Caribbean Defense and Security Course (CDSC)
April 15 - May 5, 2010
Application Period: Sep 11 - Dec 15, 2009
Candidate Profile - Application Instructions - Application Form
This two-week survey course is designed to help participants develop and expand their competence in analyzing issues and working with policy, strategy, planning, and resource management in the security/defense sector. Participants study international and national security environments and processes, as well as defense and security policy formulation and implementation, resource management, civilian-military and law enforcement cooperation, defense economics, transnational security issues, and interagency and international coordination in order to produce more effective national security and defense policies. The course is general in its approach to the subject and uses the experience of participants, faculty, and lecturers to enrich the learning exchange. The course combines theoretical concepts of defense and security analysis with integrated practical exercises, including lectures, individual studies, and guest speakers. This course will highlight the issues and challenges confronting small nations in the Caribbean region.
Admission is open to civilians from the executive, legislative and judicial branches, educators, academic researchers, journalists, and NGO and think-tank staffs involved in security/defense matters. Military, defense force, and police officers are also selected to join the program. The application requirements for civilian and military candidates, which are different, are available in the admissions section of this CHDS website.
Candidates must be professionally engaged in defense or security issues in their countries, hold a university degree or equivalent practical experience. CHDS makes a final selection of participants based on academic and professional credentials, and demographic criteria. The CDSC is offered every other year (2006, 2008, etc) and is conducted only in English. Candidates who are not native speakers of English will be interviewed telephonically prior to final selection. Selected participants will receive full scholarships to attend the course. The next edition will take place in the Spring of 2010. For more information, consult the CHDS academic calendar.
