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Resilience in Wartime: Lessons from Ukraine’s Front Lines

On Sept. 24, 2025, in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, the Program on Applied Security Studies plenary beheld a sobering reminder of what resilience means in wartime.

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Strategic Competition

Economics at the Center of Security Discussions During Program on Applied Security Studies

During afternoon session of the Program on Applied Security Studies in Garmisch-Partenkirchen on Sept. 23, 2025, participants put economics front and center as they examined how trade, supply chains, and resilience shape today’s strategic environment.

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Regional Security

Applying Security Expertise to Strengthen Deterrence in Europe

This year’s theme underscores the evolving European defense dynamic as well as the growing need to prepare societies, institutions, and individuals for the demands of strategic competition.

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Regional Security

Regional Centers Co-Host Security Dialogue to Advance Deterrence, Defense in the Arctic

The Marshall Center and the Ted Stevens Center for Arctic Security Studies co-hosted the 2025 High North Security Dialogue (HNSD) as a virtual program from Sept. 9–12, 2025.

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Research and Policy Analysis

Alumni Scholar Marinela Petkova Examines Strategic Deterrence in Global South

Bulgarian Ambassador Marinela Petkova culminated her time as an alumni scholar with a presentation to the Marshall Center on Sept. 4, 2025.

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Research and Policy Analysis

Baltic Scholar Event Strengthens Regional Security Research and Collaboration

The Marshall Center concluded its Baltic alumni scholar event Sept. 4, 2025, bringing together researchers and practitioners to share original studies on regional security challenges and hybrid threats.