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...
Counter-terrorism course prepares 108 Fellows to face regional challenges
One hundred and eight Fellows from 49 different locations or organizations graduated from the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) 18-1 course in Honolulu Aug. 8. The size of this course and number of locations...
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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FBI Shares Tools, Trains Partner Nations to Fight Terrorists Online
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec. 1, 2017) – By using the internet, terrorists can quickly and effectively recruit, incite violence, transfer funds and even, organize attacks, with relative freedom and secrecy...
Future Counterterrorism Participants Attend the English Language Enhancement Course
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (May 31, 2018) – Ten participants from seven countries are attending the English Language Enhancement Course (ELEC) at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies...
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...
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The Combating Terrorism Working Group (CTWG) supports international security by developing a recognized body of terrorism studies experts to better understand international, regional, and domestic terrorist threats, to educate future leaders who will have responsibilities to counter terrorism...
The Waning Grand Strategy of Democratization: Why a Pivot to the Asia-Pacific Places the United States at Greater Risk of Terrorist Attack
Our world is on a trajectory leading to a point where terrorists will eventually acquire a nuclear weapon.Like an ostrich sticking its head in the sand, this shift pivots the U.S. away from its true threat and increases the peril its citizens will face. The United States should focus its efforts on...
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...
Guerrilla Operations in Western Sahara: The Polisario versus Morocco and Mauritania
This essay examines the guerrilla war fought between the Polisario Front, representing the Western Saharan natives, and the Kingdom of Morocco, as well as Mauritania. Even today, the aforementioned guerrilla war provides many lessons regarding desert counter-insurgency (COIN) operations. Besides...
Examining ISIS Online Recruitment through Relational Development Theory
This paper applies the theory of relational development to exam¬ine how the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) recruits new members. Relational development postulates that individuals follow relationship stages in order to reinforce their interpersonal communication or social bond. The...
India’s Counter-Terrorism Policy against Jihadist Terror: Challenges and Prospects
India has been facing several internal threats since its independence from Britain in 1947. The oldest and still unsolved violent struggle against the Indian state has been raging in the Northeast part of the country. But an unsettled sub-nationalist ethnic insurgency in India's Muslim-majority...
Foreign Terrorist Fighters from the North Caucasus: Understanding Islamic State Influence in the Region
We are ashamed that we are going to Syria at a time when the Caucasus is still occupied, but young people are returning here once they've undergone a training course. -- BBC source, 'close' to Chechen boeviki In September 2014, the United Nations Security Council unanimously adopted resolution 2178...
The Rise of the Small Boats
New paper on "The Rise of the Small Boats" by DKI APCSS military professor Lt.Col. Alex Carter and alumnus Capt. Damien Fernando is now online at: http://apcss.org/the-rise-of-the-small-boats-is-the-latest-dki-apcss-analytical-report/
Defeating ISIS in eastern Afghanistan
Congratulations to Lt. Amy Forsythe, an alumnae of the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course 17-2, who recent had an article published on "Defeating ISIS in Eastern Afghanistan." Forsythe is part of NATO Special Operations Component Command -Afghanistan. Here is a copy of her article: Defeating ISIS...