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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The Tallinn Manual on the International Law Applicable to Cyber Warfare, written at the invitation of the Centre by an independent ‘International Group of Experts’, is the result of a three-year effort to examine how extant international law norms apply to this ‘new’ form... Read More
The Alumni Association in Albania held a roundtable on 13 December, entitled "Open Government and Transparency." The Minister of Defense, Mr. Arben Imami, opened the conference and MC professors Dr. Valbona Zeneli and Professor Joe Vann spoke.
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Over 60 Marshall Center alumni and other Moldovan officials attended the Moldovan George C. Marshall Association’s 8th Annual Roundtable on 20 November 2012. This year’s event focused on Lessons Learned from Partner Nations in Eastern Europe about Euroatlantic... Read More
Congratulations to Mr. Edmunds Akitis (STACS 2011-2) who learned over the summer that he had earned a Fulbright Scholarship to study for a Masters Degree in Homeland Security -- the first such program of its kind in the world -- at California's San Diego State University.... 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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