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On 21 April 2023, Course Members of the 29th NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC-29) celebrated their graduation upon completion of a 10-week curriculum, with a Graduation Ceremony at the NATO Defense College (NDC).

On 16 April 2023, Senior Course 142 travelled from Rome to Washington, D.C. as the first stop on their Field Study Two programme in the United States of America, focused on providing Course Members with first-hand knowledge of security and defence policies from a transatlantic perspective.

On 19 April 2023, the Commandant of NATO School Oberammergau (NSO), Colonel Jay Smith, visited the NATO Defense College (NDC).

On 14 April 2023, NATO Regional Cooperation Course (NRCC) 29 visited the Allied Joint Force Command Naples Headquarters and attended several briefings on the missions of JFC Naples. The visit was a prime opportunity to discuss with NSD-S Hub staff on topics of primary interest for both NATO and its southern partners.

On 25 & 26 May 2023, the NATO Defense College will host its 69th Anciens’ Annual Conference and Seminar.

• NDC Policy Brief 06-2023: NATO's Strategic Concept from theory to practice: NATO Mission Iraq, by Robert Dresen*

The U.S. Chargé d’Affaires a.i, of the U.S. Embassy to Italy, Mr Shawn Crowley, visited the NATO Defense College on 6 April 2023.

The 29th edition of the NATO Regional Cooperation Course completed the Crisis Management Exercise (CMX), conducted from 3-5 April 2023 at the NATO Defense College. The CMX is a three-day simulation exercise for participants to better understand NATO’s Comprehensive Approach to crisis management, as defined in NATO’s Strategic Concept.

A delegation from the Georgian National Defence Academy, sponsored by the Centre for Defense Higher Studies (CASD) from Italy, visited the NATO Defense College on 5 April 2023.

• NDC Policy Brief 05-2023: Human security and energy transition in NATO’s South , by Eckart Woertz*