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*** Schedule of Events for Week of 1-6 April, 2011 attached above***
Recent highlights below:
Africa Center for Strategic Studies
Africa Center Hosts American University Students – Africa Center faculty and staff served as hosts March 24 for a
group of American University international relations students and several International and Counter-Terrorism African
fellows who are attending National Defense University in Washington, D.C. …more.
Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies
86 Graduate from the CSRT-11 Course – Eight-six Fellows graduated March 24 from the Asia-Pacific Center for
Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) Course. The military and civilian
participants who attended the four-week course came from 46 locations, primarily throughout the Asia-Pacific region,
as well as other far reaches of the globe. …more.
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
Alumni Conference Covers Corruption – Marshall Center distinguished alumni met in Garmisch to learn about and
share experiences on the topic of countering corruption. Twenty-two deputy ministers, deputy chiefs of defense,
ambassadors and parliamentarians from 20 different countries met March 21-23 at the Marshall Center for the
conference titled, “Strengthening Counter Corruption Efforts.” …more.
Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies
Lebanese Armed Forces Regional Security Conference Begins – Director James A. Larocco and Course Director Bob
Sharp and Professors Murhaf Jouejati and Sami Hajjar represented NESA at this four-day conference funded by the
Regional Defense Combating Terrorism Fellowship Program.
Defense Institute of International Legal Studies
DIILS Introduces Acting Director – The Defense Institute of International Legal Studies is pleased to introduce our
Acting Director, Commander Jonathan H. Wagshul JAGC, USN. Commander Wagshul graduated from Georgetown
University, where he majored in Russian and minored in government (B.S., cum laude, 1986), Washington and Lee
School of Law (J.D., 1989), and the Judge Advocate General’s School, U.S. Army (L.L.M. in military law with a
subspecialty in international and operational law.) …more.
US Army Medical Department Center and School
AMEDDC&S Supports Radiation Protection for US Forces Aiding Japan – Our hearts go out to the people of Japan in
the wake of the horrific tragedy that has occurred there. And our words are not hollow as, in the Army's efforts to
support Japan, PACOM has reached out for staff augmentation. AMEDDC&S’s LTC Rodrigo Chavez, an Army
Health Physicist, has been tapped to augment the PACOM Surgeon's staff in providing expertise on radiation
protection for US Forces deployed ISO Operation Tomodachi in Japan. LTC Chavez is the Chief, CBRNE Sciences
Branch in the Academy of Health Sciences.
Defense Resources Management Institute
DRMI’s Latest Newsletter Hits the Streets – Issue 35 of the DRMI Newsletter, dated April 2011, has just been
published. Read it here.
NATO School
Director of Marshall Center Visits NATO School – On 29 March Lieutenant General (Ret) Keith W. Dayton, Director
of the George C. Marshall Center, visited the NATO School in Oberammergau..…more.
Focus on Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)
Mission:
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies supports United States foreign and security policies by strengthening the
strategic capacity of African states to identify and resolve security challenges in ways that promote civil-military
cooperation, respect for democratic values, and safeguard human rights.
Vision:
The Africa Center is the pre-eminent Department of Defense institution for strategic security studies, research, and
outreach in Africa. The Africa Center engages African partner states and institutions through rigorous academic and
outreach programs that build strategic capacity and foster long-term, collaborative relationships. …more.
Please click here for links to Global Center Consortium Members.
Faculty Spotlight - Each week our Snapshots highlight one expert from one of our
Consortium members
Elizabeth Wright, DPA
Center for Civil-Military Relations
Senior Lecturer; Program Manager, International Defense Acquisition Resources
Management Program
Dr. Wright joined the Center for Civil-Military Relations in 2003, following several years’ teaching experience at The
George Washington University and the James Monroe Graduate School of Mary Washington College. Her teaching
interests include Competitive Sourcing, Cost and Price Analysis, and Negotiation, while research interests Emerging
Trends in International Defense Acquisition; NATO, EU and Other Defense-Related Alliances; and Outsourcing. …more.
Other News – You can also find other news and information at http://gcsc.rio-net.org
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