The Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) is a Washington, D.C.-based non-profit, non-governmental, and non-partisan national security group. The organization focuses on promoting research, providing education and influencing policy about global security issues. It provides academic classes, training seminars and conferences for post-graduate students and industry professionals on topics of global security and counter-terrorism.
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