Congratulations to ISG Europe Regional Program Lead Ms. Sandra O’Hern on her latest article published in the AFJAG Reporter.

The article, “Operational Legal Advisors as Champions of Legal Resiliency in the Fight Against Hybrid Threats,” examines how increasingly the law is being used as an instrument of power and its own operational domain, particularly within the context of hybrid warfare and as an element of strategic power competition.

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

In this issue, ISG:
• Welcomes new ISG Director, Ian Wexler, as well as two new faculty members.
• Celebrates a “Season of Collaboration” among ISG colleagues.
• Highlights the recent UN Peacekeeping Operations Contingent Commanders course.
• Spotlights a State Partnership Program workshop on African Security & Climate Change.
• Delves into a Theater Logistics Readiness Program engagement in Bosnia & Herzegovina.

Colonel Elizabeth F. Allen, Judge Advocate General’s Corps, U.S. Army, assumed the directorship of the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) September 29, 2023.

In 2023, the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) conducted five, seven-week Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) courses, which provided nearly 250 SCO students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities to translate partner nation requirements into actionable Security Cooperation initiatives. DSCU’s SCO Department delivers professional, competency-focused education and training for all personnel assigned to a SCO.

The Institute for Security Governance would like to extend a warm welcome to ISG’s new Director, Ian S. Wexler.

Mr. Wexler comes to ISG by way of our DSCU’s sister component, the Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS). Under Mr. Wexler’s leadership, DIILS continued to thrive through a highly dynamic period, sustaining global mission execution during the substantial constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic

A team from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) Defense Institute of International Legal Studies (DIILS) recently traveled to Bulgaria to meet with members of the Bulgarian Navy as part of an ongoing Security Cooperation program.