Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs Dr. Celeste Wallander gave the keynote address

Retired Brig. Gen. Rolf Wagner, German Deputy Director of the Marshall Center, welcomed the participants coming from Ukraine, Poland, Georgia, Moldova, Hungary, Norway, Sweden, the UK, Germany, and the United States.

Takeaways stressed the need for consistent communication and cooperation among Western and African states

The SRS, in conjunction with the European Security Seminar – East and South, brought together nearly 120 participants.

An interview with Greta Keremidchieva, an English language professor at the Rakovski National Defense College in Sofia

38 SRS course participants and highly respected SMEs spent the last two weeks examining the international security environment and the challenges it presents. With this knowledge, they are now focusing on the periphery of Europe.