CTSES & Washington Seminar on Violent Extremism, 8-17 September 2020

42 participants from 27 countries participated in Combating Transnational Threats Senior Executive Seminar which featured a Washington Seminar distinguished panel event.

Read More Here

"The IOR Economic Condition: Energy, Trade, and Infrastructure" 9 September 2020

NESA Professor Dr. Gawdat Bahgat gives his thoughts on the Gulf economy and trend lines for the future.

SEE VIDEO

"Building Trust - Generational, and with the State in the Time of Covid-19" 5 Sept 2020

Seeking equity, fairness, and social justice, the region's youth too often find corruption, disenfranchisement, and despair. A select group of NESA-AFRICOM young alumni reflect on the way ahead from this plight; exacerbated by the Covid-19 crisis.

SEE PRESENTATIONS

"Maritime Dimensions of Regional Rivalries in the Gulf" 4 Sept 2020

NESA Professor David DesRoches presents on the security situation in the Persian Gulf and impacts throughout the larger Indian Ocean Region

WATCH PRESENTATION

"Roundtable with Congresswoman Lois Frankel (FL-21)" 3 September 2020

Frankel discussed women’s role in security, the gender gap, women’s rights to healthcare, reproductive care, access to education and the value of bipartisanship.

"Holistic Maritime Security for the IOR" 2 September 2020

Vice Admiral Chauhan (Retd), Director General of the National Maritime Foundation, joins our ongoing digital series devoted to maritime security issues in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR).

SEE VIDEO

Home

WELCOME

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

Our 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 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.

VISION

A secure, prosperous NESA region committed to collaborative, inclusive security and whole-of-government approaches to security and socio-political challenges.

MISSION

To build and sustain communities of influence and partnership among security professionals and other key stakeholders throughout the NESA region. The efforts of our expansive alumni network—numbering almost 10,000 NESA alumni—ensure that foreign policy communities around the world are becoming better equipped to provide answers and analysis towards some of the toughest security challenges impacting our world.

NESA EVENTS

NESA has postponed in-person programs through August due to the Covid-19 crisis, but is conducting invite-only virtual seminars and events for the time being. Stay tuned for updates on future programs.