National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates

The National Defense College of the United Arab Emirates, or NDC, is an education organization in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, that provides advanced training for both senior military officers and civilians. It was officially opened in December 2013 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces. Its first Dean was John R. Ballard, a former US Marine. Its current Dean is Thomas Drohan. Among its faculty is Joel Hayward, a "noted scholar of war and strategy", whom the daily newspaper Al Kaleej calls "a world authority on international conflict and strategy".