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George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies

George C. Marshall Center for European Security Studies
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Agency overview
Formed 1993
Jurisdiction Government of Germany, United States Government
Headquarters Gernackerstrasse 2, 82467 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Motto Democratia per fidem et concordiam
(Democracy through trust and friendship)
Employees 208 (2013)
Agency executive
Parent agency Department of Defense, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, German Defense Ministry
Website Marshall Center [1]

The George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies is a United States Department of Defense and Federal Ministry of Defence (Germany) security and defense studies institute. When the Marshall Center was founded in 1993, its mission was to create a more stable security environment by advancing democratic institutions and relationships, especially in the field of defense; promoting active, peaceful, security cooperation; and enhancing enduring partnerships among the nations of North America, Europe, and Eurasia. As of Oct. 1, 2014, the Marshall Center’s regional mission changed to a transnational one based on an Office of the Secretary of Defense directive to change from a European to a global participants base. The current mission of the Marshall Center, as a vital instrument of German-American cooperation, is to create a more stable security environment by advancing democratic institutions and relationships; promoting active, peaceful, whole-of-government approaches to address transnational and regional security challenges; and creating and enhancing enduring partnerships worldwide. The Marshall Center offers graduate-level resident programs as well as conferences and other outreach programs to military and civilian government officials from around the world.

Its international faculty consists of 35 faculty members from 10 countries — the United States and Germany, as well as Albania, Austria, Canada, France, Italy, Lithuania, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The Marshall Center’s College of International and Strategic Studies offers eight resident courses that examine transnational, regional and international security issues. Each course is held two or three times a year.

The Marshall Center is co-located with the Armed Forces Recreation Center's Edelweiss Lodge and Resort, a U.S. Department of Defense owned hotel in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. Located in the Bavarian Alps near the Austrian border, the Edelweiss opened in September 2004. Both the Marshall Center and the Edelweiss are supported by the Bavarian Military Community Garmisch, which falls under Army Installation Management Command-Europe.


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