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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.…

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…

Coping with conventional and unconventional security challenges By Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis German deputy dean at the Marshall Center and professor of international politics at the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität It is not a new…

How a botched 1970 defection request led to a ‘whole-of-government’ approach to crises By Brian Wilson, deputy director of the Global Maritime Operational Threat Response Coordination Center, and Wayne Raabe, U.S. Department of Justice,…

The government’s response has global consequences By Ahmet S.Yayla, Ph.D., George Mason University The Reina nightclub attack, which occurred in the early hours of New Year’s Day 2017 in Istanbul, Turkey, and the counterterrorism…

A strategy vital to advancing policy initiatives By Lt. Col. Gwyn A. Carver, U.S. Army With global uncertainty and regional insecurity on the rise, a marked reduction in the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) budget, and insufficient…

Involving more women in peace processes and the security sector will yield lasting benefits By Annjulie Vester, Marshall Center Photos by the associated press Women across the world face challenges to their status every day, but…

Developing and Improving Ukraine’s Military Education Process By Maj. Gen. Igor Tolok, Ukrainian Ministry of Defense The Revolution of Dignity opened a new chapter in the history of Ukraine, paving the way for a new open society, free…

A focus on Article 3 would improve interoperability to address horizontal threats By Maj. Joseph N. Gardner, U.S. Army In November 2010, at the Lisbon Summit, NATO published a new Strategic Concept that introduced cooperative security…

Time for a new approach? By Maj. Gen. Walter T. Lord, U.S. Army National Guard Since 1995, NATO, the European Union and other international partners have been engaged in the Balkans — politically, diplomatically, economically and…