Security Studies
Security Studies A discipline within international relations which concerns itself with international security issues including the study of measures taken by states to protect against all hostile acts as well as the condition that results from the establishment and maintenance of protective measures that ensure a state of inviolability from hostile acts or influences.
PfPC ADL WG meeting and Baltic ADL Day
The next PfPC ADL WG Meeting will take place in Tartu, Estonia on November 2-4 2010.The Baltic Defence College will host the ADL WG meeting in close cooperation and with the support from ISN Zurich.The event will be followed by a military-civil Baltic ADL Day on November 5, 2010 to foster...
PfPC Annual Conferences
NO Dates City Country Theme Downloads 1 October 1998 Zurich Switzerland Networking Security Institutions in the Information Age and the Way Ahead Proceedings...
RSBGSA WG meeting, November 5 -8 2010, Reichenau Austria
On invitation of the Austrian MoD, this year’s annual planning workshop of the RSGBSA WG convened in Reichenau, Austria from 5th to 8th November 2010. Twenty experts attended from Armenia, Austria, Bulgaria, Georgia, Germany, Romania, Turkey, Ukraine, USA and NATO. After a review of past...
13th PfPC Annual Conference in photos
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Some small signs that the 'Arab Spring' is spreading into Africa
The 'Arab Spring' has largely not spread south of the Sahara, but Africans are now less willing to stand by and accept stolen elections, gross abuses of power, and flaunting of inequality. By Joseph Siegle, Guest blogger / November 7, 2011 (Taken from the Christian Science Monitor)...
U.S Efforts to Counter the Lord's Resistance Army - Remarks by Johnnie Carson, Assistant Secretary of State, Bureau of African Affairs
Africa Center for Strategic Studies Centre d'études stratégiques de l'Afrique Centro de Estudos Estratégicos de África Greetings! Last week I was honored to join Assistant Secretary of State for Africa Johnnie Carson for an important program at the U.S. Institute for Peace...
ACSS French Representative Discusses Successful Operations in Ivory Coast During Conference
Washington—Colonel Patrick de Vathaire, Senior French Representative at the Africa Center for Strategic Studies, spoke at the National Defense University on Dec. 1, 2011, about how his country successfully ran small military operations in Ivory Coast. His remarks were part of a...
ACSS Welcomes New Assistant Professor for Security Studies
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) is pleased to welcome Mr. Thomas Dempsey, a retired U.S. Army colonel, as Assistant Professor for Security Studies. His expertise includes security sector reform (SSR), peace operations, failed state reconstruction, African area studies,...
Democratization and Dilemmas for Africa’s Security Forces
The security forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo have been busy since incumbent President Joseph Kabila was declared winner of disputed elections on December 9, 2011. Members of the Republican Guard (a presidential security detail of 12,000 soldiers), the police, and other security...
Regional Security Cooperation in the Maghreb and Sahel: Algeria’s Pivotal Ambivalence
By Laurence Aïda Ammour. Africa Center for Strategic Studies, February 2012. Despite growing concerns across the Sahel and Maghreb over the increasing potency of al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, the diffusion of heavily armed mercenaries from Libya, the expanding influence of arms and...
Coming Event: ACSS to Cohost Counternarcotics and Illicit Commons Seminar
The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS), the Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, the Near East South Asia Center for Strategic Studies, and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies will cosponsor a four-day seminar on countering transnational threats and the...
Marshall Center Alumni Play Leading Roles Hosting NATO International Week at Ukrainian National Defense University (UNDU)
Our congratulations to graduates COL Oleksandr Demenko and Prof. Oleg Poshedin of the Ukrainian National Defense University for their efforts in organizing “International Week 2012 - NATO: Common Responses to Common Security Challenges”. The event was held in close cooperation with the NATO...
ACSS to Welcome Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) will welcome military officers from 38 African nations who are participating in its Next Generation of African Security Sector Leaders Program, March 12, 2012 at Virginia’s Hyatt Fairfax at Fair Lakes. One of the Center’...
Narco-States: Africa's Next Menace
Op-Ed Contributor Narco-States: Africa's Next Menace By DAVIN O'REGAN Since emerging as Africa’s first narco-state in the mid 2000s, Guinea Bissau’s slide toward instability has been swift and precipitous. The homicide rate has spiked by 25 percent and is now...
Security issues and regional stability in Africa: the experience of Burkina Faso in conflict mediation, prevention and management.
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Alumni Leaders from Southeast Europe Meet in Montenegro, 14-16 May 2012
Alumni leaders from among the 14 member nations of the Marshall Center Alumni Association for Southeast European Security met this week for a first annual workshop following the organization's establishment last year to discuss regional cooperation in the security sector, among other issues....
Marshall Center Alumni Numbers Pass the 9,000 Barrier as PASS 12-5 Graduates
Congratulations to the more than 125 new graduates representing 49 nations around the world who graduated today.
Security Leaders Briefed on New U.S. Africa Strategy at Africa Center Seminar
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies (ACSS) opened its annual Senior Leaders Seminar on June 18, 2012, in Arlington, Virginia, during which keynote speaker Amanda J. Dory, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Africa Policy, for the first time in public discussed...
Security, stability highlight PfP Consortium’s 14th conference
TBILISI, Georgia – Promoting security and stability in the South Caucasus and Central Asia was the topic of the Partnership for Peace Consortium 14th annual conference June 19-20 in Tbilisi. Co-organized by the Georgian Ministry of Defense, the conference provided a forum for about...
Africa Center Co-Sponsors U.S. AFRICOM Academic Symposium in Tanzania
Dar es Salaam – The Africa Center for Strategic Studies, based in Washington, D.C., co-hosted the 5th U.S. Africa Command Academic Symposium in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, July 9-12, 2012. The event, conducted in partnership with the U.S. Embassy in Dar es Salaam, was also attended by General...
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The Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC) course is a 5-week in-resident executive program offered three times a year for mid-level military, government and non-government professionals who intersect with the security sphere. Fellows spend two-thirds of their time on cross-cutting...
The Comprehensive Security Cooperation (CSC) course is a 5-week in-resident executive program offered three times a year for mid-level military, government and non-government professionals who intersect with the security sphere. Fellows spend two-thirds of their time on cross-cutting...
The Emerging Security Challenges (ESC) Working Group aims to enhance the capacity of decision makers and policy shapers to identify and respond to emerging international security challenges. Specifically, its goal is to identify and prioritize such international security challenges and discuss...
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