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| Pakistani army Lt. Col Fiaz Khan attempts to negotiate with a warlord role-played by Tamir Sinai during an exercise at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies May 16. The exercise tested the negotiating skills of participants in the Program in Advanced Security Studies at the Marshall Center. (DOD Photo/Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Smith/RELEASED) |
by Jason Tudor
GCMC Public Affairs
Trucks filled with food and medical supplies rumble and bump over a road in the Balkans. Before the cargo can be delivered, a warlord stops the convoy under the guise of weapons smuggling, and will turn whatever he can find into profit.
With lives at stake, negotiators begin talking, trying to find the best compromise to move the humanitarian aid to starving and injured citizens without getting anyone on the convoy hurt. Will the warlord let them pass? What will he take? Only students in this class taken at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies know the outcome for sure.
The elective at this Department of Defense Regional Center is one of a handful offered to complete the Program in Advanced Security Studies, a 10-week look at international law and the frame work for the program’s namesake. The elective’s 12 two-hour sessions last four weeks.
