The Regional Defense Combating Terrorism and Irregular Warfare Fellowship Program (CTIWFP) (now referred to as the Regional Defense Fellowship Program (RDFP)) is a DoD security cooperation program conducted under 10 USC 345. The purpose of RDFP is to educate and train mid- and senior level partner defense and security officials; build and strengthen a global network of combating terrorism (CbT) and irregular warfare (IW) experts and practitioners at the operational and strategic levels; build and reinforce the CbT and IW capabilities of partner nations through operational and strategic level education; contribute to efforts to counter ideological support to terrorism; provide a flexible and proactive program to respond to emerging CbT and IW requirements.