Recently, the Institute for Security Governance (ISG) facilitated a workshop with the Kenya Ministry of Defense (KMoD) to collaborate on a civilian professionalization plan within the Kenyan civil service. Moving forward with ISG support, the KMoD staff will conduct their own review sessions, in-country interviews, and international case studies on civil service reform to help shape new policy. …
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Congratulations to the latest cohort of International Defense Acquisition Resource Management (IDARM) "International Defense Acquisition Negotiations" graduates. This course focuses on planning for and negotiating complex issues related to international defense contracts. Particular emphasis is placed on the strategies, techniques, and characteristics of good negotiators. Participants examine…
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A mobile training team (MTT) from the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) School of Security Cooperation Studies (SSCS) recently traveled to Vilnius, Lithuania to conduct a two-week international partner whole-of-government Security Cooperation and foreign military sales (FMS) training with Lithuanian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Lithuanian Military Departments personnel.…
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Kudos to Dr. Thomas-Durrell Young, the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) Senior Academic Analyst, on the publication of his most recent book published by Routledge. Dr. Young served as editor and wrote an in-depth, stage-setting introduction on the economics of contemporary defense industry. “The Economics of Defense Industry: Contemporary Prospects and Challenges” is an edited…
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The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense Policy (OSDP) announced today that the Defense Resources Management Institute (DRMI) realigned to the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU), a directorate of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA). This transition of DRMI management and oversight is the result of the close collaboration of the DRMI Policy Guidance Council, including…
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The Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) and The George Washington University (GWU) Elliott School of International Affairs will co-host the second annual Security Cooperation Conference, “Delivering on the Promise of Security Cooperation” October 12-13, 2023, in Washington, D.C. The Conference will examine the practice of Security Cooperation to inform U.S. policymakers, planners, and…
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A Strategic Advisor Course recently concluded for fifteen students, including seven Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) Ministry of Defense Advisors who will deploy to worldwide assignments, at Muscatatuck Urban Training Center (MUTC), Camp Atterbury, Indiana. This three-week course led by DSCU’s College of Strategic Security Cooperation (CSSC) Defense Advising Department prepares DoD…
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From June 25-27, 2023, Mr. John Zavage, the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) Curriculum Lead, participated in the 2023 Interallied Confederation of Reserve Officers (CIOR) Summer Congress in Helsinki, Finland. During the CIOR Summer Congress’s Young Reserve Officers Workshop (YROW), Mr. Zavage taught a block of instruction on "Effective…
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From June 12-14, 2023, fifty-two Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) students attended the Defense Security Cooperation University’s (DSCU) SCO Operational Engagements Course (Briefings and Consultations) in the National Capital Region. The course focuses on students building key relationships for their in-country SCO assignments, where they represent the Department of Defense to allies and…
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Kudos to three Defense Security Cooperation University Office of the President colleagues, Dr. Jason Fritz, Mr. Michael Skaggs and Dr. Thomas-Durrell Young, for their recently published academic works. Dr. Fritz, the DSCU Chief Academic Officer, and his co-author David Malet published “Historical Responses to Foreign Fighters and Returnees” in the book, Returning Foreign Fighters: Responses,…
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