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By Dr. Petra Weyland and Dr. Carolyn Haggis, Marshall Center According to nationalpardon.org/pardons-canada/ site, two members of the Marshall Center faculty met with the mayor of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Dr. Sigrid Meierhofer, to discuss…

Report author: Judith Sunderland, Human Rights Watch, June 2015 Reviewed by: Thomas Otto, former intern at the Marshall Center Since the numbers of immigrants and asylum seekers are now counted in the millions, the refugee…

European women drawn to ISIS in Syria and Iraq pose a potential threat if they return home By Dr. Anita Peresin, senior advisor, Office of the National Security Council, Republic of Croatia The Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS)…

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…