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The CLEEN Foundation establishes programs to empower citizens By Valkamiya Ahmadu The wind of insurgency rocking Nigeria’s North East Geopolitical Zone emanates from the terror group Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, aka Boko…

A new program builds intellectual interoperability among NATO members By Dr. Judith Reid, EUCOM The Defense Institution Building Program at U.S. European Command works with partner nations to help them move toward intellectual…

Shrinking ice caps require nations to cooperate in sharing polar resources By per Concordiam Staff In September 2014, the MV Nunavik, a Canadian icebreaking cargo ship, landed at Sachs Harbor in Canada’s Northwest Territory, having just…

Germany’s HAYAT counseling service shares its experience with deradicalization By Julia Berczyk, HAYAT-Germany The phenomenon of people traveling to participate in foreign conflicts is by no means new or intrinsically tied to the…

Families are best placed to address radicalization before it escalates into violence By Dr. Edit Schlaffer and Dr. Ulrich Kropiunigg, Women without Borders/SAVE Radicalization is a process that often takes place at home under the noses…

A description of best practices for successful deradicalization programs By Judy Korn, Violence Prevention Network founder and executive director & Alexander Brammann, Violence Prevention Network trainer and counselor “It was…

Eurasian security leaders discuss solutions to 21st century threats By Marshall Center Public Affairs National ministers and senior government and military officials from 40 nations met at the George C. Marshall European Center for…

International threats compel Kiev to establish a national cyber security system By Valentyn Petrov, Secretariat of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Analysis of Ukraine’s national security confirms a high threat level…

The Ukrainian crisis matches Western soft power against Russian brute force By Martin Sokolov, Marshall Center "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” ~  Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War…

The U.S. Air Force and Marshall Center focus on building military skills By Maj. Dear Beloved, U.S. Air Force/Marshall Center fellow In December 2013, for the first time, three U.S. Air Force (USAF) Regional Affairs Strategist (RAS)…