The Institute for Security Governance – in cooperation with U.S. Embassy Panama – led its fifth strategic planning workshop with Panama’s Ministry of Public Security (MINSEG). A 40-person partner working group comprised of members from each of MINSEG’s four service-like operational organizations (estamentos) briefed the Minister of Public Security and the Directors General of the partner security services on progress in developing the first-ever MINSEG-level Joint Operating Concept. A new Panamanian Joint Operating Concept would provide a common approach to conducting operations across various domains (land, sea, air, etc.) and among different military services.

DSCU’s Institute for Security Governance recently concluded the resident course: PRACTICAL CYBER IMPLEMENTATION in Monterey, California. This course explores policies and practices necessary to protect and defend data, networks, systems, and platforms essential for military and security organizations and that underpin economic, social, governmental, and political activity in society. Instructors highlight the importance of civilian control throughout the cyber and MoD staff directorates, effective cybersecurity as a national security imperative, and introduce participants to cyber mission assurance, explore barriers to effective policy and practical implementation, and consider the latest practices and innovations for building cyber resilience.

Forty-five Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) students graduated the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) seven-week SCO Operations Course on February 29, 2024.

Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) is excited to introduce its sponsored research program and to announce that it is now accepting grant proposals for projects that contribute to the body of knowledge on Security Cooperation.

Institute for Security Governance (ISG) Director Ian Wexler recently travelled to the Philippines to observe an ISG Non-Resident Advising Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) engagement and a bilateral Mobile Education Training (MET) course. The interview below provides insight into his direct engagement in the field, his reflections on ISG’s ICB efforts in the Indo-Pacific and with the Philippines specifically, his assessment of how our work and colleagues were received, the impact of this trip on his strategic thinking, and his agenda for the future as ISG’s senior leader.

The Polish Air Force and a team from the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU)recently co-hosted the first regional European F-16 Institutional Capacity Building (ICB) workshop, in Warsaw, Poland.