The Russia Strategic Initiative (RSI) research project is led by the Marshall Center and funded by RSI, which is a U.S. Department of Defense effort to enhance understanding of the Russian way of war in order to inform strategy and planning. RSI employs in-depth case studies to better understand Russian strategic behavior in order to mitigate miscalculation in relations.

The Marshall Center’s Occasional Papers  are monographs covering a wide range of political-military affairs, with a strong emphasis on topics covered in the resident courses and outreach events hosted by the Marshall Center. These papers offer analysis of key contemporary issues being discussed by scholars and security experts. Occasional Papers  are written by Marshall Center faculty and research staff, Marshall Center alumni, and invited contributors.

The Marshall Center’s Security Insights  are short articles that identify, explain, and put into context significant current defense and security issues. The series is aimed at the needs of political decision makers and others who are looking for concise summaries and analyses of current security topics. Marshall Center Security Insights  are generally authored by Marshall Center faculty and staff.

The Marshall Center’s Perspectives are short papers that document lessons learned and new insights and policy recommendations that have been developed in collaboration with our resident course and outreach event participants and our alumni.

The Marshall Center’s quarterly journal, per Concordiam, covers European and Eurasian security and defense issues. There are numerous foreign policy and security publications throughout the world; what makes per Concordiam  unique is its regional connection via the Marshall Center alumni network. The articles featured in per Concordiam  are written by resident course graduates and representatives of the organizations in which they work today. In addition to contributions from alumni, per Concordiam  is an internationally distributed journal open to outside contributors who wish to comment on key European and Eurasian security and defense issues; potential contributors include scholars, policy-makers, and practitioners. You can find further information on submission guidelines, deadlines, and topics in the related downloads section at the bottom of this page. The journal is also available on the per Concordiam  website. 

The Marshall Center’s original monograph series, the Marshall Center Papers  are focused on key security, defense, and politico-military issues confronting a quickly-changing Europe and Eurasia.

The Research Program has also published four book-length Research Studies.