25–27 October

"Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC) Collaboration" 25–27 October 2022

The Royal Jordanian National Defense College delegation had open and constructive discussions with faculty and senior leaders during a visit hosted by the NESA Center.

23–27 Oct

“Saudi Ministry of Defense Conflict Termination Workshop” 23–27 October 2022

The NESA Center conducted a mobile training team course of instruction on conflict termination on conflict termination theory, negotiations theory, and case studies for the Saudi MOD.

26 OCT

“NESA-AFRICOM Transnational Threats Round Table” 26 October 2022

NESA Center Professor Anne Moisan conducted a "NESA-AFRICOM Transnational Threats: Criminal Insurgency” round table which is the last in the series stretching through 2022.

October 2022

“Perceptions of the Indo-Pacific–Views from the NESA Region" October 2022

The NESA Center published a report with results from a recent alumni survey which includes a range of questions formulated around U.S. policy towards the Indo-Pacific and how that impacts the countries of the NESA region.

4 October

Speakers during the 2021 Bay of Bengal Workshop

“Engagement with the Omani Academy of Defense & Strategic Studies” 4 October 2022

The NESA Center coordinated a peer-to-peer engagement with the Academy of Defense and Strategic Studies (ADSS) as well as the Defense and Assistant Defense Attaché.

23 September - 7 OCT

“Royal Saudi Air Defense Forces Executive Leadership Program” 23 September–7 October 2022

The NESA Center, in partnership with Raytheon, conducted the eighteenth RSADF Executive Leadership Program which brought senior military officers from the RSADF to the U.S. to discuss critical security issues.

Sept 21

“A Superpower Awakens: Managing Security in Ukraine & the Middle East in the Modern Age” 21 September 2022

The NESA Center hosted a Washington Seminar in Washington, D.C. The group (which included diplomats and military attaches) engaged in discussion regarding U.S. policies in the Middle East, the Ukraine war, as well as other key issues.

CSAG Papers

CENTCOM CSAG Papers

Perspectives published by International Officers from the Combined Strategic Analysis Group (CSAG) of the US Central Command Strategy, Plans, and Policy Directorate

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The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies is the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) regional center focused on enhancing security cooperation between the U.S. and the NESA region. The NESA Center team leverages practitioner and academic experience to provide a collaborative space for policymakers to advance security strategy and foster collaboration across borders.

NESA Center participants–comprised of foreign and defense policy professionals, diplomats, academics, and civil society leaders–come from the NESA region and beyond to engage in NESA Center seminars, workshops, and Track II diplomacy programs aimed at developing solutions for the region extending from North Africa across the Arabian Peninsula and into South Asia.