The principles of environmental stewardship and sustainability support environmental protection. Environmental protection is the application of human ingenuity and resources, through the disciplines of science and engineering, as required by environmental protection laws, regulations, and policies, to protect the natural…
The economic vitality of the South American region is threatened by the effects of climate change. Climate change often exacerbates existing environmental crises such as drought, water scarcity and soil degradation, intensify land use conflicts (especially in the Andean and…
Today, in the States of the former Yugoslavia, national security teams are wrestling with the challenges of parallel political and military transformations. As a group, these countries have opted to align their futures with the West and the European Community.…
The Moldovan Military Institute (MMI) is in its second year of a three year action plan to completely revise its professional military education (PME) curriculum. In less than a year the MMI will begin its new curriculum for cadets to…
By the very nature of their missions, the world’s militaries spend much of their time developing plans that address identified risks, only to find themselves reacting to security threats from an unanticipated sector, or to manmade and natural disasters. The…
Threats to state and human security result from, political and military, and gangs but also social, economic and environmental issues. These and an ever widening array of factors, from the proliferation of small arms and drugs trafficking, to transnational threats…
Building trust and cooperation between the military and civilian sectors of the nations of South America is an essential step in the continuation of their progress as democracies. As part of its continuing efforts to assist in this endeavor, the…
The Moldovan Military Institute (MMI) has a bold vision to become the premiere military training and academic institute for all levels of development for the Moldovan Armed Forces (MAF). The MMI is responsible for the professional development of all MAF…
Within the Balkan region there is a shared desire for integration into the European Community. A prerequisite for such integration is the modernization of the national security apparatus. For this reason, Serbia has a certain urgency to transform its national…