GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – For nine weeks, the town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen was home to a gathering of 94 security professionals from 52 countries. They came together for the Marshall Center’s flagship Program on Applied Security Studies (PASS), diving into some of the world’s toughest security challenges and strengthening the international bonds needed to address them. Continue reading
SOFIA, Bulgaria (November 12, 2024) – Marshall Center alumni, security experts, and government leaders gathered for the tenth annual Black Sea Regional Alumni Forum, hosted by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, to address the evolving security landscape in the Black Sea region. Participants from Bulgaria, Romania, Moldova, Türkiye, Ukraine, and Georgia brought a renewed focus on NATO’s defense and deterrence posture, particularly in light of Russia’s continued aggression toward Ukraine and rising hybrid threats. Continue reading
GARMSICH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – Since 1993, the George C. Marshall Center has operated in Southern Bavaria, just a few kilometers from the Zugspitze, Germany’s highest peak. For the staff, faculty, participants, alumni, and families connected to the Center, the mission is clear: To educate, engage, and empower security partners to collectively affect regional, transnational, and global challenges. But for many local residents, the Marshall Center’s purpose is opaque at best. Continue reading
In an era where the digital realm is inseparable from everyday life, the imperative for comprehensive cyber education and strategy has never been more acute. To acknowledge this new paradigm, the Marshall Center's Program on Cyber Security Studies (PCSS) begins its second, five-day “PCSS Seminar” in Freising, Germany from May 13 – 17, 2024. The seminar brings together 26 cybersecurity practitioners from a range of government agencies, academia, and private business of 24 partner-nations around the world. Continue reading
Our Moldovan Alumni Association is very proud to report that Igor Corman, a 1997 graduate of a 17-week Executive Program at the Marshall Center, was elected speaker of Moldova's Parliament last week. Corman, 43, has served in Parliament since 2009 as Chairman of the... Read More
Kudos to Ukrainian National Defense University (NDU) faculty Colonel Oleksandr Demenko (EPASS 2007-4) and Dr. Oleh Poshedin (EP 2004-5), as well as Dr. Grygorii Perepelytsia (SES 2003-6), the Director of the Foreign Policy Research Institute of the Diplomatic Academy... Read More
On May 7 twenty-five participants gathered in Ankara to hear CISS professors Dr. Jay LeBeau and Dr. Eric Young along with non-resident program director COL Larry Kinde discuss counter-terrorism issues and various aspects of radicalization. In attendance were 20 alumni... Read More
On May 7 Marshall Center Alumni Association held an alumni event that provided insights on future security cooperation between Mongolia, US and Europe. COL Enkhbayar Jugder – Chairman, Marshall Center Alumni Association welcomed the 40-plus participants, followed by Lt. Gen... Read More
A Marshall Center-supported workshop was held this week in Ankara, Turkey at the Turkish National Police Academy on "Comparative Counterterrorism Narratives: Examples from Different Regions". Along with Marshall Center faculty and staff, speakers included police and... Read More
Dr. Deon Canyon, associate dean of academics and professor at the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, presents a detailed framework for evaluating sovereignty costs in Access, Basing, and Overflight (ABO) agreements. Read More
DKI APCSS Professor Shyam Tekwani explores the evolving role of small island states in Indian Ocean geopolitics in his latest Security Nexus Perspective, “ Read More
In 2026, the Marshall Center will offer a new slate of programs designed to address emerging security challenges and strengthen European-led deterr
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