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

Major Texine Daw, Guyana Defence Force, was recently appointed to Guyana’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations as First Secretary. Major Daw also serves as a legal advisor to the Mission.

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.

Congratulations to the latest cohort of International Defense Acquisition Resource Management (IDARM) “Principles of Defense Acquisition Management” graduates. This course provides a theoretical and practical examination of the underlying concepts, fundamentals, and philosophies of the international defense acquisition management process.

Participants examined the complete defense acquisition life cycle from planning through equipment disposal. The course addresses management characteristics and competencies, control policies and techniques, systems analysis methods, risk management, and functional area concerns. International best practices are discussed along with implementation-related challenges and lessons learned.