PDF Link After a long – flood related – break, HDFF’s Chairman’s Circle started the year 2012/2555 with a presentation by Police Lt Gen Tritot Ronnaritivichai, currently Commissioner to the Office of National Security Council (NSC), on “Movements of Terrorists inSoutheast Asia– Jemaah Islamiah and Al Qaeda”.  HDFF’s choice of topic for the month of [...]

  Dear Friends of HDFF, Happy New Year to you and your beloved ones, happiness, health and success for your life in   2012 / 2555. HDFF took a long – flood related – break from the Chairman’s Circle, but I am looking forward to meet known and new faces again. Therefore I invited  Police Lt [...]

by Shigeki Hakamada (AJISS-Commentary No.137) PM Putin prepares for the second presidency A good six months before the actual presidential election, it was virtually certain that Vladimir Putin would return to the presidency. Such is the strange “democracy” of Russia. The announcement was followed by Putin’s call to create a Eurasian Union. The plan, unveiled [...]

HDFF Chairman’s Circle/ Strategic Forum determined to “KNOWLEDGE IMPROVES LIFE” !! “From Foes to Friends: Peace building between Royal Thai Armed Forces and the communist movement in the 1980ies” Thursday, September 01, 2011 On Thursday, September 01, 2011, HDFF’s Executive Director Dr. Wilfried A. Herrmann welcomed HDFF Chairman General (ret) Bunchon Chawansin and Mr. Thongchai [...]

HDFF’s “Stay Safe Training 2011_2″ —  A Terrific Success! As quoted during the training, Charles De Gaulle stated “Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back to himself. He imposes his own stamp of action, takes responsibility for it, makes it his own”. The second round of the “Stay Safe Training 2011_2” was held [...]