George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies
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DOD Regional Center for Security Studies & German-American Partnership
DOD Social Media User Agreement: http://www.ourmilitary.mil/user_agreement.shtml The mission of the Marshall Center is to create a more stable security environment by advancing democratic institutions and relationships, especially in the field of defense; promoting active, peaceful security cooperation; and enhancing enduring partnerships among the nations of North America, Europe and Eurasia.
The Marshall Center conducts a variety of unique programs involving to date officials from more than 110 countries. Most programs are taught in English and Russian. The center's resident programs have a long-term academic focus while its non-resident programs focus on current issues and problem solving. Graduate support specialists work to maintaining contact with and support more than 60 percent of all Marshall Center alumni.
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Our 47 participants in our Seminar on Regional Security completed their three-week program today. With them they take not only the knowledge and fundamentals of regional conflict management and resolution BUT the trust of dozens of professionals that they can rely on in the future. Bundesregierung Head of Division for bilateral relations to the countries in Central, East and Southeast Europe, Central Asia and the Southern Caucasus Knut Abraham was today's keynote speaker. He was introduced by our #German deputy director Brig. Gen. (retired) Johann Berger. We'll have a larger story soon about this class and what they accomplished here. U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Central Command USAG Bavaria - Garmisch Community U.S. Consulate General Munich Die Bundeswehr in Bayern Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung
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Happy #IndependenceDay to our 16 #alumni from #SierraLeone and our seven alumni from #Togo, strong partners in our network of more than 12,000 security professionals from 152 countries. U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) Africa Center for Strategic Studies U.S. Embassy Freetown, Sierra Leone U.S. Embassy Lomé Sierra Leone Embassy - USA
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Today was the final day of the Transnistria Peace Talks Exercise. The “Normalization of #Transnistria” exercise results took place today with the Heads of Delegations’ presentations on the way-ahead for this frozen conflict. Ambassador Douglas Griffiths, acting as the OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe moderator, listed 10 items from his experience for the participants to think about not only for the exercise but also for when they return home. The 48 participants from 25 countries are portraying five sides to this conflict: #RepublicofMoldova, #Transnistria, #Russia, #Ukraine and #OSCE, while Marshall Center Faculty portraying European Union, and the #UnitedStates. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Bundesregierung Bundeswehr Die Bundeswehr in Bayern U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Embassy Moldova
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About 40 Bulgarian #alumni of the Marshall Center gathered in Sofia April 19 as part of a Alumni Programs’ Outreach Networking Event (ONE). The group heard presentations from Dr. George Sharkov, coordinator for the National #Cybersecurity of #Bulgaria, and Professor Todor Tagarev, of the Bulgarian Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, on the cyber dimension of #hybridwarfare and efforts to increase resiliency against threats coming from Bulgaria. The #Marshall_Center regularly organizes visits such as this one in order to keep its #alumninetwork up-to-date on the work of the Marshall Center and to bring together national alumni communities. U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Cyber Command Bundesregierung U.S. Embassy Sofia
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It was a busy day for our participants of our Seminar on Regional Security on day four of the five-day Transnistria Peace Talks exercise. Tomorrow, they will provide the way-ahead in resolving this frozen conflict. Each group will present on national goals and prepare a national road map. The 48 participants from 25 countries are portraying five sides to this conflict: #RepublicofMoldova, #Transnistria, #Russia and #Ukraine, while Marshall Center Faculty are portraying European Union - EU, OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the #UnitedStates. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Embassy Moldova
Transnational Weekly for April 25, 2017
It's #TransnationalWeekly Tuesday! An opportunity to get caught up on #CombatingCorruption, #DrugTrafficking, #ISIS, #Terrorism Around the World, #Conterterrorism Strategies and more. News from InSight Crime, NBC News, CBS News, The Washington Times, BBC News, CNN and more. We have it all in our #TransnationalWeekly. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Bundesregierung Bundeswehr Die Bundeswehr in Bayern U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Central Command U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) U.S. Pacific Command U.S. Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) NORAD and USNORTHERN Command
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It’s Day three of the five-day Transnistria Peace Talks exercise. The 48 participants from 25 countries were busy today with conferences, delegation meetings and working groups. Participants are portraying four sides of the frozen conflict: #RepublicofMoldova, #Transnistria, #Russia and #Ukraine, while Marshall Center Faculty are portraying European Union, OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe and the #UnitedStates. This is what is known as the “5+2” format that has been used for this frozen conflict. U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Defense Security Cooperation Agency Bundesregierung Bundeswehr Die Bundeswehr in Bayern U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Embassy Moldova Ministry Of Foreign Affairs - Republic Of Moldova
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Happy #IndependenceDay to our 23 #alumni from #Ireland, a strong partner in our network of more than 12,000 security professionals from 152 countries. U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Army Europe U.S. Embassy Dublin Deutsche Botschaft Dublin / German Embassy Dublin Embassy of Ireland Berlin Embassy of Ireland in Washington, D.C.
Lone-actor vs. Remote-Controlled Jihadi Terrorism: Rethinking the Threat to the West
Spending some time reading and thinking this weekend? Our Marshall Center Program on Terrorism and Security Studies Sam Mullins gives you something to consider again: lone-wolf terrorist attacks and the threat they pose. His perspectives were published this week in War on the Rocks.
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Take a few minutes and read Pal Dunay's recently published article "The OSCE's of Central Asia" in the current issue of Central Asian Survey. http://ow.ly/eOw830aYt8O Central Asia Institute OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe Central Asian Analytical Network CAAN
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Today, the 48 participants from 25 countries began the peace negotiation exercise on the Moldova and Transnistria frozen conflict. Our Ambassador Douglas Griffiths opened the discussions with participants and faculty representing the 5+2 format - the 5 are #Moldova, #Transnistria, #Ukraine, #Russia and OSCE – The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and the 2 represent the US and European Union - EU U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Bundesregierung Bundeswehr Die Bundeswehr in Bayern U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Embassy Moldova
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Ukraine Ambassador Sergiy Korsunskyi, Director of the Ukraine Diplomatic Academy visited us the past two days to familiarize himself with our mission and the German-American partnership here. This was a reciprocal visit from one where Marshall Center staff and faculty visited earlier this year. Міністерство закордонних справ України / MFA of Ukraine U.S. European Command (EUCOM) U.S. Embassy Kyiv Ukraine Generalkonsulat der Ukraine in München