Security Studies
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...
PfPC Leads Seminar on Foreign Terrorist Fighters in Skopje
By Partnership for Peace Consortium SKOPJE, Macedonia (Nov. 9, 2017) – The Republic of Macedonia, the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE), and the United States Embassy in Macedonia co-hosted the Partnership for Peace Consortium’s (PfPC) Combating Terrorism Working...
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 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...
New Director for Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies Named
HONOLULU –The Department of Defense has approved the selection of retired U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Peter A. Gumataotao to be the director of the Daniel K. Inouye Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies (DKI APCSS), a Department of Defense organization dedicated to advancing security cooperation...
2018 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Alumni Scholars Program. This year we received over 125 applications for 15 available scholarships. The competition was extremely tough, and we congratulate all applicants on their outstanding work assembling their application...
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...
DOD Cyber Advisor Stresses Developing the Human Capital to Counter Adversaries
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec. 6, 2017) – The scope, sophistication, pace and spread of today’s cyber threats is unmatched in history, said the Deputy Principal Cyber Advisor to the Secretary of Defense. U...
Commander of Germany’s New Cyber Command: ‘Facing the Digital Future Together’
By Dr. Felicia Englmann Bundeswehr Bavaria GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, GERMANY (Dec. 28, 2017) – “Digitalization is a game changer,” said Bundeswehr Lt. Gen. Ludwig Leinhos, commander and chief of Germany’s newly founded Cyber and Information Domain Service, to 98 participants from 51...
2017: A Big Year for the Marshall Center
By GCMC Public Affairs GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Jan. 3, 2018) – The Marshall Center truly had a big year in 2017 with visits from the U.S. Secretary of Defense and German Minister of Defense, and the signing of the memorandum of understanding with the Munich Security Conference....
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,...
Fast Facts: Seminar on Regional Security (SRS)
Dates: Jan. 18 to Feb. 8, 2018 Language: English and Russian Frequency: SRS is held once a year. Objectives: Analyze current security crises Understand impact on regional security Identify patterns of conflict management Consider the gender dimensions of conflict &...
Berlin Conference Highlights the Way Ahead for Transatlantic Relations
By German Senior Master Sgt. Mark Winkler and Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies BERLIN (Jan. 22, 2018) – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies and Bundesakademie für Sicherheitspolitik (Federal Academy for Security Policy)...
Canadian House of Commons recognizes the PfP Consortium!
CANADA (7 December, 2017) - Yesterday 7 December during Members' Statements, the Hon. Wayne Easter rose to get the Canadian House of Commons to recognize the PfP Consortium, after he participated in the Security Sector Reform Working Group workshop we held on Intelligence Reform and Best...
Zeneli Presents on Good Governance at the NATO School
OBERAMMERGAU, Germany (Feb. 2, 2018) – Dr. Valbona Zeneli, professor of National Security Studies, spoke at the NATO School in Oberammagau on "Good Governance and the impact on European Security” Feb. 2. The course’s title is NATO European Security Cooperation with about 60 participants...
For Situational Awareness: Marshall Center’s Loisach Group to Host Event at the Munich Security Conference
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Jan. 31, 2018) – Important for Marshall Center Staff and Faculty to know is that the Marshall Center’s and the Munich Security Conference’s Loisach Group will be hosting a roundtable discussion at the Munich Security Conference 2018. This discussion will be...
SRS Participants hear from all sides on the Moldova, Transnistria Conflict
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Feb. 2, 2018) – Vladimir Yastrebchak, former minister of foreign affairs of Transnistria, gave the Transnistrian perspective on Moldova and Transnistria frozen conflict Feb. 1. Oksana Ivanivna Syroyid, a Ukrainian politician and jurist, gives the Ukrainian...
German-American Officials Explore Transatlantic ‘Backbone’ at Munich Security Conference
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies MUNICH (Feb. 22, 2018) – Just in the past five years, events like the Annexation of Crimea and political changes in the U.S. and Europe have some officials and members of civil society publicly voicing their...
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’s Central Asia Program Hosts Border Security, Management Workshop in Tajikistan
DUSHANBE, Tajikistan (March 16, 2018) – The Marshall Center’s Central Asia Non-Resident Program, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Dushanbe’s Border Management Staff College, and the U.S. Embassy Dushanbe, conducted a workshop on Border Security and Management here...