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The Pandemic and Its Impact on Ukraine By Cmdr. John “Eric” Ager, U.S. Navy, Marshall Center professor he COVID-19 pandemic shuttered most of the world’s economies and upended the regular conduct of government, diplomacy and…

The post-pandemic security terrain in Central Eurasia By Dr. Gregory Gleason, Marshall Center professor As the human costs of COVID-19 mount on a global level, the world struggles with the immediate medical consequences and lives lost…

Defending the nation during a pandemic While much of the world scaled back or shut down due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM), with headquarters at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, continued…

How Kosovo rehabilitates repatriated Islamic State fighters By Ramadan “Dani” Ilazi, Teuta Avdimetaj and Skënder Perteshi, the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies Since its declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, Kosovo has…

Health security may become a core task of militaries By Dr. John L. Clarke, Marshall Center professor Viruses never die. And they don’t ever really go away. Variants of the Spanish flu have been with us for more than 100 years, and the…

EDITED BY:  Rebecca M. Seaman PUBLISHED BY:  ABC-CLIO REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor War and disease appear to go together like love and marriage: There is an attraction at first blush, a courtship, an…

Strong alliances protect European democracies By Ovidiu Dranga, Romanian ambassador to Poland In the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on targets in the United States, the world witnessed an unprecedented wave of sympathy for…

Italy and the geopolitics of COVID-19 By Ludovica Balducci  |  Photos by The Associated Press When it comes to humanitarian crises and disaster, geopolitical games are usually suspended. That has not been the case with the COVID-19…

Hungary’s MultiVector Foreign Policy  By Dr. Pál Dunay, Marshall Center professor Systemic foundations Hungary has gained political attention way beyond what would seem normal for a country of its size (less than 100,000 square…

The case for Central European solidarity By Ovidiu Dranga, Romanian ambassador to Poland Meaningful subregional cooperation in Central Europe has been triggered by the security concerns surviving in the area since the end of the Cold…