MNSA senior executives visit US for global security, development study
AS part of the Master in National Security Administration for Senior Executives (MNSA-SE) — a delegation from the National Defense College of the Philippines (NDCP), comprising high-ranking government and private sector officials — trooped to the United States for the annual Global Security and Development Study (GSDS).
Justice Undersecretary Margarita Gutierrez served as NDCP’s head of delegation, with 25 other senior government officials and a prominent chief executive officer from the private sector visiting key security and defense institutions in Washington DC and New York.
The GSDS activity was in line with the push of Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro Jr. to build up the Philippines’ defense capability by keeping up with technological advancement and the security environment.
This year’s GSDS would feature stops at the US Department of Homeland Security, National Defense University, the Eisenhower School for National Security and Resource Strategy, US Department of Defense or Pentagon, US House of Representatives or Capitol, Committee on Armed Services, Permanent Mission of the Republic of the Philippines to the United Nations (UN), and Council on Foreign Relations and UN Headquarters.
The delegation was set to receive briefings and engage in substantive conversations with their hosts about domestic, regional and global affairs; bilateral relations with the Philippines; maritime security; defense cooperation; and people-to-people exchanges.
The GSDS was one of the integral components of the MNSA program. With this activity, the NDCP brings its scholars to a select country of destination to help enhance their strategic thinking.