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Book Editors: Rohan Gunaratna, Jolene Jerard and Salim Mohamed Nasir Imperial College Press, 2013 Reviewed by: Melanie Schweiger, Marshall Center Countering Extremism: Building Social Resilience through Community Engagement…

The prevention and security communities must combine efforts to defeat terrorism By Dr. Harald Weilnböck, Radicalisation Awareness Network The security community and the radicalization prevention community — two very different worlds —…

By Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference Western leaders have been more than willing to point out that there can be no military solution to the crisis in Ukraine. This is true, albeit from their own perspective.…

The U.S. pivot to Asia forces Europe to rethink the way it projects power in the world By Prof. Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis, Marshall Center In April 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and…

Promoting collaboration between two of the world’s most powerful organizations By Dr. Dinos Anthony Kerigan-Kyrou Emerging Security Challenges Working Group The European Union and NATO are quite different organizations. The EU,…

Russia has taken advantage of European disunity to wage asymmetric warfare By Dr. Jānis Bērziņš National Defense Academy of Latvia, Center for Security and Strategic Research Russia’s belligerent attitude toward Ukraine surprised…

NATO and the EU have a joint role to play in stabilizing Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and North Africa By Daniel Ionita, Romanian secretary of state for strategic affairs within the Foreign Affairs Ministry Laria Stoian, Diplomat in the…

A comprehensive review is underway By Prof. Dr. Ralf Roloff, Marshall Center The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has been surprised by two major events in recent years: the Arab Spring and the Ukraine crisis. Both events have shown…

Poland updates its defense strategy and reconfirms its role in NATO By Col. Mariusz Fryc, Ph.D. Polish National Security Bureau Strengthening the eastern flank of NATO within the framework of consolidating the Alliance’s collective…

The United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) focuses on much more than nuclear weapons. Its mission requires continuous planning for employment of multirole bombers to maintain a credible and capable force. USSTRATCOM is an organization…