A DIILS team recently traveled to Estonia to conduct seminars on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict.

A DIILS team recently traveled to Micronesia to conduct seminars on Human Rights and the Law of Armed Conflict.

DIILS celebrated its 30th Anniversary at an event in Newport, Rhode Island earlier this month.

Earlier this month, members of the DIILS Naval Reserve unit led a week-long course of instruction on ‘Rule of Law and Disciplined Operations’ for the class of international students in residence at the International Surface Warfare Officers School (ISWOS) on Naval Station Newport.

ISG Africa Regional Program Lead Dr. Whitney Grespin’s recently published an article titled, “Things Fall Apart: Soviet Assistance to the Somali Armed Forces, 1960–1977” in the latest issue of The Journal of African Military History. In this piece, Dr. Grespin and co-author Mr. Matthew Marchese noted, “As Cold War tensions rose, Soviet aid was offered to the nascent Somali government in pursuit of broader geopolitical machinations that were seen to supersede Somali interests, laying the groundwork for a decades-long mismatch between local intentions and Cold War superpower objectives in the Horn of Africa.” The result of this mismatch, they argue, “left Somalia with an unsustainable, corrupt, and repressive security structure as a direct result of high levels of foreign assistance that were not well coordinated with host nation sustainment capabilities.”

The Institute for Security Governance (ISG) recently conducted a “Strategies and Capabilities for Cyber Challenges” Resident Course at ISG headquarters in Monterey, California. This four-week course – offered annually – equips participants with the knowledge and skills to understand cyber threats and vulnerabilities, and their consequences for national security and military operations. The course explores strategies and capabilities to maintain an advantage over actors who seek to exploit, disrupt, or damage the critical networks, systems, and services upon which our societies and militaries depend.