The Challenges Ahead

NATO prepares for the 2030s and beyond By Dr. Pál Dunay and Dr. Matthew Rhodes, Marshall Center professors NATO is often called the most successful alliance in history. This is indicated by the Alliance’s continued cohesion…

One For All and All For One

AUTHOR: Olivier Schmitt FOREWORD: Jean-Baptiste Jeangène Vilmer PUBLISHED BY: Georgetown University Press REVIEWED BY: Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor God may favor the big battalions, per Napoleon’s apocryphal…

For China, Europe is a Game of ‘Go’

By Joseph Vann, Marshall Center professor Photos by The Associated Press If one were to look at the current depth and breadth of Chinese engagement activity in Europe — meaning its economic, scientific, cultural, political,…

Managing China’s Rise

WRITTEN BY:  Andrew Scobell, Edmund J. Burke, Cortez A. Cooper III, Sale Lilly, Chad J.R. Ohlandt, Eric Warner and J.D. Williams PUBLISHED BY:  Rand Corp. REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor Whether an…

Russia’s 21st Century Imperialism

Understanding Russia’s regional reach in an era of great power competition By Dr. Graeme P. Herd, Marshall Center professor  |  Photos by The Associated Press Russia conceives of itself as a great power, with Moscow as the controlling…

RUSSIAN REALISM

EDITED BY:  Dr. Graeme P. Herd PUBLISHED BY:  George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor To the West, Russia at times seems to be the goddess of discord. Uninvited…

A New Frontier

Great power competition in the Arctic By Lt. Col. Ryan B. Ley, U.S. Air Force, senior U.S. fellow at the Marshall Center Historically, the Arctic has been considered “high north, low tension.” While the immediate prospect of conflict…

How Goes the Arctic?

Zone of Peace or Military Tension? By Lt. Col. Robert J. Newbauer, U.S. Army War College fellow at the Marshall Center The Arctic region, typically known as bitter cold, remote and inaccessible, is the fastest warming place on Earth,…

Arctic Futures

AUTHOR:  Charles Emmerson PUBLISHED BY:  PublicAffairs REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor Humanity is on the cusp of achieving a long-sought commercial goal: year-round Arctic sea access. This would be a…