Integrating Refugees Reduces Risks

Language training and job placement are key to integration By Frank-J. Weise, Chairman of the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees The influx of refugees into the European Union, particularly into Germany, raises security concerns.…

The HUMAN Face of Migration

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…

Strategic Planning Partnerships

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…

An Eye on the Arctic

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…

Exploring Terror-Crime Convergence

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…

Cyber Security in Ukraine

International threats compel Kiev to establish a national cyber security system By Valentyn Petrov, Secretariat of National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Analysis of Ukraine’s national security confirms a high threat level…

Between Hegemony & Arkhe

The Ukrainian crisis matches Western soft power against Russian brute force By Martin Sokolov, Marshall Center "The strong do what they can and the weak suffer what they must.” ~  Thucydides, The History of the Peloponnesian War…

Deepening Partnerships

The U.S. Air Force and Marshall Center focus on building military skills By Maj. Dear Beloved, U.S. Air Force/Marshall Center fellow In December 2013, for the first time, three U.S. Air Force (USAF) Regional Affairs Strategist (RAS)…

Using Communities to Counter Terrorism

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…