The Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC) on Thursday concluded a training course, themed: “Strategy and Senior Leadership,” held in Amman in cooperation with the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies (NESA), for participants in the 23rd National Defense Course.
In his remarks, the RJNDC’s Commandant emphasized the importance of co-holding such courses with international institutions like NESA, given their role in enhancing participants’ skills, fostering joint cooperation, promoting strategic dialogue, and deepening mutual understanding in the region, thereby contributing to the development of strategic capabilities and leadership competencies.
The course aimed to acquaint participants with the fundamentals of strategic leadership and decision-making, as well as the philosophy of professional strategic thinking and learning.
On other goals, it focused on understanding shifts in warfare methods and tools, strategic and operational adaptation, and risk analysis associated with strategic decisions, while presenting realistic regional scenarios to reinforce theoretical frameworks.
On 1 February 1986, His Majesty the Late King Hussein officially opened the Royal Jordanian War College and the first War College Course started in July1986.
Early in 2002, His Majesty directed that the War College be transformed into a Defense College. As a result, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff instructed that this transformation should be implemented within the time frame June 2002 - October 2003, the latter date being the opening of the first National Defense Course.
Doing so, the College moved from dealing with the military strategy level to examining the national strategy and governmental policies in the area of security and defense in Jordan.
The new building of the Royal Jordanian National Defense College was inaugurated on July 14, 2005 under the patronage of his Majesty the Supreme Commander of the Jordanian Armed Forces.
Based at the National Defense University in Washington, D.C., the NESA Center is the preeminent U.S. Department of Defense institution for promoting security cooperation with partner countries from North Africa, across the Levant, Arabian Peninsula and the Gulf, to Central and South Asia.
The NESA Center has the unique ability to leverage the collaborative interests and knowledge of four combatant commands: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (INDOPACOM), and U.S. European Command (EUCOM), plus their respective service component commands, the Joint Staff, and the U.S. Department of State, to deliver specialized conferences, seminars, workshops, and military-diplomatic initiatives.
The NESA Center boasts an alumni network of over 14,000 security professionals from over 140 countries spanning the NESA region and beyond.
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