Lightning over Europe

Cutting-edge F-35A Strike Fighters train with Eastern NATO allies By per Concordiam Staff On April 25, 2017, two U.S. Air Force F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters touched down at Ämari Air Base in Estonia. Three days later, two…

Islam’s Revival in Central Asia

Book author, editor: Pauline Jones Published by: University of Pittsburgh Press, 2017 Reviewer: Diana Clark Gill Civil violence is worrisome no matter where it originates or where its proponents strike. But in the case of Central…

Winning the Information War

How states can marginalize hostile propaganda By Dr. Ieva Bērziņa Centre for Security and Strategic Research at the National Defence Academy of Latvia It’s not easy to differentiate between propaganda and strategic communication.…

On the Offensive

Argentina’s multipronged assault on drug trafficking provides lessons for other nations By Martin Verrier Argentina’s national undersecretary of Counter Narcotics Policy, Marshall Center Alumni Drug consumption in Argentina…

Trouble on the Horizon

A looming cyber warfare threat demands an overhaul of international law By Lt. Col. Brian Smith, U.S. Central Command Photos by The Associated Press Although some progress has been made over the past decade, current international law…

Hybrid Threats

Coping with new challenges By Klaus-Dieter Fritsche, state secretary at the German Federal Chancellery, German commissioner for the Federal Intelligence Services With the end of confrontation between East and West came a long period when…

Projecting Power

Russia seeks to recapture its imperial past by exploiting former Soviet countries By Dr. Stefan Meister German Council on Foreign Relations Discussing Russia’s attempts to influence former Soviet countries requires a thorough…

The Danger Within

Societal divides pose a major threat to national security By Besa Kabashi-Ramaj, Centre for Research Documentation and Publication, Kosovo  |  Photos by Reuters The global security framework and geopolitics have shifted since the Cold…

Managing Diversity

The quest for ethnic and religious tolerance By Andreja Durdan, Croatian Security Intelligence Agency “No man is an island,” wrote English Catholic cleric and poet John Donne in the 16th century. Today, this is more evident than ever.…

When Outsiders Interfere

Countries targeted by Russia or other external actors must develop an internal resilience Pál Dunay, Ph.D. Marshall Center The post-World War II era has been one of increasing international cooperation and the empowerment of…