17 visitors from Europe will expose participants to U.S. security and the defense policy-making process and perspectives on global issues; examine specific security issues, such as regional conflicts, weapons proliferation, energy security, homeland security, international terrorism, and the use of preventive diplomacy to address these challenges; discuss the European security architecture, including the evolving roles... Read More

Visitors will be coming from Mexico will be coming to take part in a second series of professional study tours: SDDC and Global Ties U.S. is organizing a series of one-week professional study tours to bring Mexican law enforcement officials, policymakers, and other stakeholders to the United States. These study tours will allow for focused... Read More

5 visitors from Uruguay will be coming to examine the American criminal justice system, with an emphasis on U.S. efforts to protect and promote women’s rights, women’s access to justice, and the welfare of children within the juvenile justice system. They will explore best practices and challenges within the U.S. corrections system in the incarceration... Read More

9 visitors from the United Kingdom will be coming to to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following:Explore the current issues facing immigrant and urban communities through the eyes of those working and living in those communities; Learn about youth empowerment, and discover the role of young voices in community activism and grassroots organizing; Explore... Read More

6 visitors from the Russian Federation will be coming to to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following:Experiencing their own profession in an American context, through internships with related businesses and organizations; Learn about San Diego’s economy, business climate, strengths, and challenges through a visit to the World Trade Center and meeting with the Regional... Read More

Visitors from Afghanistan and Uzbekistan will be coming to make professional connections in San Diego exploring the following : Strengthen economic cooperation and trade relationships between Afghanistan and Uzbekistan ; Examine domestic and international economic forces that influence U.S. trade policy and the policy-making process; examine the ideal conditions and challenges integral to facilitating and... Read More

9 visitors from Pakistan will be coming to examine how the U.S. manages freshwater supplies for agriculture, energy production and domestic and industrial uses; Explore U.S. efforts to protect the environment, with a focus on the quantity and quality of surface and groundwater supplies for a variety of competing uses locally, regionally, nationally and internationally;... Read More

7 visitors from multiple countries will highlight how the UNCLOS III economic and resource clauses apply to the Pacific Ocean and SCS. They will also examine the role of large and small fish extraction enterprises, explore the rights and responsibilities of nations with respect to their use of the world’s common resources including fisheries management... Read More

7 visitors from Africa will be coming to examine innovative management strategies for non-governmental organizations (NGOs), particularly organizations in the U.S. that support and promote social or political issues; explore the diversity of the independent sector in the U.S. and the dynamic relationships between business, government and non-governmental organizations; and examine methodologies used by NGOs for... Read More