European-led Defense is a four-week resident course designed for security professionals seeking to strengthen Europe’s capability to deter adversaries and defend itself. The course is divided into four weeks that build from strategic foundations and analysis to capability development and implementation. Continue reading
Applications are now being accepted for Strategic Competition, a 4-week resident course designed for experienced military officers, civilian officials, and security professionals responsible for policy, planning, strategy, analysis, capability development, acquisition, or security cooperation.
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The Marshall Center celebrated the graduation of 84 security professionals from 37 countries who completed the Hybrid Threats and Cybersecurity resident course on July 31, 2026, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen.
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Are you ready to operate at the intersection of strategy, space, technology, and geopolitics? Applications are now open for Emerging Security Issues, a 7-week resident course designed for junior- to mid-level security and defense professionals.Continue reading
The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies began its European-Led Defense course on April 13, 2026, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, focusing on skills-based training to translate strategy and defense investment into credible deterrence and executable capability.
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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... Read More
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... Read More
On May 7 twenty-five participants gathered in Ankara to hear CISS professors Dr. Jay LeBeau and Dr. Eric Young along with non-resident program director COL Larry Kinde discuss counter-terrorism issues and various aspects of radicalization. In attendance were 20 alumni... Read More
On May 7 Marshall Center Alumni Association held an alumni event that provided insights on future security cooperation between Mongolia, US and Europe. COL Enkhbayar Jugder – Chairman, Marshall Center Alumni Association welcomed the 40-plus participants, followed by Lt. Gen... Read More
A Marshall Center-supported workshop was held this week in Ankara, Turkey at the Turkish National Police Academy on "Comparative Counterterrorism Narratives: Examples from Different Regions". Along with Marshall Center faculty and staff, speakers included police and... Read More
On August 21, 2026, the William J. Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies concluded the in-residence phase of its Countering Hybrid Threats in the Americas (CHTA) and Homeland Defense and Border Security (HDBS) courses in Washington, D.C. Read More
European-led Defense is a four-week resident course designed for security professionals seeking to strengthen Europe’s capability to deter adversaries and defend itself. The course is divided into four weeks that build from strategic foundations and analysis to... Read More
The Marshall Center's resident courses are part of a redesigned program plan launched in 2026 to assess, align, and advance European-led security,
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