Counter Terrorism
Counter Terrorism Actions taken directly against terrorist networks and indirectly to influence and render global and regional environments inhospitable to terrorist networks.
Honduras Transnational Threats in the Northern Triangle
Perry Center Professors Boris Saavedra and Celina Realuyo conducted a Countering Transnational Threats in the Northern Triangle Seminar in collaboration with the Colegio de Defensa Nacional (Honduran National Defense College) in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on February 23, 2017. The seminar addressed...
101 Fellows Tackle Security Challenges as CSRT 17-1 Concludes
One hundred one Fellows from 47 different locations graduated Aug. 10 from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) course in Honolulu. Of the 101 participants, 63% were from military organizations and law enforcement agencies, with...
2017 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Alumni Programs Office is pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Marshall Center Alumni Scholarships. This year, we solicited applications from nearly 12,000 alumni, and received over 200 proposals for 8 available scholarships. The Faculty Scholarship Committee read through all...
Alumnus Finds Missing Piece of Counterterrorism Puzzle at Marshall Center
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 4, 2017) – Palestinian Preventive Security Service Lt. Col. Sameer Marouf Masri knew he was missing a part of the picture on how online cyber profiling could be a source of information in identifying terrorists...
Ambassador Rice Remarks at UN Security Council briefing on Terrorism on May 13
Here's a link to Ambassador Susan Rice's remarks yesterday at a UN Security Council Briefing on Terrorism in Africa...http://iipdigital.usembassy.gov/st/english/texttrans/2013/05/20130513147291.html?utm_source=Africa+Center+for+Strategic+Studies+-+Media+Review+for+May+14%2C+2013&...
Assessing Drivers of Violent Conflict in Africa
Speaking at the start of a four-day seminar titled, “Africa’s Contemporary Security Challenges” hosted by the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), Dr. Paul Williams, an Associate Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Security Policy Studies Program at George...
CTWG Sept 2010, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Slideshow
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Cyber Security Alumni Community of Interest Workshop Held at Marshall Center - 6-8 May 2014
Participants of the Cyber Security Alumni Community of Interest Workshop were introduced to the Marshall Center’s new Program on Cyber Security Studies this week and heard from many excellent speakers. The first PCSS course is scheduled for thisDecember.
DASD BURNHAM ADDRESSES DIILS GRADUATION
NEWPORT - At the DIILS Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (LCT) graduation on 2 April, John Burnham, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Threat Reduction and Arms Control, exhorted the 24 participants from 23 nations to implement a whole-of-government approach to combatting terrorism....
DIILS GRADUATES 28 INTERNATIONAL PARTICIPANTS FROM 14TH INTERNATIONAL LAW OF MILITARY OPERATIONS COURSE
On 23 June, 28 participants from 22 countries graduated from the 14th International Law of Military Operations course (ILOMO) offered by DIILS. This 3-week course prepares military legal advisors to better support unit commanders on the legal aspects of operations and enables them to play a...
DIILS’S 18th LCT COURSE IS THE LARGEST YET
NEWPORT -- 41 participants from 30 countries attending DIILS's 18th Legal Aspects of Combating Terrorism (LCT) course learned the international law and legal principles that govern national and international responses to terrorism in three contexts: internal disturbances (domestic crime);...
Dr Schindler video - CTWG
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GCMC and CEMA University in Argentina Hold VTC on Counterterrorism
On Tuesday, 11 July 2017, the Marshall Center and the CEMA University in Buenos Aires conducted a VTC as part of a CEMA conference on "Transnational Threats: Narcotics and Terrorism". Marshall Center PTSS Program Director James Howcroft spoke via VTC to the audience in Argentina on...
Global Counter-Terrorism Community of Interest, 23-26 May 2016
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (May 26, 2016) – U.S. Army 2nd Lt. Anna Gulbis asked “how do we prevent at-risk youth from joining the Islamic State” during her presentation May 25 at the Global Counterterrorism Alumni Community of Interest Workshop...
Global Counterterrorism Workshop Builds the Team, Explores Increasing Role of Women
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Jan. 12, 2017) – Getting his point across to 69 fellow counterterrorism practitioners from 44 countries, Lt. Col. Sameer Marouf Masri told the real-life account of one of his female security officers, who ran an 18-...
In wake of Ankara blast Partnership for Peace Consortium and Turkey seek cooperation on Countering Violent Extremism
Ankara, Turkey (October 19, 2015) – As participants were preparing for aNATO Centre of Excellence Defence Against Terrorism(COE-DAT) conference held from 13-15 October in Ankara, they could not have imagined the tragic terrorist attack that would darken the city on 10 October, killing...
LEGAL ASPECTS OF COMBATING TERRORISM PARTICIPANTS DISCUSS THEIR CT CHALLENGES
Many of the 32 participants from 27 Countries attending DIILS' 15th Legal Aspects ofCombating Terrorism course shared their counterterrorism experiences with fellowparticipants during the three-week seminar. For example, representatives from severalAfrican countries collaborated on a group...
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 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 Supports Counter-Terrorism Workshop at Turkish National Police Academy
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 experts from the...
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Asymmetric Warfare: A Doctrine to Fit the Times
Executive Summary A common failure in much of today’s mainstream thinking is the belief that asymmetric warfare can be stopped by conventional warfare. This is not to say that we do not need strong conventional warfare forces and capabilities. Addressing the use of asymmetric methods in...
Marshall Center Transnational Weekly
The Marshall Center Transnational Weekly is a current awareness, information and policy tool for Marshall Center stakeholders, faculty, staff, students and alumni to inform them about online publications by think tanks, research institutes and other organizations that deal with transnational...