Security Studies
Lithuanian Alumni Meet to Discuss Future UNSC Chairmanship and Reflect on 10 Years in NATO
Minister of National Defense of the Republic of Lithuania Juozas Olekas invited the Lithuanian Alumni of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies for a meeting and discussions at the Ministry on January 28, 2014. Two discussions were held on diplomatic and military topics....
Local partnerships highlight Comprehensive Crisis Management Course 17-1
One hundred nine Fellows from 37 locations completed the Comprehensive Crisis Management course (CCM 17-1) held at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS) from Feb. 9 to March 15. Managing disasters or crises involves a host of government and non-government...
Looking Forward: Pandemic, Economic, Vaccine and Social Predictions for ‘Year Two’
“Looking Forward: Pandemic, Economic, Vaccine and Social Predictions for ‘Year Two’” is the title of a paper by Drs. Sebastian Kevany and Deon Canyon forSecurity Nexus. This paper attempts to provide predictions and advice for policymakers as we enter year two of the COVID pandemic. Summary...
Macedonia Alumni Association discuss the implications of NATO-post Wales Summit with regional alumni
The Macedonia Alumni Association in cooperation with NATO Public Diplomacy and the Marshall Center conducted a regional alumni workshop in Ohrid, Macedonia from 10-14 September. The 3-day workshop entitled “NATO post-Wales: Future of the Alliance and Regional Stability of the Western Balkans”...
Malaysian Armed Forces Director General of Defence Training Meets with the NESA Center about Professional Military Education
Brigadier General Fadzillah bt Adbullah, RMAF, Director General of Malaysian Armed Forces Defence Training, and a delegation of five Malaysian military training staff officers representing the various branches of the Malaysian Ministry of Defence visited National Defense University (NDU) and...
MARSEC Digital Series: Tensions in the Indo-Pacific
On Thursday, 6 April 2023, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted a digital chat with 25 NESA Center alumni on “Tensions in the Indo-Pacific.” Assistant Professor Jeffrey Payne led the conversation that marks the first of what will be an ongoing set of digital...
Marshall Center alumni from Lithuania discuss new threats to Baltic and Central Europe security
About 40 Lithuanian alumni met in Vilnius on Nov. 19 to attend a networking event. The Lithuanian Minister of Defense and president of the Alumni Association, Dr. Juozas Olekas, gave the welcoming address and the Director of the Marshall Center, LTG (ret.) Keith Dayton (above,...
Marshall Center Alumni in Greece Hold First Networking Event in Athens in Conjunction With GCMC Seminar on Border Security
On 24 September in Athens, Greece, the Marshall Center and U.S. Embassy partnered to host a networking reception at the residence of the U.S. Defense Attache in conjunction with a three-day Marshall Center Seminar on Border Security. Over seventy alumni and guests were welcomed by...
Marshall Center Alumni Networking Event Coincides with Vice President Harris Visit to Poland
Nearly 50 Polish Marshall Center alumni and other participants attended an Alumni Outreach Networking Event in Warsaw, Poland on Mar. 10. The event was held at the residence of U.S. Ambassador to Poland, Mark F. Brzezinski, and was closely coordinated with both U.S. and German embassies in...
Marshall Center Alumni Numbers Pass the 9,000 Barrier as PASS 12-5 Graduates
Congratulations to the more than 125 new graduates representing 49 nations around the world who graduated today.
Marshall Center Alumni Play Leading Roles Hosting NATO International Week at Ukrainian National Defense University (UNDU)
Our congratulations to graduates COL Oleksandr Demenko and Prof. Oleg Poshedin of the Ukrainian National Defense University for their efforts in organizing “International Week 2012 - NATO: Common Responses to Common Security Challenges”. The event was held in close cooperation with the NATO...
Marshall Center Alumni Programs Offers 15 Scholarships for 2020
By Chris Burelli Director, Alumni Programs George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 29, 2019) – The Marshall Center’s Alumni Programs Office is now accepting applications for the 2020 Alumni Scholars Program. “This competitive...
Marshall Center Alumni Spotlight: Carl McLennan
You can find the latest Alumni Spotlight video at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsIgrs7adlE This Marshall Center Alumni Spotlight features New Zealand's Carl McLennan. McLennan is the National Manager, Intelligence in his nation's police force.
Marshall Center bids farewell to Director Keith Dayton
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (May 28, 2021) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies farewells U.S. Army Retired Lt. Gen Keith W. Dayton as he departs after 10 years as the Director. Dayton is recognized for his leadership and strategic vision. During his tenure,...
Marshall Center Celebrates 25 Years as a German-American Security Partnership
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (June 1, 2018) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies celebrates its 25th Anniversary June 5, 2018 – 70 years to the day that our namesake – former U.S. Secretary of State George C. Marshall – delivered a commencement speech at Harvard...
Marshall Center conducts first High North Security Virtual Online Seminar
On 3 September 2020, the Marshall Center conducted its first Virtual Online Seminar (VOS) on security in the High North. The COVID-19 pandemic has dominated global public life in 2020, but there has been relatively little discussion of its specific impact on the security of NATO’s northern...
Marshall Center conducts first Special Topic Presentation for Alumni
On 9 December 2020, the Marshall Center’s Professor James K. Wither conducted the first lecture in a series entitled Special Topic Presentations for Alumni, hosted by the Marshall Center’s Alumni Programs Office. The goal of these presentations is to provide alumni with an update on a current...
Marshall Center Counterterrorism Course Nurtures Living Network of Combating Terrorism Experts
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 30, 2017) – Close to 80 terrorist attacks, 520 people dead and about 700 injured, have occurred throughout the world during this month alone. “Terrorist groups like ISIS, Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, the FARC (...
Marshall Center Develops New Course to Tackle Arctic Security Challenges
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (July 16, 2018) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies executed its first program to understand the geostrategic importance and key issues of the Arctic. The...
Marshall Center Educates Security Professionals to Counter International Illicit Threat Networks
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 8, 2019) – International illicit threat networks operate with the intent to cause great harm to people, resulting in mass causalities, said the Deputy...
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Editorial: Planning and Development of Defense Institutions in Time of Transformation
This chapter describes an initial step toward a constructive dialogue on the question of what constitutes effective defense institution-building. It provides a general overview of issues such as, how to match capabilities with security risks, defense requirements, and available resources; how to...
DCAF`s Activities in Support of Effective and Democratically Transparent Defense Planning
This chapter discusses the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces's activities in support of effective and democratically transparent defense planning. Firstly, it gives a general overview of the DCAF mission and then examines its efforts in defense reform and democratic oversight...
The Art of Shaping Defense Policy: Scope, Components, Relationships (but no Algorithms)
This chapter facilitates an understanding of basic concepts and relationships in defense policymaking. The study considers the art of defense policymaking in assessing weaknesses and identifying opportunities for improvements in the process of articulating defense policy.
Capabilities-Based Defense Planning: Techniques Applicable to NATO and PfP Countries
This chapter examines the Australian defense planning system. It analyzes its force development methodologies, concluding with an analysis of the lessons learned from Australia that might be useful to other countries.
Introduction to Program-Based Defense Resource Management
This chapter examines the principles and practices of program-based defense resource management. First, it considers the reasons behind the use of programming and then looks at several key topics around two main themes: What is a good program decision and how does it depend on the design of a...
Twenty First Century Defence Acquisition: Challenges and Opportunities
This chapter examines the complexities associated with defense acquisition decision-making in the 21st century. It considers the use of a formal acquisition strategy methodology as a means of reducing uncertainty in defense acquisition decisionmaking and selecting the best alternative toward...
Measuring Defense Reform:A Proposed Methodology to Measure Efforts to Archieve the Objectives of PAP-DIB
This chapter considers the methodology of measuring efforts to achieve the objectives of the Partnership for Peace-Defense Institution Building. The author proposes several metrics in this respect and notes that although they are imperfect, they provide a baseline from which a country can begin to...
Achieving PAP-DIB Objective Capabilities by Transforming the Way We Think
This chapter considers the objective capabilities of NATO's Partnership for Peace-Defense Institution Building (PAP-DIB). The study in particular looks at the achievement of PAP-DIB capabilities that require a transformation mindset and outlines new ways of addressing security risks.
Defense Institution Building: Training in Support of Defense Planning
This chapter examines the main issues within the training support of defense planning. Firstly, it presents a theoretical framework, with some considerations regarding defense planning that all trainees should be aware of when embarking on a training program dealing with defense policy formulation...
Lessons Learned from the Establishment of Border Security Systems
This report focuses on the various phases of The Border Security Program, organised by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) in the West Balkans. The activities concentrate on the promotion and deepening of regional cooperation, with the aim of benefiting the...
Key Agencies and Their Missions
This report serves as a primer on the key federal agencies charged with border security in the US: the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which patrols the border and conducts immigration, customs and agricultural inspections at ports of entry; the Bureau of Immigration and Customs...
Moving Beyond the 9 11 Staff Report on Terrorist Travel
This paper aims to provide additional facts about the immigration tactics of indicted and convicted operatives of al-Qaida, Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups from the 1990s through the end of 2004. It further attempts to enlarge the policy discussion regarding the relationship between...
Post-Soviet Border Disputes - The Case of Estonia Latvia and Russia
This paper discusses the question of the precise territorial delimitations of the Estonian and Latvian borders with the Russian Federation. The author argues that by using the question of territorial delimitation and linking it to issues of domestic affairs in Estonia and Latvia, Russia is trying...
An Assessment of Operation Safe Place
This paper discusses the findings of two successful cooperative ventures, Operation Ploughshares and Operation Safe Place, whose main objectives were to collect data and exchange information on the scope and dynamics of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) trafficking in Southeastern Europe.
Emerging Technologies in the Context of Security
This paper discusses a security strategy adopted by the European Council to address concerted European activity in the field of security and, more specifically, in activities to anticipate and cope more effectively and efficiently with new security threats such as terrorism, proliferation of...
Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This report examines the strengths and limitations of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along US borders. This report is not intended to provide in-depth information regarding the technical or military capabilities of UAVs, but rather to discuss their application in maintaining border...
Implications for the Development of Future Military Leaders
This paper addresses the future of military leadership and management within the context of generational change among its management employees. It outlines this future in the context of the new and wider purpose of the Irish Defense Force. It presents evidence gathered from the science of...
Countering Ideological Support for Extremism: Challenges and Implications
This paper comprises the keynote address by the director of the National Defense University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies at a conference entitled "Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism: Opportunities and Limitations in the Battle of Ideas" in July 2006.
Statistical Analysis/Psychometric Modeling: Understanding and Influencing Societal Vulnerabilities to Terrorism
This paper presents a brief review of the theory of planned behavior that frames the modeling approach. It further discusses the mathematical techniques used to support the scientific approach in psychometric modeling as applied in the private sector. The authors propose how psychometric modeling...