2023 SC Conference "Delivering on the Promise of Security Cooperation"

The second annual Security Cooperation (SC) Conference on 12 & 13 October, co-hosted by the Defense Security Cooperation University (DSCU) and The George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs, examines the practice of SC to inform U.S. policymakers, planners, and implementers responsible for advancing the National Defense Strategy (NDS) through global partnerships and international cooperation.

The 2022 NDS emphasizes the importance of close collaboration with our network of alliances and partnerships as “foundational for U.S. national security interests and for our collective ability to address the challenges that the [People’s Republic of China] and Russia present, while responsibly managing the array of other threats we face.”

The 2022 SC Conference focused on the implications of a changing global security environment on the practice of SC. The 2023 SC Conference builds on that event with a focus on the practice itself across policymaking, planning, and implementation of SC programs and activities, and how that practice can inform the future of SC. This annual gathering of scholars and practitioners helps to foster dialogue, analysis, and critical inquiry. Conference results will form the basis for continued collaboration across the community of interest on how to apply knowledge, improve practice, and ultimately deliver on the promise of SC.

Experts across the security cooperation and assistance enterprise and relevant research communities are invited to participate. The conference is organized in partnership with The George Washington University Elliott School’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies by DSCU’s new Research, Analysis, and Lessons Learned Institute.

This one-and-a-half-day conference features plenary sessions to hear from leaders in the field and three structured panel sessions. Each panel session, organized around key themes, consist of four concurrent panels, allowing for more topics to be covered and greater audience participation in smaller groups. During registration, participants may indicate preferences on panels for each of the three panel sessions. The conference will observe the Chatham House Rule.

Feel free to contact us with any questions at: dsca.ncr.dscu.mbx.conference@mail.mil

For the current Bios of the speakers and panelists please visit: https://www.dscu.edu/documents/2023-SC-Conference-Bios.pdf