercises, 

lectures, individual studies, and tailored tabletop simulations 

help students apply class concepts to a realistic (yet hypothetical) 

scenario.

Specialized Level

Combating Transnational Organized Crime and Illicit 

Networks in the Americas (CTOC)

October 21-November 1, 2013

-28 Participants

14 Nations Represented: Argentina, Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa 

Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, 

Paraguay, Peru

February 24-28, 2014 (at SOUTHCOM HQ in Miami, FL, 

specifically prepared for U.S. government participants)

-50 Participants

August 26-28, 2014 (at SOCSOUTH HQ at Homestead Air 

Reserve Base, FL, requested by and specifically prepared for U.S. 

government participants)

-25 participants

Issues examined: transnational criminal organizations (TCOs) 

and strategies, mechanisms, and processes that can be used to 

evaluate and address the threats posed by TCOs for government 

and non-government officials directly involved with issues 

of national security and defense, law enforcement, and illicit 

trafficking.

Prof. Guillermo Pacheco facilitates a small 

group discussion during SDP (May 2014).

A student speaks at the fall 2013 

Specialized Course class dinner.

Students and Prof. Celina Realuyo during 

the fall 2013 CTOC course.
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Specialized Level, continued.

Cybersecurity: Issues in National and International 

Security (CINIS)

October 21-November 1, 2013

-28 Participants

14 Nations Represented: Argentina, Bahamas, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, El 

Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, 

Trinidad and Tobago

Issues examined: the importance of cybersercurity; cybercrime, 

terrorism, and cyber war; strengths and weaknesses of various 

cybersecurity strategies; and responsibility of governments and 

the private sector in cybersecurity and critical infrastructure 

protection.

Strategic Implications of Human Rights/Rule of Law 

(HR/ROL)

October 21-November 1, 2013

-21 Participants

10 Nations Represented: Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Dominican 

Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Peru, United States, Uruguay

Issues examined: use of military force to promote human 

rights; international criminal courts, truth commissions, and 

other instruments of transitional justice; the intersection of 

humanitarian and human rights law; the use of the military 

in domestic law enforcement operations; human rights 

considerations involving globalization and transnational 

corporations; and the human rights dimensions of terrorism.

Perspectives on Homeland Security and Defense (PHSD)

September 15-26, 2014

-30 Participants

12 Nations Represented: Belize, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, 

Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Peru, 

United States

Issues examined: international models of homeland security 

and defense; and regional cooperation in response to natural 

and man-made threats throughout the Western Hemisphere. 

The first week of the course took place in Washington, DC, and 

the second week was held at NORTHCOM Headquarters in 

Colorado Springs, CO.

Prof. Pat Paterson and a group of fall 2013 

HR/ROL students.

Lt. Gen. Michael Dubie addresses 2014 

PHSD students at USNORTHCOM HQ in 

Colorado Springs, CO.
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Advanced Level

Civil/Political/Military Relations and 

Democratic Leadership (CPMR)

March 17-28, 2014

-13 Participants

10 Nations Represented: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, 

Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, 

Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay

Issues examined: civil-military relations within 

the context of the democratic process; and 

models of political/military cooperation in the 

region.

Governance, Governability, and Security 

in the Americas (GGSA)

March 17-28, 2014

-15 Participants

9 Nations Represented: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, 

Chile, El Salvador, Mexico, Nicaragua, Suriname, Trinidad 

and Tobago

Issues examined: processes and mechanisms 

that contribute to socio-political and economic 

stability; and contemporary issues of governance 

and governability from national, regional, and 

global perspectives.

Strategy and International Security (SIS)

March 17-28, 2014

-14 Participants

9 Nations Represented: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, 

Colombia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Peru, Trinidad and 

Tobago

Issues examined: international security strategies, 

including management of information and 

the use of force, in the context of international 

relations theory.

Terrorism and Counterinsurgency (TCI)

March 17-28, 2014

-13 Participants

9 Nations Represented: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, 

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Mexico, Paraguay, United States

Issues examined: conflicts dominated by insurgency 

and terrorism; reasons for the emergence of 

insurgency and terrorism; the comparative political 

and theoretical approaches to insurgent strategy, 

mobilization, and operations; and organization and 

countermeasures.

Senior Executive/Strategic 

Interaction Level

Washington Security and Defense Seminar 

(WSDS)

September 8-12, 2014

-51 Participants

19 Nations Represented: Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, 

Barbados, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, 

Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, 

Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, United 

States

Issues examined: U.S. defense policy and the 

defense policymaking process, including national 

objectives, the interagency process, defense 

decision-making, and legislative oversight. WSDS 

provides the unique setting and opportunity for 

academic exchange between U.S. and regional 

senior government officials, particularly diplomats 

newly assigned to Washington, DC, and is a 

low cost academic program in the Perry Center’s 

catalog.
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Events at the Perry Center

In 2014, the Perry Center continued to serve as a pre-eminent venue for academic discussion, strategic 

dialogue, and personal and professional relationship-building. Through organizational briefings, roundtable 

discussions, Hemispheric Forums, Video-teleconference (VTC) and webinar events, and senior level strategic 

dialogues, the Center reinforces America’s role as the international partner of choice for security and defense 

collaboration. The Perry Center works closely with partner nation and U.S. Embassy country teams to develop 

targeted academic programs and relevant content for current and emerging leaders in the Western Hemisphere. 

This year, the Center welcomed visits from partner institutions, policymakers, heads of government 

and state, military, and academia throughout the Western Hemisphere. Among those:

• Dr. William J. Perry, 19th U.S. Secretary of Defense

• Argentine Center for International Relations (CARI)

• Chilean National Academy of Political and Strategic 

Studies (ANEPE)

• Paraguayan Institute of Higher Strategic Studies 

(IAEE)

• Brazilian Air Force delegation

• Peruvian Center for Higher National Studies 

(CAEN)

• Guatemalan High Strategic Studies Course 

(COSEDE)

• Vice Admiral Marco Antonio Ortega Siu, 

Coordinator General of the Mexican Marine Corps 

• Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA)

• Students and Faculty from Camilo José Cela 

University (Spain)

• Mexican National Defense College (CDN)

• Mexican Naval War College (CESNAV)

• Chilean Army Commander-in-Chief, General 

Humberto Oviedo Arriagada

• Guatemalan Minister of Defense, Division General 

Manuel Augusto López Ambrocio

• U.S. Fleet Forces Command foreign liaison officers

• Colombian National War College (ESDEGUE)

• Haitian President Michel Martelly

• Global Institute of Advanced Studies in Social 

Sciences (iGlobal) Master’s Program

• Dominican Republic’s Graduate School for 

Superior Strategic Studies (EGAEE)

• MG Menandro Garcia de Freitas, Brazilian Joint 

Staff Chief of Strategic Affairs

• Wisconsin National Guard State Partnership 

Program (SPP) organizers

• Guatemalan Ambassador to the United States 

Julio Ligorria

• Puerto Rico National Guard and SPP organizers

• Major General Kenrick Maharaj, Chief of 

Defense Staff, Trinidad & Tobago

• Admiral José Santiago Valdés Álvarez, Former 

Chief of General Staff of the Mexican Navy

• General Juan Pablo Rodríguez Barragan, 

Commander of the Colombian Armed Forces

MG Kenrick Maharaj (Trinidad & Tobago) 

participates in a roundtable discussion.

Prof. Manuel Lora speaks to students from 

IAAFA during academic exchange.
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Hemispheric Forum

The Hemispheric Forum is a unique Perry Center vehicle that takes advantage of the abundance of subjectmatter experts and the community of interest in Western Hemisphere affairs in the Washington, DC, area. 

The format of each program is a panel discussion centered on a timely and important topic, with panelists 

representing the top of the field from government, think tanks, and academia. Each Forum is open to the 

public, livestreamed for international audiences (over 300 total live viewers this year from throughout the 

world), and translated simultaneously in English and Spanish. Recordings of each event are also made available 

in the Digital Library on the Perry Center website. 

In 2014, the Perry Center hosted three Hemispheric 

Forums, convening notable experts and senior 

government officials on topics pertinent to Western 

Hemisphere security and defense professionals.

Continuity and Renewal in the Latin American 

Electoral Cycle

December 3, 2013

Speakers:

-Dr. Luis Bitencourt, WJPC Dean of Academic Affairs 

(moderator)

-Mr. Roberto Izurieta, Director of Latin American Projects 

for the George Washington University’s Graduate School of 

Political Management

- Dr. Johanna Mendelson-Forman, Senior Associate in the 

Program on Crisis, Conflict, and Cooperation and in the 

Americas Program at CSIS

- Dr. Harold Trinkunas, Charles W. Robinson Chair and 

Senior Fellow and Director of the Latin America Initiative 

under the Foreign Policy Program at the Brookings Institution

Women in Peace and Security

March 12, 2014

Speakers:

-MG Gregg Martin, NDU President

-General John F. Kelly, SOUTHCOM Commander

-Ms. Celina Realuyo, WJPC Professor (moderator)

-U.S. Ambassador Wanda Nesbitt, NDU Senior Vice 

President

-Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez, Deputy Assistant Secretary of 

Defense for Western Hemisphere Affairs (DASD-WHA)

-Dr. Johanna Mendelson Forman, President of the Board 

of Visitors at the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security 

Cooperation

-Mr. Robert Kravinsky, Director of International 

Humanitarian Policy at the Office of the Secretary of Defense

Dynamics of FARC Demobilization in Colombia

June 25, 2014

Speakers:

-Dr. Luis Bitencourt, WJPC Dean of Academic Affairs 

(moderator)

-Dr. David Spencer, WJPC Professor

-Ms. Christine Balling, President of Fundación ECCO

-Mr. Adam Isacson, Senior Associate for Regional Security 

Policy at the Washington Office on Latin America

March Hemispheric Forum speakers from L to 

R: Gen. John Kelly, Ms. Charito Kruvant, Dr. 

Rebecca Bill-Chavez, Mr. Ken LaPlante, Dr. 

Johanna Mendelson Forman, MG Gregg Martin, 

Prof. Celina Realuyo, Mr. Robert Kravinsky, Amb. 

Wanda Nesbitt, and BG Thomas Gorry.

Ms. Christine Balling speaks at the June 

Hemispheric Forum on FARC Demobilization.
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Supporting the XI Conference of Defense Ministers 

of the Americas

On September 29, 2014, the Perry Center hosted a workshop on the themes of the Eleventh Conference of 

Defense Ministers of the Americas (XI CDMA) taking place in Arequipa, Peru, in October 2014. The XI 

CDMA convened the defense ministers and policymakers of many Western Hemisphere countries. Following 

opening remarks by Director Mark Wilkins, H.E. Juan Federico Jiménez Mayor, Ambassador and Permanent 

Representative of Peru to the OAS, gave an introductory presentation, and Perry Center Visiting Professor 

Walter Earle presented the history of the CDMA. COL (ret.) Jay Cope, Senior Research Fellow and Deputy 

Director of the Center for Strategic Research at the Institute for National Strategic Studies (INSS), provided 

an overview of three CDMA themes: the coordination of specialized conferences of Hemispheric armed 

services with CDMA; cooperation in search and rescue capacities; and cooperation at the military health level. 

Perry Center Dean of Academics Luis Bitencourt provided an overview of two additional CDMA themes: 

environmental protection and defense, and the exchange of experience on the participation and effectiveness of 

the armed forces in security tasks in the region and the Hemisphere. Attendees of the workshop discussed each 

theme in turn, and the Perry Center environment of academic non-attribution fostered an open and fruitful 

dialogue. 

 Participants of the September 29 pre-CDMA workshop at the Perry Center.

 Dr. Luis Bitencourt and COL (ret.) Jay Cope. DASD-WHA Dr. Rebecca Bill Chavez (center)

participated in the workshop.
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Research

Perry Center faculty members undertake research projects at the request of stakeholders in line with their 

specific subject matter expertise. Faculty members examine a broad range of topics, including strategy, policy, 

how to better organize ministries of defense, defense education, multilateral defense cooperation to combating 

terrorism, insurgency, and transnational organized crime. 

Faculty members first and foremost take advantage of the resources available in the Washington, DC, 

area, including the wide network of think tanks, international delegations, and research institutions. They also 

have access to a diverse array of colleagues, Perry Center alumni, and friends throughout the region, which 

allows the faculty an unparralled perspective on current events and issues at work in the Hemisphere.

The Center supports its faculty research by offering several outlets for publication (outlined on the 

following page). However, many faculty members also often contribute original works in internationally 

renowned policy journals, think tank publications, and textbooks. As a result of their research projects, faculty 

are also often invited for interviews with prominent media organizations, including CNN en Español and 

Reuters, and selected to testify as subject matter experts before Congress.
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Publications

Through outlets such as our Perry Paper Series, Security and Defense Studies Review academic journal, Regional 

Insights, and Occasional Papers, the Center offers compelling analysis and unique angles on events and trends in 

the Hemisphere, security strategies, and the regional and country-specific specialties of our authors.

In FY14, the Perry Center established the new Perspectivas e-journal, a digital publication that contains 

articles, commentaries, and policy statements in English, Spanish, and Portuguese. Perspectivas thrives on the 

diversity of “perspectives” that make up the defense and security community of interest. Valuable insights 

from Perry Center alumni, high-level government leaders, members of academia, and journalists serve as the 

foundation of each issue, and FY14 saw the publication of vols. 1 and 2.

All Perry Center publications dating back to 2011 are available in user-friendly downloadable PDFs on 

our website’s publications page. 

Security and Defense Studies Review

-Vol. 15, various contributors

-Vol. 16, various contributors

Occasional Papers

-“The United States and the Caribbean 

30 Years after the Grenada Invasion: 

Dynamics of Geopolitics and 

Geonarcotics,” Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith 

(Dec. 2013)

-“La Estrategia en Colombia: Variaciones 

del Centro de Gravedad,” Carlos Ospina 

Ovalle (Apr. 2014)

-“Measuring Success in the War on 

Drugs,” Pat Paterson and Katy Robinson 

(Jul. 2014)

Perspectivas eJournal

-Vol. 1, various contributors

-Vol. 2, various contributors

José Medina González Dávila, Toward 

an Integral Counter–Organized Crime 

Strategy in Mexico: Complexities, 

Asymmetries, and Approaches to an 

International Security Matter

Dwight Wilson, Symbolic Politics and 

Democratic Consolidation in Mexico

R. Evan Ellis, Latin America’s Foreign 

Policy as the Region Engages China

Kevin Newmeyer, The Challenge of 

Cybersecurity for the Caribbean: What 

Are the Policy Options?

Celina B. Realuyo, Colaboración para la 

Lucha Contra Redes Ilícitas a través 

de Esfuerzos Interdepartamentales e 

Internacionales

Perry Center Discusses Foreign 

Policy Dilemma in Latin 

America

Perry Center Discusses the Latin 

American Electoral Cycle: 

Implications for Democratic 

Consolidation

Gills Lopes, Análise Exploratória 

da Securitizacão Militar do 

Ciberespaço nos 

EUA, Brasil e Canada

Richard J. Wilson and Pat 

Paterson, The Most Important 

Cases of the Inter-American 

Commission on Human Rights

Book Review: Organización de la 

Defensa y Control Civil 

de las Fuerzas Armadas en 

América Latina

Edited by David Pion-Berlin 

and José Manuel Ugarte

Reviewed by John T. Fishel 

Security and 

Defense 

Studies Review

Interdisciplinary Journal of the William J. Perry

Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Volume 16 2014

ISSN: 1533-2535

Ricardo L. Alessandrini, Silvana L. 

Elizondo, Virginia Iribarne, y 

Silvana Pascucci,

El Sistema Interamericano de Defensa: 

Hacia un Esquema Más Armónico de 

Gobernanza Multinivel

Lucas Fonseca and Tiago Delgado, 

The Inter-American Strategy to Combat 

Threats to Cybersecurity: Consequences 

and Challenges

Peterson Silva, A Primeira Estratégia 

Nacional de Defesa Brasileira (2008): 

Cinco Anos Depois

Pat Paterson y Cristina Blain, Derechos 

Humanos y la Lucha Contra 

las Organizaciones Criminales 

Transnacionales: Una Estrategia 

Imprescindible

R. Evan Ellis, The Rise of China 

in the Americas

NORTHCOM and SOUTHCOM

Posture Statements to the 

U.S. Congress

Patricia Kehoe, Perry Center 

Discusses Women in Peace and 

Security

Book Review: Narcoland: The 

Mexican Drug Lords

By Anabel Hernández 

(translated by Iain Bruce)

Reviewed by Patricia Kehoe 

Book Review: Balancing Liberty 

and Security: An Ethical Study 

of U.S. Foreign Intelligence 

Surveillance: 2001–2009

By Michelle Louise Atkin

Reviewed by Kevin Newmeyer 

Perspectivas

A Collection of Current Research and Analysis from the Perry Center

March 2014

Vol. 1 A Ação Política do Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais 

IN THIS ISSUE

Sem-Terra (Mst) no Brasil durante os Governos de Cardoso e Lula 

(1995–2010): Terrorismo, Insurgência, Crime Organizado 

ou Movimento Social?

Humberto Lourenção 1

Antagonismos

COR César Tapia Jiménez 16

Inteligencia y Diplomacia: La Agencia de Inteligencia del 

Departamento de Estado

Carlos Maldonado Prieto 24

La Inteligencia Policial como Intangible: El Caso de la Policía Federal 

de México, 2006–2012

Marcos Pablo Moloeznik and Manuel I. Balcázar Villarreal 46

Liderazgo en Tiempos de Crisis

Pedro L. de la Fuente 70

Perspectivas

A Collection of Current Research and Analysis from the Perry Center

Juan Sebastián Verastegui Marchena

Multidimensionalidad de la Seguridad

Defensa Multidimensional: Una Respuesta a la 

July 2014

Vol. 2

Misiones Singularmente Complicadas: 

El Rol del Perú en las Operaciones de Paz de 

las Naciones Unidas

W. Alejandro Sánchez

Inter-American Cooperation: Looking for 

Trust and Reputation

Sabrina Evangelista Medeiros

República Dominicana frente a los Desastres

Frank Mauricio Cabrera Rizek
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Internship Program

The Perry Center’s internship program affords 

individuals valuable experience working on defense and 

security issues side-by-side with the Center’s subjectmatter experts. In 2014, 25 individuals participated 

in the Center’s internship program, supporting Perry 

Center faculty and staff through substantive research 

and project development. The 25 interns came from 

colleges and universities throughout the Western 

Hemisphere and represent a mix of undergraduates, 

graduate students, and 

recent graduates. 

While providing 

support to the Center, 

the interns work on 

their own related 

research, writing, and 

language skills, attend presentations by dynamic speakers, receive 

career advice and counseling, and visit D.C. landmarks such as the 

Pentagon and Library of Congress. Additionally, interns contribute 

immensely to the environment of scholarly exchange at the Center. 

For example, in 2014 Professor Patrick Paterson and intern Katy 

Robinson co-published an Occasional Paper on measuring success in the war on drugs in the Western 

Hemisphere. The intern alumni community is another important component of the Center’s 

relationship building, with former Perry Center interns going on to achieve prestigious positions in 

the U.S. government, academia, and the foreign service.

“Between attending lectures 

at the National War College, 

greeting foreign

diplomats, and developing 

mentors across the DoD, my 

time spent at the Perry Center 

could not have been a more 

rewarding experience.”

Peter Burns, Spring 2014

“My time at the Perry Center allowed 

me to interact with leaders and top 

academia experts on matters relating 

to defense, international cooperation, 

and security. I had the privilege of 

working with experts in their fields from 

multiple countries and have first-hand 

knowledge of current issues. Being 

an intern at the Perry Center is truly a 

unique experience that immerses you in 

practical knowledge and surrounds you 

with outstanding students from around 

the world.”

Lily Fajardo, Spring 2014

Fall 2014 intern Rebecca Bock speaks with MG 

Kendrick Maharaj, Chief of Defense Staff for 

Trinidad and Tobago.

Summer 2014 interns had the opportunity to meet 

Haitian President Michel Martelly during his visit 

to the Perry Center this June.
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Perry Center in the Region

NationLab

NationLab is an interactive educational event that provides hands-on experience in the formulation of strategy 

and policy with respect to timely and relevant security and defense issues in the Hemisphere. Each NationLab 

is customized by the Perry Center in concert with a specific partner institution and the U.S. Embassy Country 

Team. A typical NationLab lasts one week and involves intensive problem-solving role playing with a national 

security challenge (e.g., narcotrafficking, terrorism, or or interagency coordination in contexts such as disaster 

relief). In FY14, the Perry Center carried out three NationLab exercises in the region.

Institute for Higher Strategic Studies (IAEE)

Paraguay

Nov. 5-8, 2013

-25 participants including uniformed military and mid-career 

or senior civilians coming from the Ministry of Defense, the 

Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Justice and Work, and 

other ministries and private sector organizations.

Center for Superior Strategic Studies (CAEE)

El Salvador

May 19-23, 2014

-48 participants including civilian government personnel 

from the office of the presidency, the legislative assembly, the 

Ministries of Defense and Security, and the military and police.

Center for Higher National Studies-Defense 

College (CALEN)

Uruguay

Aug. 4-8, 2014

-60 participants including students from CALEN’s Master’s 

program, CALEN faculty, and representatives from several 

Uruguayan government ministries.

Graduate School for Higher Strategic Studies 

(EGAEE)

Dominican Republic

Sep. 3-5, 2014

-62 participants from EGAE’s Master’s program in security and 

defense. The Nationlab program was organized in conjunction 

with an EGAE forum on energy security as a component of 

national defense.

While the Perry Center’s home base is Washington, DC, the Center’s faculty and staff actively engage 

with stakeholders, regional partners, and other institutions throughout the Western Hemisphere. Through 

NationLabs, in-region courses, seminars, and workshops in the Hemisphere, the Perry Center extends 

beyond Washington, DC, to bring targeted academic and strategic opportunities to busy security and defense 

professionals in their home countries. Often, these in-region events are organized and paid for by Perry 

Center alumni connections and partner institutions, demonstrating the spirit of enduring partnerships and 

collaboration on which the Center was founded.

In February 2014, the Perry Center sent a four-person delegation to Panama and Nicaragua for 

regional outreach and academic programs. In Panama, the team interacted with officials from the University of 

Panama, the national police, and an audience of over 100 faculty, students, and invited guests at the College of 

Public Administration. In Nicaragua, the team met with Nicaraguan Brigadier General Juan Alberto Molinares 

Hurtado, Chief of Doctrine and Education for the military. The meeting was notable for being the first 

interaction between BG Molinares and the U.S. embassy, coordinated through a Perry Center alumni contact 

on BG Molinares’s staff. The team presented the many opportunities for academic exchange and collaboration, 

and opened a dialogue with Nicaragua for potential future interactions. Because of the Perry Center’s 

reputation as a premier academic environment and extensive network of alumni and partners, it can facilitate 

meaningful dialogue throughout the region.
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In-Region Courses

Modeled after the resident course program, in-region courses allow the Perry Center to provide cost-effective 

and targeted educational experiences for security and defense professionals by bringing our professors to 

institutions in the region. Nearly all in-region courses represent institutional or governmental collaborations 

and cost-sharing, plus hosting courses in the region allows the Perry Center to reach a broader audience and 

shorten the distance between classroom discussions and the defense policy careers of the students. Most courses 

are also complemented by video teleconference (VTC) sessions to provide further learning opportunities. The 

following are examples of in-region courses that the Perry Center carried out in FY14:

Course for Colombian National Police

October 21-25, 2013

The Perry Center has supported a course for the 

Colombian National Police since 2008. Forty-six 

Colombian police officers selected for general officer 

gathered in Bogotá for this course on the current 

international and regional security environment and 

its implications for Colombia’s national security.

Series of Courses for Mexico’s National 

Security Intelligence School (ESISEN)

November 18-22, 2013

This course, on critical infrastructure, was requested 

by ESISEN as a follow-up to a previous in-region 

course conducted in June 2013, and 25 students 

representing Mexico’s intelligence community 

participated. 

June 23-27, 2014

The Perry Center was invited to facilitate a oneweek segment of ESISEN’s 4 1/2 month course 

for Intelligence Community leaders from Mexico, 

Central America, and the Caribbean. Thirtyfour participants explored emergency and crisis 

management at the local and state level during the 

week-long segment run by Perry Center faculty.

Series of Courses for the Honduran Defense 

University (UDH)

January 20-24, 2014

February 24-28, 2014

The Perry Center conducted two modules as 

part of a course series with UDH in Honduras. 

In the January session, 50 participants studied 

strategic intelligence, communication, and national 

security strategy. In the February session the same 

participants examined the topics of defense policy 

formulation, strategic communication, national 

security strategy, and information analysis.

Regional Combating Terrorism Course in 

Colombia

March 3-7, 2014

The Perry Center conducted a course on Combating 

Terrorism at the Colombian Superior War College 

(ESDEGUE) in Bogotá, Colombia. The course 

was a collaborative effort between SOCSOUTH, 

Joint Special Operations University, ESDEGUE, 

and the Perry Center. The 40 participants included 

representatives from Canada, Chile, Colombia, 

Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, 

Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and the United 

States.

“This course is an invaluable 

contribution to strengthen capacities, 

implementation, and synchronization 

at the strategic level”---2014 Colombia 

Interagency Course Graduate

Interagency Course for Officials of the National Administrative System for Territorial Consolidation 

in Colombia

March 17-April 5, 2014

The Perry Center designed and directed a course on interagency coordination for civil and military officials of 

the National Administrative System for Territorial Consolidation in Colombia. The course ran for three weeks, 

including a two-week distance phase and one week in Bogotá. The course objectives were to broaden the students’ 

knowledge of interagency coordination strategies, and to assist in the improvement of the interagency coordination 

and synchronization processes at the executive and middlemanagement level of the entities important for territorial 

consolidation in Colombia. 76% of participants represented 

civilian agencies, and 24% military and police.
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National Security Planning Workshops (NSPW)

In 2004, the Center developed the first NSPW as a tool for partner nation governments to more effectively 

approach the process of developing a national security strategy. NSPWs usually last 2–3 days in the partner 

nation and bring together senior national security policymakers (presidents, prime ministers, cabinet members, 

legislators, military commanders, and national police chiefs) for a workshop facilitated by Perry Center faculty 

that results in a draft document, timeline, or outline pertaining to national security strategy for that nation.

From February 5-7, 2014, Perry Center personnel facilitated a follow-on event to a 2012 NSPW in 

Trinidad and Tobago, discussing U.S. national security policy and the policy development process. Fortynine participants, including British and Canadian government representatives, worked together to further the 

development of Trinidad and Tobago’s National Security Strategy.

From April 22-24, 2014, a Perry Center team facilitated a NSPW follow-on event with the government 

of Guatemala in order to assist that country in evaluating the progress of their National Security Strategic 

Plan. The Perry Center has worked with a series of administrations for a number of years, providing a venue 

for collaboration and strategic problem-solving with the NSPW and other workshops. The efforts of the Perry 

Center, the Defense Institutional Reform Initiative (DIRI), and the Country Team have established the Defense 

Department as the partner of choice for Guatemala’s national security and defense apparatus in the design and 

implementation of strategic national security and defense policies, plans, and guidance.

In August 2014, the Perry Center conducted a NSPW to facilitate a methodology to help Panama’s 

newly installed administration develop a new strategic direction and purpose for their national security team, 

and consider whether a National Security Policy should be adopted. The Perry Center provided academic 

context, best practices, and examples of National Security Strategies in the region. The high-level participation 

included the Minister of Government, Vice-Minister of Public Security and various program directors. Other 

participants included officials from various public security agencies, the Panama Canal Authority, and the 

Ministry of Foreign Relations. The event was requested and sponsored by the US Embassy.

Director Mark Wilkins provides opening remarks at 

the NSPW event in Panama.

From left: Profs. Kevin Newmeyer, Michael GoldBiss, Boris Saavedra, and Pedro de la Fuente with 

Guatemala NSPW participants. 
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Faculty Expertise in High Demand

Our faculty members are experts in their fields with strong academic backgrounds including experience as 

security and defense policymakers in the Western Hemisphere. Faculty increase regional exposure to the 

Center through interviews with the media, publications, and guest lecturing at other institutions. Resident and 

in-region course graduates often request VTC or in-person lectures by Perry Center faculty, and the Center 

does its best to fulfill every request that aligns with the Center’s mission and resources. In FY14, our professors 

lectured and participated on panels at many institutions throughout the Western Hemisphere (nearly all at the 

cost of the requesting institution).

At the request of Department of Defense stakeholders, partner institutions, and partner nation 

governments, Perry Center faculty deliver presentations utilizing their subject matter expertise throughout 

the year. For example, several professors provided lectures at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance 

Management (DISAM) for courses to develop the regional expertise of U.S. military foreign area officers. 

Faculty also supported academic programs for the Paraguay and El Salvador alumni associations, U.S. Joint 

Special Operations University and Mexico’s Center for Superior Naval Studies (CESNAV), PANAMAX-A, 

and the annual regional training exercise Fuerzas Comando held in Colombia, among others.

Additionally, the Perry Center, USSOUTHCOM, and the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) 

cohosted the April 2014 Biosurveillance Challenges in the Americas Workshop at USSOUTHCOM in 

Miami, FL, an event that brought together senior leaders (including Perry Center faculty) and experts in 

security and public health from 12 countries in the Western Hemisphere. The workshop focused on promoting 

the coordination of disease surveillance activities across Central and South America and the Caribbean, with 

the ultimate goal of improving early disease recognition and response times throughout the region.

In May 2014, the North American Research Center (CISAN, at the National Autonomous University 

of Mexico, UNAM) and the Perry Center organized an international seminar in Mexico City on the topic of 

the role of women as actors in the armed forces in North America, moderated by Perry Center faculty. The 

seminar convened several panels of military women, yielding a wealth of experience and diversity among 

participants and audience members.

Prof. Patricia Escamilla-Hamm (center) with speakers 

at the forum on women in the armed forces in Mexico 

City. 

Profs. Evan Ellis and Celina Realuyo (center) 

participate in a panel discussion on Central American 

security at the Hudson Institute.
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Alumni

Key to the Perry Center mission is relationship-building, and the Center 

strives to maintain strong relationships with program alumni. Maintaining 

strong relationships with alumni ensures that our professors are abreast of 

security and defense developments in countries throughout the region and 

also provides opportunities for collaboration and increased regional exposure 

to the Perry Center. The VTC program, detailed on the following page, also 

serves as a low cost and effective tool for alumni outreach. Many VTC events 

are conducted at the request of alumni throughout the region. 

For example, in May 2014, a delegation from the Perry Center 

visited El Salvador to participate in several activities coordinated by that 

country’s alumni association. On May 26, Professors Carlos Ospina, David 

Spencer, and Guillermo Pacheco facilitated a workshop for 61 participants 

on the topic of strategic leadership and strategy formulation. The workshop 

was held at the Instituto Especializado de Educación Superior para la 

Formación Diplomática (IEESFORD), which is the training facility for 

the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of El Salvador. The IEESFORD Director, 

Ambassador Francisco Salvador Fonseca Salgado, presided over the opening 

ceremony along with alumni association President Juan Ricardo Gómez 

Hecht and Perry Center Professor Ospina. Following the successful 

workshop, the alumni association also organized a networking dinner on 

May 23 that was attended by approximately 40 Perry Center alumni and 

former and current students at the Colegio de Altos Estudios Estratégicos 

(CAEE). This event brought together a diverse group of alumni, including 

several who attended the first course at the Perry Center in 1998, and the 

most recent graduates from the 2014 Strategy and Defense Policy course in 

Washington and NationLab at CAEE in El Salvador.

Additionally, on June 17, the Perry Center alumni association of 

Paraguay organized an international symposium at the Ministry of Defense 

on “Terrorism and Counterinsurgency,” led by Perry Center Professor David 

Spencer. The event was well received and attended by a diverse audience that 

included Paraguayan Army, Navy, and Air Force Operations Forces, along 

with various Special Forces services and brigades, students from the strategic 

leadership course at the Instituto de Altos Estudios Estratégicos (IAEE), and 

Perry Center alumni.

Alumni Associations

Argentina 

Belize*

Bolivia

Brazil*

Chile

Colombia

Costa Rica*, 

Dominican Republic 

Ecuador

El Salvador

Guatemala

Guyana

Haiti*

Honduras*

Jamaica

Mexico

Panama

Paraguay

Peru

Trinidad & Tobago

Uruguay

Venezuela

United States*

*=forming association

Prof. David Spencer lectures at the 

invitation of the Paraguay alumni 

association.

IEESFORD workshop participants in 

El Salvador. 
22 Perry Center Annual Report

VTC Program

VTC is an outreach tool that helps promote collaborative communities of interest, maintain and expand 

alumni connections, and connect the Center with regional associations and institutions. VTC events support 

U.S. Defense policy goals as an innovative, low-cost approach to building relationships with international 

participants. The Center uses VTC (including web-based programs through chds.net) as both part of larger 

academic programs and also for stand-alone events, like webinars. Through coordination with regional 

audiences and partner institutions, the Perry Center can participate in many types of outreach with distant 

audiences, increasing the visibility of our professors while also taking advantage of technology to reduce costs 

of time and travel of our faculty. The Center has multi-point capability to network with multiple countries 

simultaneously. 

In FY14 the Center connected with more than 1,000 participants in 17 VTC events that 

were coordinated in conjunction with alumni associations, partner institutions and universities. These 

videoconferences responded to requests for assistance and were presented to a wide range of audiences 

consisting of Perry Center alumni, partner institution faculty and students, and other security and defense 

professionals from the region. In addition to one-time VTC requests, the Center participates in several VTC 

program series with partners in the region, like CAEE, CEDEYAC (a course on strategic leadership in defense 

and crisis management in Peru), and the El Salvador alumni association. Many of these VTC events were 

recorded and made available to the larger community and can be found on the Perry Center video library on 

the website and through the alumni office.

Lecture topics from 2014 

include:

• Geostrategic Implications 

of the Crisis in Syria

• The International Relevance 

of the Manning and Snowden 

Cases 

• National Security Planning

• Regional Security in Latin 

America

• Strategy of Conflict: Theory 

and Framework

• Failed States

• The Use of the Military 

to Combat Transnational 

Organized Crime

• Geostrategic Implications 

of the Crisis in Crimea

Prof. Celina Realuyo conducts a VTC lecture with the El 

Salvador alumni association on the Islamic State.
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Digital Resources

Perry Center Web Presence

website: chds.dodlive.mil

GlobalNet: chdsnet.org

facebook: English and Spanish

alumni blog: chdsonline.blogspot.com

Twitter: @CHDSonline

Flickr: flickr.com/photos/chdsonline

Livestream: livestream.com/chds

Blackboard: ndu.blackboard.com

Digital Library hosted by NDU: 

digitalndulibrary.ndu.edu/cdm4/search_chdspub.php

The Daily News Roundup is a free multi-language list of 

relevant regional news articles compiled by the Perry Center 

editorial staff, with a daily readership of just over 2,400.

Diálogos Video Series

As part of our ever-expanding offering of educational 

programs, we launched a new online resource, titled 

Diálogos con el Centro Perry. In this series of conversations, 

Perry Center faculty members and other experts discussed 

theoretical concepts, current events, and trends relevant 

to the analysis of security and defense in the Western 

Hemisphere. In each recorded session, Dr. Luis Bitencourt, 

the Dean of Academics at the Perry Center, invited 

members of the faculty (which is composed of former highranking military and government officials and renowned 

academics from diverse parts of Latin America and the 

United States) and other distinguished experts to share 

their unique perspectives on various topics. The Diálogos

are recorded in Spanish and available in the video library on 

our website.
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Special Recognition 

In December 2013, the Perry Center launched the inaugural 

edition of the Perry Paper Series with a special event that 

featured remarks from Dr. William J. Perry, the Center’s 

namesake and former U.S. Secretary of Defense. The 

inaugural edition of the Perry Paper Series, The Strategic 

Dimension of Chinese Engagement with Latin America by 

Dr. R. Evan Ellis, covered one of the most significant 

and timely topics in the Americas region: the growing 

relationship between China and the countries of the Western 

Hemisphere. In summer 2014, the Center organized a 

Perry Paper Series writing competition to select the next 

edition. Colombian defense analyst Nicolás Fernando 

Gallo Campos entered the winning submission, Fronteras 

en Colombia: ¿Estratégicas, amenaza u oportunidad para la 

seguridad y defensa? (Colombia’s Borders: Strategic Threat or 

Opportunity for Security and Defense).

On October 29, 2013, the director of the Chilean Ministry 

of National Defense’s Academy for Political and Strategic 

Studies (ANEPE) signed an Agreement of Academic 

Cooperation at the Perry Center. Rear Admiral Harald 

Sievers has been ANEPE’s director since 2011, and this 

Agreement of Academic Cooperation institutionalizes an 

already flourishing relationship between the two institutions.

In February 2014, the Perry Center participated in a VTC 

series of academic lectures with the Mexican Citizen Council 

on Public Security, Prevention, and Social Reintegration 

(Consejo Ciudadano) that was attended by more than 350 

participants tuning in from institutions throughout Mexico, 

Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Panama. Consejo Ciudadano is 

a prominent private think tank on public security in Jalisco, 

Mexico. Mexican Professor Javier Carrasco Rueda (Perry 

Center alumnus) coordinated and moderated the event. The 

VTC, and the insights of Perry Center faculty in particular, 

were covered extensively in Consejo Ciudadano’’s 2014 

activites report. 

23 CONSEJO CIUDADANO DE SEGURIDAD PÚBLICA, PREVENCIÓN Y REINSERCIÓN SOCIAL

Promoviendo la participación ciudadana en seguridad

Experiencia Comparada México-Colombia

Retos de la gobernabilidad y seguridad ante el surgimiento de grupos de 

autodefensas3

Edición a cargo de Mtro. Javier Carrasco Rueda

Ponentes: 

General (R) Carlos Alberto Ospina Valle4 y

Dra. Patricia H. Escamilla-Hamm.5

Presentación

El 20 de febrero de 2014 el Centro Perry realizó una videoconferencia (VTC) con la 

asociación de egresados del Centro Perry en Jalisco, México. El tema fue “Retos a 

la gobernabilidad y seguridad ante el surgimiento de grupos de autodefensas”. Los 

profesores Carlos Ospina y Patricia Escamilla-Hamm disertaron ante un grupo de 

más de 350 participantes. La videoconferencia fue trasmitida en vivo en diferentes 

dependencias dentro de la Universidad de Guadalajara, al Consejo Ciudadano de 

Seguridad Pública, Prevención y Reinserción Social del Estado de Jalisco y a otros 

egresados del Centro Perry en varios países incluyendo Colombia, Perú, Paraguay y 

Panamá.

La edición se realizó por el maestro Javier Carrasco Rueda respetando las ideas 

centrales de la charla. Entre las conclusiones que se podrían explorar son que a 

pesar de que el problema de la irrupción del fenómeno de las autodefensas tiene 

sus propias características tanto en Colombia como en México, pueden determinarse 

elementos comunes como los siguientes:

3 La videograbación de la conferencia está disponible en: http://globalnet.adobeconnect.com/

p7oj7ckot7d/.

4 Comandante de las fuerzas armadas de Colombia (2002-2006) Profesor del Centro Perry de 

Estudios Hemisféricos de Defensa desde 2007 y autor del libro Los años en que Colombia recuperó 

la esperanza basado en su extensa trayectoria como oficial del ejército de Colombia, en él discute 

estrategias, políticas y lecciones aprendidas dentro del contexto de la lucha contra la insurgencia y la 

inseguridad pública, con un enfoque en la política de seguridad democrática promulgada por Álvaro 

Uribe durante su presidencia.

5 Profesora del Centro Perry de Estudios Hemisféricos de Defensa. Doctora en Ciencias Políticas. Ha 

publicado “Políticas de Seguridad Nacional en la Frontera”, en La Evolución de las políticas públicas 

en la frontera norte en el Siglo XX”, ed. Barajas et al. (2011); “La lucha contra el crimen organizado 

en Estados Unidos: Alcances y límites”, en Crimen organizado, seguridad e iniciativa Mérida en las 

relaciones México-Estados Unidos, ed. Raúl Benítez Manaut (2010); e “International Interests and 

Foreign Policy Priorities of Mexican Americans”, en Double Diversity, ed. Ernest J. Wilson III, New 

York: Routledge, 2004.

Aspectos de la 

Videoconferencia 

“Retos de la 

gobernabilidad y 

seguridad ante el 

surgimiento de grupos 

de autodefensas”

Rear Admiral Harald Sievers of ANEPE signs 

an Academic Agreement with the Center.

Dr. William J. Perry speaks at the Perry Paper 

Series launch in December 2013.
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William J. Perry Award for Excellence 

in Security and Defense Education

This year the Perry Center selected one individual and two institutional awardees for the William J. Perry 

Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education. Since 2007, awardees have been chosen for their 

achievements in promoting education, research, outreach, and knowledge-sharing on security and defense 

issues that affect the Western Hemisphere.

2014 Individual Recipient

Dr. Richard Millett of Southern Illinois University was 

recognized for his outstanding contributions to the 

field of security and defense education in the Americas 

through teaching, outreach, and publishing. He is 

author and co-editor of Beyond Praetorianism: The Latin 

American Military in Transition (1996), a classic on 

civil-military relations in the region, long considered 

an authoritative guide to militaries in Latin America. 

He is also a founding member of the Inter-American 

Defense College’s Foundation Board and a champion for 

that institution, which is also located at Ft. McNair in 

Washington, DC.

2014 Institutional Recipient #1

The Inter-American Defense College (IADC) is 

recognized for its pivotal role in supporting hemispheric 

security and defense through graduate-level educational 

opportunities for senior military and government 

officials from around the Western Hemisphere. Since its 

inception in 1962, the IADC has graduated more than 

2,000 students through a rigorous year-long academic 

program.

2014 Institutional Recipient #2

Spain’s Center for Advanced Studies in National Defense 

(CESEDEN), founded in 1964 and celebrating its 50th 

anniversary this year, CESEDEN is the main education 

center of the Spanish armed forces. Falling under the 

Minister of Defense, CESEDEN comprises a Technical 

Secretariat, a School of Advanced Defense Studies, the 

College of the Armed Forces, the Spanish Institute for 

Strategic Studies, the Spanish Commission of Military 

History, and a number of other support services. 

Through its academic programs, CESEDEN stands out 

as a premier partner institution of the Perry Center.

Dr. Luis Bitencourt and Dr. Richard Millett.

IADC Director Rear Admiral Martha Herb 

accepts award on behalf of her institution.

CESEDEN Director Lt. Gen. Alfonso De La 

Rosa Morena addresses the audience.
26 Perry Center Annual Report

William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies 

Faculty & Staff

Director Mr. Mark Wilkins

Executive Assistant to the Director Ms. Maritza Monteverde

USNORTHCOM Liaison Officer Mr. Rick Taylor

USSOUTHCOM Liaison Officer Mr. Stephen Meyer

Academic Affairs

Dean Dr. Luis Bitencourt Chief, Strategic Outreach COL Robert Alvaro

Associate Dean Dr. Scott Tollefson Strategic Program Manager Mr. Michael Mann

Visiting Professor Mr. Walter Earle Management/Program Analyst Ms. Suzanne Heist

Professor Dr. Salvador Raza Institutional Relations Coordinator Ms. Kara O’Ryan

Professor of Practice RADM (ret.) Pedro de la Fuente Assistant Alumni Affairs Specialist Ms. Yesenia Godoy

Professor of Practice Mr. Pat Paterson Editor Ms. Patricia Kehoe

Professor of Practice Mr. Guillermo Pacheco 

Professor of Practice Ms. Celina Realuyo 

Assistant Professor BG (ret.) Boris Saavedra 

Assistant Professor Dr. David Spencer

Management and Administration

Chief, Management Services Mr. Jeff Murphy Registrar Mr. Van Beall

Protocol Officer Ms. Maria Martinez Assistant Registrar Ms. Georgina Crovetto

Program Specialist Ms. Alicia Torres

Academic Assistant Ms. Molly Albin

Budget Officer Mr. Luis Castro

Plans and Operations Officer Ms. Linda Denning Information Management Officer Mr. Raul Neine

Plans and Operations Officer Mr. Chris Hannigan Webmaster Mr. Nick Foreit

Program Support Specialist Mr. Henry Tweddle Multimedia Specialist Ms. Vivian Rodriguez

Reflects personnel as of December 31, 2014

William J. Perry Center 

for Hemispheric Defense Studies

Abraham Lincoln Hall

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