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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A School of Security Cooperation Studies (SSCS) mobile training team (MTT) recently traveled to Finland to conduct the International Partner Security Cooperation Logistics and Finance course. The course curriculum spans the full spectrum of Security Cooperation, including legislation & policy, technology transfer/end-use monitoring, foreign military sales, acquisition, logistics, and…
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Senior U.S. Government Security Cooperation personnel attended Defense Advising-205, Intermediate Strategic Advising, for two weeks during May 2023, in the National Capital Region. This course provided future Advisors with knowledge and tools that enable them to rapidly understand the worldwide context in which they operate, identify and adapt to the challenges they face, and build productive…
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On April 19, 2023, Security Cooperation Organization (SCO) personnel completed Defense Security Cooperation University''s (DSCU) seven-week combined training program, which currently requires students to successfully navigate both SCO-220 Fundamentals and Application of SCO Operations and SCO-262 Briefings and Consultations. The group of students consisted of military officers, non-commissioned…
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DSCU’s president, Dr. Celeste W. Gventer, hosted a consultative session March, 24, 2023, during which Security Cooperation stakeholders and scholars brainstormed ideas for the potential scope and themes of the 2023 Security Cooperation Conference. The consultative session deliberated the following questions: What topics should the Security Cooperation community explore? How should the scope and…
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Dr. Celeste Gventer, Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) President, hosted a focus group March 10, 2023, on the future of Institutional Capacity Building (ICB). The event rallied subject matter experts across Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy, Congress, Department of State, practitioner organizations, and academia. The focus group helped establish a shared…
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