A team from the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to Bosnia and Herzegovina to conduct a seminar on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict with members of their military.

Announcing the latest ISG Heron – a quarterly newsletter highlighting our work in Security Cooperation and Institutional Capacity Building as well as the people who contribute to this important mission.

Congratulations to the latest cohort of the Institute for Security Governance's "Fundamentals of Maritime Security" graduates. This course is structured to provide participants with the strategic context shaping the maritime space in the early 21st century; an overview of various maritime transnational threats; risk and governance self-assessment exercises; maritime domain awareness; and strategies and solutions for governments to effectively prevent, prepare for, and manage the consequences of various maritime threats.

The Defense Security Cooperation University’s Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently hosted the latest iteration of its Women, Leadership, and National Defense (WLND) resident course at its headquarters in Monterey, California. This course brought together 11 participants from 11 different nations, including three civilians and eight military personnel.

A team from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to the Dominican Republic to meet with members of their military and government as part of an ongoing Security Cooperation program.

We are proud to announce the successful culmination of the Civil-Military Responses to Terrorism course. This course gives those who drive and are responsive to domestic and international counter-terrorism efforts with tools to develop effective, integrated, and forward-looking measures that go beyond force alone to prevent, combat, and contain terrorism and build resilience to terroristic violence.