Civil-Military Relations

Dr. Saira Yamin
Dr. Yamin selected as Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy

Congratulations to Dr. Saira Yamin who was recently selected to be a Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy (CGP). CGP isa US-based think tank working on policy issues pertaining to Political Islam, Violent Extremism and American Muslims. Don't worry she's not leaving th e Center! Dr...

Maritime Fusion Centers
A Network of Maritime Fusion Centers Throughout the Indo-Pacific

Exerpt: The establishment of national maritime fusion centers across the Indo-Pacific region would go a long way toward advancing maritime security. Indo-Pacific states should establish such centers with a focus on maritime threats of a transboundary nature, as well as traditional state-...

ACSS to Welcome Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) will welcome military officers from 38 African nations who are participating in its Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders Program, March 12, 2012 at Virginia’s Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes. One of the Center’...

CSWG holds 20th Annual Meeting
CSWG holds 20th Annual Meeting

Kosiče, Slovakia, September 27- October 1, 2021 -The PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes held the 20th Annual Conference of the Conflict Studies Working Group. Organized by the Institute of Military History of the Slovak Ministry of Defense together with the...

Dean Monde Muyangwa's Farewell Letter to ACSS Community

 Dean Monde Muyangwa’s Farewell Letter to ACSS CommunityDear Africa Center Friends and Colleagues,It is with mixed emotions and genuine respect for you and all of those who have dedicated their careers to a more secure, stable, and prosperous Africa, that I write to inform you that after...

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Gaming Major Power Rivalry and Climate Disasters Using Systems Tools

“Gaming Major Power Rivalry and Climate Disasters Using Systems Tools” is the title of paper by DKI APCSS’ Dr. Deon Canyon and former visiting scholar Jonathan Chan forSecurity Nexus. This paper documents a methodology for creating crisis-games that are designed to explore possible futures in...

LEGAL ASPECTS OF DEFENSE SUPPORT OF CIVIL AUTHORITIES (LADSCA) (MASL P176042))

Legal Aspects of Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DIILS is pleased to announce the offering of a new resident course called LADSCA, beginning in July 2014. This course will promote the legal aspects of defense support of civilian authority in ways that are consistent with democratic...

PCSS 19-02 Graduates 78 Cyber Experts from 52 Nations
Marshall Center Program Engages Experts to Address Challenges, Threats in Cyberspace

By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec 21, 2018) – It’s a hyper-connected world, where cyberspace provides critical support for the world’s economy, civil infrastructure, public safety and national security. But it’s...

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Marshall Center’s Senior Executive Seminar Aims to Understand Chinese Engagement in Europe

By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies hosted the annual Senior Executive Seminar, titled “China in Europe: A Security Challenge?,” here...

media and security practitioner
Media and the Security Practitioner

“Media and the Security Practitioner”is the title of a paper written by DKI APCSS professor Shyam Tekwani forSecurity Nexus. This article makes recommendations for the security practitioner and news consumer to overcome the hazards of diminishing trust in mainstream media and the resulting...

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New Marshall Center Scholar, Mr. Valentin Balan

Moldova alumnus from the PASS 2014 course, Mr. Valentin Balan, joined the Alumni MC Scholars Program to perform academic research at the Marshall Center on the topic “The Transnistria Conflict: Perspectives of Settlement and Developments in the Context of Regional Crisis " from 07 September to...

Dr. John Cinco is an alumnus of EC05-2
Pacific Angel pioneer returns for its 10 year anniversary

NORTHERN CEBU PROVINCE, Philippines -- Retired U.S. Air Force Col. John Cinco, better known now as “Doc Cinco”, is considered to be the “Father” of Pacific Angel, an initiative he shaped a little over a decade ago. According to Cinco, his 80-man team’s initial mission, funded by Pacific...

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Perry Center Director Speaks at XIII Conference of Ministers of Defense of the Americas

October 19, 2018 Perry Center Director Lieutenant General (ret.) Frederick Rudesheim participated in the Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA) hosted by the Government of Mexico in Cancun from 7 - 10 October. The forum was founded by former Defense Secretary William J....

Perry Center Hosts Ad-Hoc Working Group for XIV CDMA
Perry Center Hosts Ad-Hoc Working Group for XIV CDMA

On Thursday, November 21st and Friday, November 22nd, 2019 The William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies hosted the Ad-Hoc Working Group on the Evolving Role of the Armed Forces in Defense and Security as a part of the XIV Conference of Defense Ministers of the Americas (CDMA)....

PfPC's SSR to Conduct a 3-day Webinar on Role of Civil Society
PfPC's SSR to Conduct a 3-day Webinar on Role of Civil Society

Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, July 1, 2020 -Within the framework of PfPC’s Security Sector Reform Working Group the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces is conducting a 3 day webinar “Addressing Challenges in Security Sector Reform - Role of Civil Society”. The webinar...

Vaccine
Planning for Military Involvement in an Indo-Pacific Pandemic Vaccination Program

The newpaper written by Sebastian Kevany, University of California, San Francisco; Deon Canyon, Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, Hawaii; Robert Ostergard, U.S. Navy (Retired); Michael Baker, U.S. Navy (Retired); Sheena Eagan, East Carolina University and Jacob Baker,...

Pakistan and COVID
Policy Guidance for Pakistan’s Oscillation Response to COVID-19

“Policy Guidance for Pakistan’s Oscillation Response to COVID-19” is a new OpEd coauthored by DKI APCSS professor Dr. Deon Canyon and Asma Khawaja – Strategic Studies, National Defence University, Islamabad, for Security Nexus. In this paper, the authors detail how shifting policy guidance...

Some small signs that the 'Arab Spring' is spreading into Africa

The 'Arab Spring' has largely not spread south of the Sahara, but Africans are now less willing to stand by and accept stolen elections, gross abuses of power, and flaunting of inequality. By Joseph Siegle, Guest blogger / November 7, 2011 (Taken from the Christian Science Monitor)...

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U.S. Embassy Donates Equipment to the Border Forces of Tajikistan

Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 15, 2019– In a ceremony with the Colonel-General Rajabali Rahmonali, Head of Border Forces, U.S. Ambassador John Mark Pommersheim transferred document examination equipment and immigration stamps to the Border Forces of the State Committee for National Security of the...

‘What Mali Can Teach Us’ – Panel Discussion Co-Hosted by Africa Center

Fostering resilient and accountable institutions as well as efficient development projects in Mali are the best ways to achieve sustainable peace in the country, Mali’s Ambassador to the United States said in a discussion July 8, 2013, co-hosted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS...

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Europe’s Armed Forces in Civil Security

Two decades after the end of the Cold War, does Europe need armies? What should soldiers do, besides fighting and preparing to fight? What tasks are (and are not) appropriate for soldiers to carry out in a domestic context? Is territorial defense still a valid mission for European armed forces?...

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El ALBA, los Asuntos Militares y la Seguridad Regional

En América Latina, hasta el año 2015 estaba vigente un hondo debate académico y político, respecto de la fractura en dos de la región. Un bloque que colinda con el Atlántico, representado por Brasil, Argentina y Venezuela, desconfiaba de la globalización, otorgaba al Estado un papel de alta...

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From Tragedy to Success in Colombia: The Centrality of Effectiveness in Civil-Military Relations

In the late 1990s, Colombia was considered by many to be a failed state due to endemic crime, pervasive violence, and nationwide terrorism that resulted in the displacement of the rural population and, due to rampant kidnapping, emigration abroad by professionals and the upper classes. During this...

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Requirements for Military Effectiveness: Chile in Comparative Perspective

This paper utilizes a framework we have developed to analyze civil-military relations in terms of both democratic civilian control and effectiveness.As the achievement of effectiveness only makes sense in terms of the roles and missions actually implemented by the security forces in a country, the...

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