Security Studies
Podcast: Dr. Perl on working both separately and together to address global security problems
ISN Video In this podcast, Raphael Perl discusses how a multitude of networks and non-aligned states have been working both separately and together to address global security problems. We need both frameworks, he argues, if we are to surmount the institutional inertia that continues to...
Nations discuss regional stability in South Caucasus
REICHENAU, Austria - The topic "Regional Stability in the South Caucasus: De-conflicting Protracted Conflicts: The Role of the EU and NATO" brought together more than thirty distinguished security experts with academic, military, political and civil society backgrounds from fifteen...
Moldovan Alumni Stage Eighth Security Cooperation Roundtable
Over 60 Marshall Center alumni and other Moldovan officials attended the Moldovan George C. Marshall Association’s 8th Annual Roundtable on 20 November 2012. This year’s event focused on Lessons Learned from Partner Nations in Eastern Europe about Euroatlantic Integration. The event was held...
2012 ANSF Senior Leaders' Seminar (5-9 Nov 2012)
The 3rd ANSF Senior Leaders' Seminar was conducted at MCD. This seminar focused mainly on an overview of National Security Strategy and National Military Strategy linking ends, ways and means in the Afghan context. The goal is to develop a long-term relationship with the senior members of...
Свежий выпуск журнала молдавской ассоциации
Вышел седьмой номер журнала молдавской ассоциации выпускников Центра Маршалла «Безопасность через сотрудничество». Материалы опубликованы на трех языках: английском, румынском и русском. Большая часть текстов посвящена приднестровскому конфликту. Это не случайно, исполнилось двадцать лет,...
Africa Center Launches African Defense Attaché Seminar in Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) opened its African Defense Attaché (ADATT) Seminar“I hope that the week-long gathering will provide you with a better sense of the U.S. government’s organization and policy on security issues,” said Dr. Monde Muyangwa, Dean of...
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...
Lettre d'adieu de la Doyenne Monde Muyangwa à la Communauté du CESA
Chers amis du CESA, chers collègues,C’est avec des émotions partagées et un sentiment d’authentique respect pour vous et pour tous ceux qui ont consacré leur carrière à l’établissement d’une Afrique plus sûre, plus stable et plus prospère, que je vous fais part de ma décision, après bientôt 13...
Eighty-five complete CSRT 13-1
Story by Bob Goodwin Eighty-five Fellows from 40 locations graduated today from the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies’ Comprehensive Security Responses to Terrorism (CSRT) Course in Honolulu. Of the 85 participants, 70% were from military organizations with others...
Former Marshall Center Course Director Jim Howcroft Publishes Article on Intelligence as Practiced in War
Col. (Ret.) Jim Howcroft, prior to retiring from the U.S. Marine Corps after 30 years service as an Intelligence Officer, served in a wide range of Marine Corps tactical and operational Intelligence billets, from Infantry Battalion up to the Marine Expeditionary Force level as well as founded...
Women, Peace & Security Blog: Thoughts on Inclusion
Women, Peace & Security Blog: APCSS recently hosted a workshop in Vietnam on "Building an Effective Security Sector Through Inclusion." One of our participants, RDML Raquel Bono, shared her thoughts about the workshop and the WPS initiative in this blog.
STACS Alumni Workship Begins
On April 23rd Marshall Center Alumni Programs opened the STACS Alumni Community of Interest (COI) Workshop: Examining Lessons Learned: Civil Security Operations in Major Disasters & National Security Events. This event, in partnership with the faculty of the STACS Program, is the 4th...
PfP Annual Conference Geneva 2013
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Alumni Play Key Roles Staging NATO Conference at Ukraine’s National Defense University in Kyiv
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 of Ukraine, for their...
Africa Center's Dean Gilpin Writes on "Peacekeeping in Africa and the Legacy of Austerity" for USIP Blog
Spending cuts and budget austerity by African governments in the 1990s and 2000s mean that African militaries and peacekeeping forces are historically inadequately resourced and poorly prepared and equipped for deployment, the Africa Center’s Academic Dean, Dr. Raymond Gilpin, wrote in May 28...
Marshall Center Graduate Elected Speaker of Moldova's Parliament
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 Committee for Foreign...
Officials from more than 30 Nations Meet for Africa Center’s Annual Senior Leaders Seminar
More than 50 senior officials from 36 African countries attended the opening of the Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS)’s Senior Leaders Seminar on June 17, 2013, in Arlington, Virginia. The opening included keynote remarks by Ms. Amanda J. Dory, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense...
Things Americans Need to Know: How to Be Better Partners
"Military partnerships today are more important than ever before. America’s current national strategy, coupled with global fiscal and political problems, makes it unlikely Americans will deploy unilaterally to address the security challenges of the 21st century. Yet, we consistently seem...
Transnational Security Cooperation course concludes with 26 new alumni
Twenty-six senior executives from 25 locations completed the Transnational Security Cooperation (TSC) course June 21 at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies in Honolulu. They included military and civilian leaders from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Canada, China, France, Indonesia...