Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany - Senior government and military officials from Europe and Eurasia arrive here May 10 for the Marshall Center’s two-week Senior Executive Seminar (SES) which will focus on terrorism threats and enhancing cooperation in response to terrorism.

This SES course, titled ‘The Global War on Terrorism: Assessment and Strategies after Afghanistan and Iraq’ is designed to meet the specific needs of senior civilian officials, including parliamentarians, and military officers, as they assess and address contemporary security issues. The two-week seminar will cover subjects designed to help leaders increase their breadth of knowledge and enhance their ability to exercise vision and democratic leadership.

Senior officials and officers participating in the program will examine global trends in security policy and strategy in response to terrorism. Participants will consider such issues as: the U.S. and EU assessments of terrorism and strategies and counter-terrorism policies; the nature of post-9/11 terrorism; failed states and terrorism; diplomatic, economic and financial, military, homeland security and other strategies for countering terrorism; the role of security cooperation, international law and international and regional perspectives; strategies for containing the spread of weapons of mass destruction; and post-conflict rehabilitation and reconstruction in Afghanistan and Iraq. Participants will also take part in a field visit to the Bavarian Special Police Unit.

Media interested in more information about the seminar should contact Charles Taylor at 49-8821-750543 or email taylorc@marshallcenter.org.

The Marshall Center is a renowned U.S. Defense Department and German Ministry of Defense educational institution. More than 3,250 military and civilian officials from 51 nations have graduated from resident courses and approximately 11,000 have attended over 190 conferences discussing European and Central Asian security issues since the center was dedicated in 1993.