A Task of Generations Russia and the West

By Wolfgang Ischinger, chairman of the Munich Security Conference Western leaders have been more than willing to point out that there can be no military solution to the crisis in Ukraine. This is true, albeit from their own perspective.…

A Global Role for Europe

The U.S. pivot to Asia forces Europe to rethink the way it projects power in the world By Prof. Dr. Sven Bernhard Gareis, Marshall Center In April 2014, U.S. President Barack Obama visited Japan, the Philippines, South Korea and…

The EU & NATO

Promoting collaboration between two of the world’s most powerful organizations By Dr. Dinos Anthony Kerigan-Kyrou Emerging Security Challenges Working Group The European Union and NATO are quite different organizations. The EU,…

A New Generation of Warfare

Russia has taken advantage of European disunity to wage asymmetric warfare By Dr. Jānis Bērziņš National Defense Academy of Latvia, Center for Security and Strategic Research Russia’s belligerent attitude toward Ukraine surprised…

Improving the Neighborhood

NATO and the EU have a joint role to play in stabilizing Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and North Africa By Daniel Ionita, Romanian secretary of state for strategic affairs within the Foreign Affairs Ministry Laria Stoian, Diplomat in the…

Rethinking the European Neighbourhood Policy

A comprehensive review is underway By Prof. Dr. Ralf Roloff, Marshall Center The European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) has been surprised by two major events in recent years: the Arab Spring and the Ukraine crisis. Both events have shown…

Strengthening the Flank

Poland updates its defense strategy and reconfirms its role in NATO By Col. Mariusz Fryc, Ph.D. Polish National Security Bureau Strengthening the eastern flank of NATO within the framework of consolidating the Alliance’s collective…

The G7 in a Multipolar World

The expulsion of Russia provides an opportunity to reinvent the organization By Alessandro Scheffler Corvaja, research associate, Bundeswehr University, Munich In preparation for the June 2015 G7 summit, the group’s foreign ministers…

Moscow’s Disinformation War

Europeans take steps to counter Russian propaganda masquerading as news In the French newspaper Le Figaro, a pro-Russian supplement is tucked inside. On the surface, it appears to be part of the newspaper, but its overt positive spin on…