Security Studies
Marshall Center European Security Seminar Explores Hybrid Threats, Resilience Building
By Christine June GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Jan. 27, 2017) – For more than two years, the West have been grappling with “hybrid warfare,” which describes and encompasses a variety of shifty means of fighting war. What exactly is hybrid warfare? What exactly...
Marshall Center Event Explores Common Vision of Shared Responsibility for Security
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies TUNIS, Tunisia – An outreach team from the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies organized an event to enhance a common understanding of shared responsibility for...
Marshall Center faculty member, Dr. Greg Gleason, publishes article in the Kazakh journal "Kazakhstan in Global Processes"
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Marshall Center Faculty Rekindles Relations with Belarus at Minsk Economic Security Conference
By James E. Brooks, George C. Marshall European Center Public Affairs Director Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY (June 6, 2017) - Six George C. Marshall European Center faculty travelled to Minsk, Belarus, June 1-2 to share ideas and stimulate discussion at a two-day international...
Marshall Center Faculty Support Ukraine NATO DEEP Program
By GCMC Public Affairs Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY (June 15, 2017) - Marshall Center Deputy Dean Sven Gareis and professors Pal Dunay and Sebastian von Münchow travelled to Kyiv to share expertise on security sector capacity-building with Ukraine Armed Forces officers and government...
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...
Marshall Center Graduates 15,000th Alumna
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 13 May 2022 Today the Marshall Center celebrated the graduation of our 15,000th alumna, Ms. Andrada Halgas-Blaga from Romania. Andrada joins her 37 classmates from the Seminar on Regional Security (SRS) as our newest group of alumni. Marshall Center Director MG (...
Marshall Center Graduates 93 Professionals Ready to Tackle Today’s Global Threats
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Nov. 16, 2017) – After examining today’s worst global threats to security, 93 professionals from 41 countries are now armed to be ‘agents of change’ when they return home....
Marshall Center Hosts a Special Seminar for Romanian Security Professionals
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (May 16, 2018) – The George C. Marshall Center for Security Studies’ outreach program for Central and Southeastern Europe hosted a first of its kind seminar for 38 war-college level...
Marshall Center Hosts Command and Control Seminar in Kyiv
By U.S. Navy Cmdr. John Ager College of International and Security Studies George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies KYIV, Ukraine – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, in cooperation with the General Staff of Armed Forces of Ukraine and the...
Marshall Center Hosts Security Policy Seminar for Romanian Parliamentarians
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Nov. 22, 2017) – Romania has the highest growth in defense spending in Eastern Europe after achieving NATO’s goal of two percent of its gross domestic product on its defense budget...
Marshall Center Hosts Security Sector Oversight Seminar in Ukraine
By U.S. Navy Cmdr. Eric Ager College of International and Security Studies George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies KYIV, Ukraine – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, in cooperation with the NATO Professional Development Program, conducted a...
Marshall Center Hosts ‘Next Steps to NATO’ Seminar in North Macedonia
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies SKOPJE, North Macedonia – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies conducted the “Next Steps toward NATO” special seminar here May 29 and 30. The seminar focused on...
Marshall Center Launches Central European Security Dialogue Strategic Initiative
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is launching a new strategic initiative called the Central European Security Dialogue. The...
Marshall Center Lecturer Gives Counterterrorism Presentation at Friedrich Schiller University Jena
By GCMC Public Affairs JENA, THURINGIA, Germany (Jan. 8, 2018) – Dr. Sebastian von Münchow, lecturer of security studies at the Marshall Center’s College of International and Security Studies, gave a counterterrorism lecture to about 50 students at the Institute for Political Sciences,...
Marshall Center Macedonia Alumni Work toward NATO Accession
By GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Sept. 5, 2017) – Macedonia’s efforts to join NATO was the focus of a continuing series of alumni workshops with the most recent held in Skopje, Aug. 30. The Skopje workshop, was organized by the George C. Marshall European Center...
Marshall Center Partnerships Play Important Role in Mediterranean North Africa Security
By James E. Brooks, Marshall Center Public Affairs Director Garmisch-Partenkirchen, GERMANY (Oct. 13, 2017) - More than 30 diplomats, academics and military officials from the Mediterranean region gathered in Rome, September 25-28, to examine the shared responsibility nations have for...
Marshall Center Professor Lectures on Human Rights, Civil Liberties to DoDEA High School Students
By GCMC Public Affairs OBERWESEL (Rhine Gorge), Germany (March 6, 2018) – Dr. Sebastian von Münchow, Marshall Center professor, gave a lecture on rights of the individual citizens verses public safety for the U.S. Department of Defense Education Activity’s 37th International Student...
Marshall Center Professors Advise Georgia on New National Defense Strategy
George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies TBILISI– (Sept. 21, 2019) Dr. Valbona Zeneli, chair of the Strategic Initiatives Department, Professor Joe Vann, program director of the Countering Transnational Organized Crime and Dr. Sebastian von Münchow, director of European...
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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Kosovo and Balkan Stability
This article outlines the possibilities for Kosovo's future status and puts it in the wider context of the Balkan's changing political landscape. The author briefly examines the EU accession possibilities, Russia's position in the region and outlines possible future scenarios.
Lessons Learned from the Establishment of Border Security Systems
This report focuses on the various phases of The Border Security Program, organised by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) in the West Balkans. The activities concentrate on the promotion and deepening of regional cooperation, with the aim of benefiting the...
Libya After Qadhafi: Reshaping the Political and Security Systems
The fall of Muammar al-Qadhafi in October 2011 marked the end of the Libyan uprising, led to the close of NATO’s intervention “Operation Unified Protector” (OUP), and ushered in a delicate political transformation which failed to come to a quick and decisive end with the first round of...
Managing Defense Transformation in Small and Medium-Sized NATO Countries
This paper analyzes the dimensions of defense transformation in small and medium-sized countries from the perspectives of willingness and affordability. It outlines the transformation efforts in different European countries with a focus on their military capabilities, examines its economic...
Marshall Center Occasional Papers
The Marshall Center Occasional Paper series provides a publication forum for research topics in the wide scope of political-military affairs. Occasional Papers are written by Marshall Center faculty and research staff, Marshall Center alumni and invited contributors. Theseriescan be found on the...
Measuring Defense Reform:A Proposed Methodology to Measure Efforts to Archieve the Objectives of PAP-DIB
This chapter considers the methodology of measuring efforts to achieve the objectives of the Partnership for Peace-Defense Institution Building. The author proposes several metrics in this respect and notes that although they are imperfect, they provide a baseline from which a country can begin to...
Migrants, Housewives, Warriors or Sex Slaves: AQ’s and the Islamic State’s Perspectives on Women
Why do young Muslim women from the whole world join the Islamic State (IS) in Syria and Iraq, despite the fact that the group is notorious for conducting terrible sexual violations against women? Through comparing how al-Qaeda (AQ) and IS are positioning women in their ideological literature, this...
Montenegro and the NATO Partnership for Peace Program
This article analyzes the security politics of Montenegro within the framework of the NATO Partnership for Peace (PfP) program. The author outlines the history and rationale of the program, its areas of cooperation, mechanisms and measurements to implement the plan. He examines the specific...
Moving Beyond the 9 11 Staff Report on Terrorist Travel
This paper aims to provide additional facts about the immigration tactics of indicted and convicted operatives of al-Qaida, Hamas, Hezbollah and other terrorist groups from the 1990s through the end of 2004. It further attempts to enlarge the policy discussion regarding the relationship between...
NATO and the South Caucasus: Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia on Different Tracks
This chapter reviews activities between NATO and South Caucasus, placing a special focus on the 'Russian factor' within the region and the frozen conflicts in Azerbaijan and Georgia. It outlines Armenia's, Azerbaijan's and Georgia's principal positions toward potential NATO membership.