Global security concerns military and diplomatic efforts to ensure the safety of nations, their populations, and property, as well as international stability. This includes efforts to prevent mass displacement due to conflict, climate change, or other factors. It also focuses on reducing the threat of cyberattacks, propaganda campaigns, and economic manipulation that destabilize societal peace.
Globalization has brought new threats to the forefront of national security. In many cases, these threats have converged to create a boiling primordial stew of instability that threatens not only local lives but common Western interests and values. The full reasons for these threats are complex. Some stem from evil intentions of perpetrators, but others are the byproduct of broader conditions, including widespread poverty, authoritarian governments, weak states and societies, and insufficient security institutions.
Handling these challenges will require a new era of demanding security affairs. To succeed, the United States and Europe must work together. This is the only way to defeat these dangerous forces. Moreover, the two must recognize that their strategic interests remain aligned and that their shared goal is to secure a prosperous, free, undivided, democratic Europe and Eurasia in the 21st century. The Marshall Center Papers support this goal by disseminating scholarly writing that contributes to the legacy of our namesake, General George C. Marshall, by addressing significant defense-related issues that transcend the academic policy divide. The papers are authored by Marshall Center faculty and staff, individual Marshall Center alumni, or invited contributors.
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