Southern Center for International Studies

The Southern Center for International Studies (SCIS) is a private nonprofit organization based in Atlanta, Georgia, established in 1962 to promote understanding of international affairs. Its activities combine public education, expert convening, international dialogue, and training for professional and corporate audiences. Rather than operating as a conventional commercial brand, SCIS functions as an educational and civic institution whose identity is built around programs, events, publications, and access to international policymakers and public figures. The center has hosted recurring events, including the Retired Secretaries of Defense Conference, and has organized appearances and discussions involving senior political, diplomatic, military, and economic figures. The speakers and guests identified in reference material include the 14th Dalai Lama, Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, former U.S. secretaries of state Madeleine Albright and Colin Powell, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. These programs position SCIS as a forum for examining foreign policy, national security, diplomacy, economics, and international leadership. SCIS has also produced educational materials, including books, videos, and workbooks. Its activities have included maintaining an international-affairs timeline on its website and conducting corporate training events. This mix of public-facing content and organizational training broadens its role beyond event hosting: the center serves students, professionals, businesses, and members of the wider public seeking structured exposure to global issues. The organization is associated with Atlanta's international and civic-institutional community, while its subject matter and invited speakers give it a wider geographic reach. Its operating model appears to rely on nonprofit educational programming rather than product sales or a mass-market consumer offering. Consequently, its principal offerings are conferences, lectures, educational publications, audiovisual materials, workbooks, online reference content, and training engagements. Reference material identifies Peter White as the organization's president. Publicly available information supplied for this dossier does not establish a founding individual, ownership structure, parent organization, revenue figures, or listed-company status. SCIS should therefore be understood as an independent international-studies and public-affairs institution rather than as a corporate product brand.

The Southern Center for International Studies was founded in 1962 as a private nonprofit organization dedicated to international study. From its Atlanta base, the center developed an institutional identity centered on bringing international affairs into public and professional discussion. Its work has included educational publishing, event programming, online reference content, and training for corporate audiences. A significant part of SCIS's history is its role as a host for visiting dignitaries and recognized figures in foreign policy and public life. The center has arranged programs involving the 14th Dalai Lama, Crown Prince Hassan of Jordan, Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili, former U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell, former U.S. Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin, and former U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Such events reflect the center's emphasis on direct engagement with practitioners and decision-makers rather than solely academic treatment of international affairs. SCIS has also maintained recurring programming, including the Retired Secretaries of Defense Conference. This conference format connects former senior defense officials with audiences interested in national security, defense policy, and international strategy. Alongside conferences and public appearances, the organization has published books, videos, and workbooks, and has updated an international-affairs timeline through its website. Its corporate training events extend the organization's educational mission into workplace and professional-development settings. The supplied reference material identifies Peter White as president. No reliable source material supplied for this dossier establishes the organization's founder, detailed changes in leadership, legal structure beyond its private nonprofit status, financial history, or major organizational transactions. The available record therefore supports a history focused on SCIS's founding mission, educational output, public programming, and international speaker forums.

• 1962

  Organization founded

  [1]Southern Center for International Studiesen.wikipedia.org

  The Southern Center for International Studies was established as a private nonprofit organization dedicated to international study.

A nonprofit forum for international-affairs education, expert dialogue, and professional training, with an emphasis on public events featuring senior diplomatic, political, military, and economic figures.

• Educational publications

  International-affairs books

  SCIS publishes books intended to support public and professional understanding of international affairs. The available source material does not identify specific titles, publication dates, authors, or distribution arrangements.

• Audiovisual educational materials

  Educational videos

  The center produces or publishes videos as part of its educational output. These materials complement its events and written resources, although the available references do not provide a catalog of individual programs.

• Instructional materials

  Workbooks

  SCIS has published workbooks for educational use. Specific subjects, editions, audiences, and publication dates are not identified in the supplied sources.

• Online reference resource

  International-affairs timeline

  The organization maintains or has maintained a timeline on its website presenting international-affairs information in chronological form. The available references do not specify its current scope or update schedule.

• Professional education and training

  Corporate training events

  SCIS conducts training events for corporate audiences, applying its international-studies expertise to professional education. Details about clients, curricula, pricing, and delivery formats are not available in the supplied material.

1. 1Southern Center for International Studiesen.wikipedia.org
2. 2Southern Center for International Studies official websitesoutherncenter.org
3. 3Southern Center for International Studies external reference websitescis.org