Strategists
Strategists Practitioners who develop high-level plans to achieve one or more goals under conditions of uncertainty. Strategists are experts in developing whole-of-government positions through the successive exploitation of known or emergent possibilities rather than committing to any specific fixed plan designed at the outset.
Arab-Israeli Conflict: Israel/Jordan Trust to Enhance Defense and Security Cooperation Seminar
From 9 to 12 August, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies conducted a four-day seminar titled, “Arab-Israeli Conflict: Israel/Jordan Trust to Enhance Defense and Security Cooperation Seminar” to assess ways to establish peace and security cooperation between Israel and...
DKI APCSS hosts Indo-Pacific Strategy Workshop
Discussing the principles for a free and open Indo-Pacific region formed the basis of a high-level workshop on “U.S. Strategy in the Indo-Pacific.” The workshop provided a platform for informal discussion between senior leaders in the region and senior U.S. administration officials involved in...
Dynamics of Countering Human Trafficking in South Asia and the Gulf
From 30 August–1 September 2021, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies arranged a three-day virtual seminar to help participants assess, analyze, and identify opportunities to effectively counter human trafficking in South Asia and the Gulf and improve regional...
Estonian Alumni meet in Tallinn
On Tuesday, 14 June 2016, the Estonian Alumni Association met during a Marshall Center sponsored Outreach Networking Event. Marshall Center Professor Graeme Herd, together with Director of the Baltic Center for Russian Studies Vladimir Juškin presented a fascinating discussion on the topic of“...
Lithuania Alumni Explore Russian Strategic Thinking
On Thursday, 16 June 2016, Lithuanian Marshall Center Alumni met to discuss Vladimir Putin's strategy and policymaking process. Marshall Center Professor Graeme Herd led the group through a thought-provoking presentation on Russia's national security decisionmaking. Former Marshall Center...
Marshall Center Highlights Strategies to Combat Transnational Criminal Organizations
By Emma Bareihs Public Affairs Office George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – More than 100 law enforcement and government professionals from 53 nations are investigating how to fight a growing threat to national security during the...
Marshall Center Program Engages Experts to Address Challenges, Threats in Cyberspace
By Christine June George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany (Dec 21, 2018) – It’s a hyper-connected world, where cyberspace provides critical support for the world’s economy, civil infrastructure, public safety and national security. But it’s...
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...
Meeting of the PfP Consortium’s Regional Stability in the South Caucasus Study Group
Rome, Italy, September 13, 2021 -Since the end of the most recent Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict on 9 November 2020, new and often competing diplomatic and governmental efforts have emerged and have begun to re-shape relationships between the regional players and the global powers who seek to...
Omani Diplomatic Institute Seminar
From 16 to 18 August 2021, experts from the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies arranged a three-day virtual seminar with 23 distinguished Omani diplomats to exchange their perspectives of the ongoing opportunities and challenges in the Middle East writ large. The...
Partnership for Peace Consortium members author chapter in new NATO book
Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany (August 31, 2015) – NATO constantly evolves to an ever-changing security landscape, and the Partnership for Peace Consortium’s defense education and defense institution building efforts are an important part of NATO’s evolution, detailed in the new book “NATO:...
Perry Center Alumni Gathering in Lima
The Perry Center and Marshall Center Alumni Committee successfully hosted an alumni event in Lima, Peru, on June 4, 2024. The event saw over 70 graduates from the Perry Center come together for an evening of reconnection and camaraderie while fostering a spirit of community among all attendees...
Perry Center Professors Speak at the Leadership, Strategic Planning and Cooperation Forum in Bogota, Colombia
On June 14, 2024, Perry Center Professors Celina Realuyo and Boris Saavedra participated in the Forum on Leadership, Strategic Planning and Cooperation: A Threat and Challenge Scenario in the Defense and Security Sector for some 200 military, civilian and academic officials in person and...
Royal Jordanian National Defense College Academic Kick-Off
The Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies continues to foster a strong partnership with the Royal Jordanian National Defense College (RJNDC). Deans Richard Wiersema and Charles Marks delivered a course of instruction from 6–10 October 2024 to 161 RJNDC students and faculty...
Senior Executive Seminar: The Adaptability Of Violent Extremist Organizations: Illegality, Technology, And Messaging
29 March – 2 April 2021 – NESA hosted a timely Senior Executive Seminar (SES) focused on the continued threat of violent extremist organizations (VEOs), particularly their use of new media platforms, as well as best practices to combat violent extremism in the virtual and non-virtual space....
Strategic Survey Seminar: The Middle East and U.S. National Security
From 27 to 29 July, the Near East South Asia (NESA) Center for Strategic Studies hosted a three-day webinar series to explore key political, military, and socio-economic dynamics impacting the wider Middle East and U.S. security policy. The webinar was joined by various internationally...

Russia and South Caucasus. Russia vs. US/EU through Georgia and Ukraine. SPRING 2015
The Spring 2015issue of Connections presents several independent opinions on the Russia - South Caucasus relationship andhighlights difficulties of integration inthe case of South Ossetia and Abkhazia; other contributions examine Russia vs. EU/US through Georgia and Ukraine case and look into...

The Role of Strategic Communications in the Security Sector. NATO and Russia in the South Caucasus. SUMMER 2017
The Summer 2017 issue of Connections presents original research in the role of strategic communication, or StratCom, in shaping the image of a security sector organization with examples from the experience of the US and Ukraine, lessons learned from the decades long conflict in Western Sahara, and...

Atlantic Council Global Foresight 2023 Survey Results
TheAtlantic Council's Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security released the results of itsGlobal Foresight 2023 Survey. The survey is the second part of the Scowcroft Center's three-part Global Foresight 2023 report, providing insights from more than 150 foresight experts and foreign policy...