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New Posts provide a quick snapshot of the Institute's various Institutional Capacity Building activities around the globe.

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ISG Building Institutional Capacity in the Maritime Security Sector Course

September 17, 2024

The Institute for Security Governance recently concluded its course: Building Institutional Capacity in the Maritime Sector.

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ISG Hosts Inaugural 'Climate and Environmental Security' Course

September 11, 2024

The Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently concluded its inaugural "Climate and Environmental Security" Regional Course in Quito, Ecuador.

ISG Armenia MET: Women's Integration into the Armed Forces

ISG Armenia MET: Women's Integration into the Armed Forces

September 5, 2024

The Defense Security Cooperation University's Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently concluded a weeklong workshop on “Women’s Integration in the Armed Forces” in Yerevan, Armenia. Led by ISG Security Governance faculty member, Cary O’Connell, the event was hosted by the Armenian Ministry of Defense and the U.S. Embassy’s Office of Defense Cooperation.

The intended outcome of the weeklong workshop was to develop policies to recruit and employ more women in the Armenian Armed Forces. Integrating women fully and equally can be valuable to a country’s national security sector.

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ISG Support to PKO Engagement with Serbia

September 3, 2024

The Defense Security Cooperation University’s Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently led a peacekeeping operations workshop in Garmisch, Germany, with nine personnel from the Ministry of Defense of the Republic of Serbia and the Serbian Armed Forces.

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ISG Principles of Defense Acquisition Management

August 30, 2024

Congratulations to the latest cohort of the Institute for Security Governance's International Defense Acquisition Resource Management (IDARM) "Principles of Defense Acquisition Management" course graduates. This course provides a theoretical and practical examination of the underlying concepts, fundamentals, and philosophies of the international defense acquisition management process.

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Mobile Education Trainings (METs) in Bogota, Colombia

August 30, 2024

The Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently delivered three Mobile Education Trainings (METs) in Bogota, Colombia. The METs included two courses in support of Women, Peace and Security, titled “Women’s Integration into the Armed Forces,” and “Women, Leadership and National Defense”—the latter with an emphasis on the important role that Gender Advisors can play in support of military planning and operations.