GCMC public affairs staff reports

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany – A new book and an agenda dealing with emerging threats highlighted the meeting of the Partnership for Peace Consortium’s Combating Terrorism Working Group in Bucharest, Romania April 16-18.

The three-day event, co-organized by the Romanian intelligence service, saw 35 people from 14 countries gather in Bucharest to address “Emerging Threats in a Dynamic World.” The conference included the planning of an innovative initiative to provide tailored seminars to EUCOM countries. This initiative is scheduled to address regional terrorism issues in Austria, Bosnia Herzegovina and Montenegro in collaboration with local partners and professional military educators.

Dr. John Schindler, chairman of the working group and professor at the U.S. Naval War College, said the meeting included new participants who brought “thought-provoking talks, based on cutting-edge research on the nature of radicalism and the state of terrorism studies.”

“[The working group] is in a growth phase,” he said. “The meeting, which set the stage for follow-on discussions in Garmisch this September, enjoyed the outstanding support of the Romanian intelligence service.”

Dr. Adam Dolnik, professor of counterterrorism at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, found merit with the working group and its spring meeting as well.