Security Studies
Marshall Center’s Counterterrorism Course Teaches Global Professionals to Fight Terrorists at Home
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (March 15, 2019) - The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies’ Program on Terrorism and Security Studies has gathered 63 counterterrorism...
Marshall Center’s Faculty Roundtable Addresses Today’s Security Trends, Threats
By Christine June Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The Faculty Roundtable is one of the ways that the College of International and Security Studies at the George C. Marshall European Center here is able to...
2019 Call for Nominations - The William J. Perry Award for Excellence in Security and Defense Education
April 17, 2019 Every year, the Perry Center recognizes individuals who and organizations that have made significant and sustained contributions advancing mutually supportive approaches to security, fostering transparent and capable defense and security governance institutions, and...
C5+1 Security Working Group Meets in Dushanbe
Dushanbe, Tajikistan, May 16, 2019 –On Thursday, May 16, Tajikistan co-hosted a meeting of the C5+1 Security Working Group with representatives from Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and the United States at the National Library in Dushanbe. Mark Moody, Acting Deputy...
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 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’s Seminar Screens Countermeasures to Fight Security Challenges in Europe
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies hosted the European Security Seminar – East 19-13 here June 10 to 14. This year’s ESS-East...
Marshall Center’s Senior Executive Seminar Aims to Understand Chinese Engagement in Europe
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies hosted the annual Senior Executive Seminar, titled “China in Europe: A Security Challenge?,” here...
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 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 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...
APOC 19-2 a ‘transformational experience’ for some Fellows
A total of 166 U.S. and international Fellows participated in the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) 19-2 at the Daniel K Inouye Asia Pacific Center for Security Studies, Honolulu. The five-day course concluded on July 19. APOC is designed to build resilient capacity, shared...
2020 Alumni Scholars Program
The Alumni Programs Office is pleased to announce the 2020 Marshall Center Alumni Scholars Program. The Program offers Alumni the possibility to compete for research scholarships in residence at the Marshall Center in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Germany. For 2019, we received over150 applications...
Marshall Center Alumni Programs Offers 15 Scholarships for 2020
By Chris Burelli Director, Alumni Programs George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Aug. 29, 2019) – The Marshall Center’s Alumni Programs Office is now accepting applications for the 2020 Alumni Scholars Program. “This competitive...
Perry Center Awards Honors Dr. Linda Castro Gainza and Peru's CAEN
Each year, the William J Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies recognizes organizations and individuals who have made notable contributions to promote mutually supportive approaches to common security issues in the Western Hemisphere. On Wednesday, September 25, 2019 the Perry Center...
2020 Alumni Scholars Program - Application Period Closed
The application period for the 2020 Marshall Center Alumni Scholars Program has closed. The Alumni Programs Office is currently sorting through the many applications we received. If you sent us an application, you will receive confirmation of it's arrival. Please be patient as it may be...
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...
Senior Security Studies Course
(THAILAND) On November 18, 2019, the Royal Thai Armed Forces’ Strategic Studies Center of the National Defence Studies Institute began their inaugural Senior Security Studies Course in Bangsaen, Chonburi. The intensive one-week course for senior Thai security sector leaders emphasizes the...
2020 Alumni Scholars Announced
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the winners of the 2020 Alumni Scholars Program. This year we received 110 applications for15 available scholarships. The competition was extremely tough, and we congratulate all applicants on their outstanding work assembling their packages. Below...
37th Issue of per Concordiam & 2020 Themes
The Marshall Center is pleased to announce the publication of the 37th issue of per Concordiam (Volume 10, Issue 1, 2020) with a focus on Hybrid Warfare. Congratulations to all of our alumni contributors, including CDR Roslaw Jezweski (Poland, PASS 16-15), COL John Neal (USA, ESS-N 19-5),...
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Achieving PAP-DIB Objective Capabilities by Transforming the Way We Think
This chapter considers the objective capabilities of NATO's Partnership for Peace-Defense Institution Building (PAP-DIB). The study in particular looks at the achievement of PAP-DIB capabilities that require a transformation mindset and outlines new ways of addressing security risks.
Capabilities-Based Defense Planning: Techniques Applicable to NATO and PfP Countries
This chapter examines the Australian defense planning system. It analyzes its force development methodologies, concluding with an analysis of the lessons learned from Australia that might be useful to other countries.
DCAF`s Activities in Support of Effective and Democratically Transparent Defense Planning
This chapter discusses the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces's activities in support of effective and democratically transparent defense planning. Firstly, it gives a general overview of the DCAF mission and then examines its efforts in defense reform and democratic oversight...
Defense Institution Building: Training in Support of Defense Planning
This chapter examines the main issues within the training support of defense planning. Firstly, it presents a theoretical framework, with some considerations regarding defense planning that all trainees should be aware of when embarking on a training program dealing with defense policy formulation...
Editorial: Planning and Development of Defense Institutions in Time of Transformation
This chapter describes an initial step toward a constructive dialogue on the question of what constitutes effective defense institution-building. It provides a general overview of issues such as, how to match capabilities with security risks, defense requirements, and available resources; how to...
Introduction to Program-Based Defense Resource Management
This chapter examines the principles and practices of program-based defense resource management. First, it considers the reasons behind the use of programming and then looks at several key topics around two main themes: What is a good program decision and how does it depend on the design of a...
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...
The Art of Shaping Defense Policy: Scope, Components, Relationships (but no Algorithms)
This chapter facilitates an understanding of basic concepts and relationships in defense policymaking. The study considers the art of defense policymaking in assessing weaknesses and identifying opportunities for improvements in the process of articulating defense policy.
Twenty First Century Defence Acquisition: Challenges and Opportunities
This chapter examines the complexities associated with defense acquisition decision-making in the 21st century. It considers the use of a formal acquisition strategy methodology as a means of reducing uncertainty in defense acquisition decisionmaking and selecting the best alternative toward...
An Assessment of Operation Safe Place
This paper discusses the findings of two successful cooperative ventures, Operation Ploughshares and Operation Safe Place, whose main objectives were to collect data and exchange information on the scope and dynamics of illicit small arms and light weapons (SALW) trafficking in Southeastern Europe.
Border Security and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
This report examines the strengths and limitations of deploying unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) along US borders. This report is not intended to provide in-depth information regarding the technical or military capabilities of UAVs, but rather to discuss their application in maintaining border...
Emerging Technologies in the Context of Security
This paper discusses a security strategy adopted by the European Council to address concerted European activity in the field of security and, more specifically, in activities to anticipate and cope more effectively and efficiently with new security threats such as terrorism, proliferation of...
Implications for the Development of Future Military Leaders
This paper addresses the future of military leadership and management within the context of generational change among its management employees. It outlines this future in the context of the new and wider purpose of the Irish Defense Force. It presents evidence gathered from the science of...
Key Agencies and Their Missions
This report serves as a primer on the key federal agencies charged with border security in the US: the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which patrols the border and conducts immigration, customs and agricultural inspections at ports of entry; the Bureau of Immigration and Customs...
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...
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...
Post-Soviet Border Disputes - The Case of Estonia Latvia and Russia
This paper discusses the question of the precise territorial delimitations of the Estonian and Latvian borders with the Russian Federation. The author argues that by using the question of territorial delimitation and linking it to issues of domestic affairs in Estonia and Latvia, Russia is trying...
Countering Ideological Support for Extremism: Challenges and Implications
This paper comprises the keynote address by the director of the National Defense University's Africa Center for Strategic Studies at a conference entitled "Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism: Opportunities and Limitations in the Battle of Ideas" in July 2006.
Countering Ideological Support for Terrorism in Europe: Muslim Brotherhood and Hizb ut-Tahrir - Allies or Enemies?
This paper argues that the deciding factor in choosing allies in the war on terror cannot be based on tactics - that is, on whether or not a group has chosen to pursue violent methods. Rather, the author states, it must be based on ideology, on whether a group is Islamist or not. He discusses the "...