GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The Faculty Roundtable is one of the ways that the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center here is able to address today’s security trends and threats facing our citizens and those of our allies. The most recent roundtable was held May 2. Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center’s Research and Policy Analysis Department chair and professor of transnational security studies, presented on “Putin, Putinism and Operation Successor 2024.” During his presentation, he outlined different scenarios for power transfer in 2024, identifying their assumptions, what might be indicators and teasing out the implications.   Continue reading

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is hosting the Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) 19-08 from April 24 to May 17. This four week course focuses on European regional security challenges that are driving European political agendas and public discussion. Held once a year at the Marshall Center, SRS is taught in English and Russian. “The core objective for SRS will be to analyze ongoing conflicts, come up with basic conclusions on root causes, and identify actors, crisis management efforts and a way ahead for ongoing crises,” said German Air Force Col. Jörg Kunze, Marshall Center’s SRS executive course director.This will be the fifth iteration of this seminar for Kunze. In total, there have been seven SRS resident programs at the Marshall Center. The seminar began in 2013. Continue reading