Book Description

What a jam-packed Journal this quarter, it has as much diversity as you could hope for! This is a reminder for all of us that the security assistance and security cooperation environment is continuously changing, and challenging. The National Defense University has provided the Journal with a series of articles encompassing a variety of international student programs and additional programs that include their families. The article is representative of a number of professional international military education and technical training programs including the National Defense University's Counterterrorism Fellows Program. The Legislation and Policy section digs into a variety of facets of technology control. Richard Grimmett begins by analyzing conventional arms transfers since 1995 through 2002. U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for Political-Military Affairs Lincoln P. Bloomfield follows with his views on "Implementation of the United Nations Program of Action for Small Arms and Light Weapons" North Korea is discussed by Undersecretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs John R. Bolton. The Journal features an opinion on Central America through the eyes of Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Daniel W. Fisk. Lincoln P. Bloomfield concludes the section with views on the "Status of U.S. Interagency Review of U.S. Export Licensing and Technology Transfer Policy". The European theater is covered as Dr. Jaro Bilocerkowycz provides his perspective on Russian and Polish relations. If you have attended the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management's (DISAM's) European Regional Studies Seminar, you may note that he is one of the DISAM's adjunct professors. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency held its annual Security Cooperation Conference entitled "Strengthening Alliances for the Future."