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Why a strong Poland is vital to U.S. national security By Maj. Brigid K. Calhoun, U.S. Army  Throughout the summer of 2020, Poland steadily secured headlines across United States media outlets, renewing discussions about the nation’s…

Kosovo moves toward full European integration By Mimoza Ahmetaj, Kosovo’s ambassador in Strasbourg, France A pandemic is harassing the global population while a shift in geopolitical trends from liberal to authoritarian is increasingly…

The Armed Forces Academy of Uzbekistan By Col. Murad Ibragimov, Armed Forces Academy of Uzbekistan, and Dr. Gregory Gleason, Marshall Center professor As the entire system of international relations is transformed, Central Eurasia is…

Deciding on a Patient’s Life in a Democratic Context Most countries in the wider trans-Atlantic space try to adhere to democratic values, the rule of law and respect for human rights. Regarding the latter, the right to life and the…

And the Influence of Russia By Pavlo Troian, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Photos by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The large-scale protests after the August 2020 presidential election in Belarus are proof that many Belarusians are…

Democratic institutions must emerge stronger from the pandemic By Dr. Suzanne Loftus, Marshall Center professor It could be argued that the 2008 global financial crisis was the major catalyst for many of the subsequent domestic issues…

AUTHOR:  Oscar Jonsson PUBLISHED BY:  Georgetown University Press REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor Oh, for the days of clarity when nations declared war on their adversaries with courteous diplomatic notes and…

It takes partnerships and planning By Danielle Santos, program manager. National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, United States Department of Commerce As the world becomes…

Portugal focuses on the individual By Dr. Pedro Xavier Mendonça, Daniela Santos, Isabel Baptista and Lino Santos, Portuguese National Cybersecurity Centre  The term cyber security is not unambiguous. The European Union Agency of…

How government procurement can boost cyber security By Atsuko Sekiguchi, deputy counselor, International Strategy Group, National center of Incident readiness and Strategy for Cybersecurity (NISC), and cabinet secretariat, government of…