The Clock Tower Series is a compendium of short summaries of seminars, conferences, workshops, and similar events hosted throughout the year by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. The Clock Tower Series, reflecting the ever-present iconic clock tower on the Marshall Center campus, captures timely, overarching analytical outcomes from these regular events and serves as a useful tool for policymakers, practitioners, and academics.

Articles in The Clock Tower Series are authored by Marshall Center faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and others affiliated with the Marshall Center. The series is published by the Marshall Center, located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, under ISSN 3053-0350.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in The Clock Tower Series are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies, the U.S. Department of War, the U.S. Government, or the German Government.

Strategic Insights identify, contextualize, analyze, and provide policy recommendations related to significant current and emerging defense and security issues. Strategic Insights are peer-reviewed and research-based. The in-depth analyses, presented in a scholarly journal format, provide fellow researchers, policymakers, and practitioners in the field of international security with targeted, relevant findings related to regional and global challenges facing NATO, EU, and European security and international partners.

Articles in The Clock Tower Series are authored by Marshall Center faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and others affiliated with the Marshall Center. The series is published by the Marshall Center, located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, under ISSN 3053-0326. The series launched in 2025.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in Strategic Insights are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Marshall Center, the U.S. Department of War, the U.S. Government, or the German Government.

Policy Briefs provide in-depth analyses and policy recommendations of certain seminars, conferences, workshops, and similar events hosted throughout the year by the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies. Policy Briefs consider the geostrategic international security dilemmas that are the focus of a particular Marshall Center engagement, framed against the backdrop of recent developments, and provide in-depth recommendations promulgated by the international experts in attendance. Policy Briefs furnish key, contemporary insights related to NATO, the EU, Europe, and beyond for policymakers, practitioners, and researchers in the field of international security.

Policy Briefs are authored by Marshall Center faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and others affiliated with the Marshall Center. The series is published by the Marshall Center, located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, under ISSN 3053-0369. The series launched in 2024.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in Strategic Insights are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Marshall Center, the U.S. Department of War, the U.S. Government, or the German Government.

The Current, authored by Marshall Center faculty and staff, provides insightful, brief explorations of various national and international security topics. Like the ever-present current that carries the Loisach River from the Alps to the Isar, The Current features reliable research and insights that frame and give meaning to contemporary events and challenges facing our world today. 

The Current features articles authored by Marshall Center faculty, staff, fellows, alumni, and others affiliated with the Marshall Center. The series is published by the Marshall Center, located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, under ISSN 3053-0342. The series launched in 2025.

Disclaimer: The views expressed in Strategic Insights are those of the author(s) and do not reflect the official policy or position of the Marshall Center, the U.S. Department of War, the U.S. Government, or the German Government.