The Risk from Returnees
Terrorist attacks in Europe highlight the need to monitor European extremists fighting abroad
Faced with the prospect of 3,000 of its citizens fighting in Syria and Iraq, European governments are experimenting with different techniques to…
Building a Global Energy Consensus
Book authors: Bruce Jones and David Steven, Brookings Institution Press, November 2014
Reviewed by: per Concordiam Staff
In February 1945, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt met King Abdulaziz Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia aboard a U.S. warship…
Mission: Homefront
A perspective on the role of military forces in civil security
The role that armed forces play in a nation’s domestic matters, including their traditional role in homeland defense, is an increasingly important and complex issue. This is…
The New NATO
The crisis in Ukraine has forced the Alliance to adapt strategically to new threats
The days when NATO could boast of the special partnership it had established with post-Cold War Russia have ended. The cause of the shift wasn’t just the…
Interoperability and Integration
The NATO Response Force hones tactics to confront challenges in Europe
NATO has stood as the primary guarantor of European security for more than 65 years. With the end of the Cold War, however, the most substantial security threat…
Integrating into the EU
While attending the Marshall Center’s PASS course in 2013, the authors enrolled in the Marshall Center Alumni Scholarship Research program. For the program, they prepared a research project, which they completed after returning to Georgia.…
A war of Words
The Ukrainian conflict includes aggressive use of propaganda and misinformation
Just a year ago, the word “hybrid” had exclusively peaceful connotations for the vast majority of Ukrainians, conjuring up images of hybrid automobiles, for…
Cooperation in Southeast Europe
The Regional Cooperation Council advances an economic growth agenda for the Western Balkans
The Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) was founded in 2007 as the umbrella organization for regional cooperation in Southeast Europe (SEE). Its…
Remaking Moldova
Russia has tried to foil the country’s attempts at European integration
Moldova and its people have traveled a difficult road since breaking from the Soviet Union in 1991. The newly independent country got off to a rough start, as a…
The Role of Modern Militaries
Author: Dr. John L. Clarke, Ashgate Publishing, October 2014
Reviewer: Col. (Ret.) Heinz-Joachim Henseler
The main roles and missions of military forces in today’s Western democracies are defined by politicians and include national…