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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

How the pandemic has affected security across the world By Dr. John L. Clarke, Marshall Center professor  |  Photos by The Associated Press “This changes everything.” “This is a game-changer.” Phrases like these have abounded in recent…

How Kosovo rehabilitates repatriated Islamic State fighters By Ramadan “Dani” Ilazi, Teuta Avdimetaj and Skënder Perteshi, the Kosovar Centre for Security Studies Since its declaration of independence on February 17, 2008, Kosovo has…

Health security may become a core task of militaries By Dr. John L. Clarke, Marshall Center professor Viruses never die. And they don’t ever really go away. Variants of the Spanish flu have been with us for more than 100 years, and the…

EDITED BY:  Rebecca M. Seaman PUBLISHED BY:  ABC-CLIO REVIEWED BY:  Patrick Swan, per Concordiam contributor War and disease appear to go together like love and marriage: There is an attraction at first blush, a courtship, an…