July 2024

“NESA Center Update” July 2024

Read the July 2024 NESA Center Update focused on MENA region trends, programs and events, faculty and staff engagements, alumni contributions, and upcoming events.

24–26 June 2024

“2024 Indian Ocean Region Workshop” 24–26 June 2024

The NESA Center, in cooperation with the National Maritime Foundation of India and its sister regional center Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, conducted a 2024 Indian Ocean Region Workshop in Bangkok, Thailand, with thirty-one participants hailing from eleven countries.

6 June 2024

“2024 Air War College International Officer Seminar 6 June 2024

The NESA Center hosted 49 international fellows and faculty from the Air War College. The students were briefed at Fort McNair in Washington, D.C. on security challenges in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, and Latin America.

15 May 2024

“U.S. Army War College Strategic Staff Ride Seminar” 15 May 2024

Fifteen U.S. Army War College students and accompanying faculty attended a two-hour seminar hosted by the NESA Center as part of the Army War College’s annual Strategic Staff Ride, which brings the entire student body to the national capital region to engage policy, strategy, and security experts in person on a variety of contemporary challenges and issues.

11-15 May

“Pakistan National Defense University Seminar” 11–15 May 2024

The NESA Center hosted a delegation from the Pakistan NDU, with the purpose of understanding of U.S. national security concerns, U.S. interagency relationships, the U.S. approach to PME, and differing perspectives on issues of mutual interest, particularly in the South Asia region.

6–9 May 2024

“NESA-AFRICOM Transnational Threats Know No Borders Workshop” 6–9 May 2024

The NESA Center, in partnership with U.S. AFRICOM, held a focused workshop with 29 participants in Morocco. The participants provided a “whole of society” approach and came from various countries across the globe, including Latin America, Africa, the Levant, the U.S.

Group photograph of seminar participants on steps of building.

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.