Marshall Center Conversations

Former Alaska Lt Governor Mead Treadwell was a guest speaker at an Arctic Security Workshop, Feb. 6-7, 2017. Treadwell sat down and with Marshall Center 's Joe Vann, program director in Countering Transnational Organized Crime, and answered our questions on Arctic Security.

Marshall Center Conversations podcast interviews NATO Deputy Assistant Secretary General for Emerging Security Challenges Dr. Jamie Shea on the current state of the NATO alliance and his opinions regarding its relevance in today's security environment. He is interviewed by Marshall Center Dean Andrew Michta.

The Baltic Region of Europe was the focus of a tailored seminar for parliamentarians held at the Marshall Center, Jan. 19-20. Newly elected parliamentarians from Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia spent three days discussing national security topics with some very influential people. One of those speakers was Dr. Ioan Pascu--Vice President of the European Parliament. Dr. Valbona Zeneli, program director for Black Sea and Eurasia sat down with Pascu to ask him about European Security in this region. Among the items he discussed were EU resolutions to tackle the deteriorating security situation in the region, what changes in EU and American leadership mean, and the future of NATO. Pascu is a regular speaker at the Marshall Center. He is a Romanian politician and is a former Minister of Defense. With nearly a decade of service in the European Parliament he has certainly seen many changes and developments.

Welcome to this episode of Conversations. // I’m Christine June – a public affairs specialist at the Marshall Center, and today, my guest is Mrs. Aurora Martin. // MRS Martin is the Senior Advisor with the International Relations Department for the Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs, National Agency for Equal Opportunities in Bucharest and a Marshall Center Alumna.// This morning – January 26, 2016, Mrs. Martin gave a presentation on “Security, conflict & conflict management: Implications for Civil Society”// to 42 participants from 25 countries attending the Marshall Center’s Seminar on Regional Security// – which focuses specifically on regional security dynamics. She is here to talk with us little bit about her current position with the Romanian Ministry of Labor, Family and Social Affairs, National Agency for Equal Opportunities// and her take on the importance of the Marshall Center’s 11,000 PLUS alumni network and how it has helped her in her career. // And of course, I will ask her some questions about her presentation this morning.//

The Marshall Center had an opportunity to sit down and talk to Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp - president of the German Federal Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) in Berlin - about Russia and European Security implication in eastern Europe.

Host Christine June speaks to the program director for the first strategic-focused international cyber program, professor Philip Lark. Lark talks about the creation of the Program on Cyber Security Studies, why a course on policies and laws of cyber was necessary and how his team will get it done.

Counter Terrorism takes focus during a 22-minute conversation with the leaders of the US Defense Department's premiere CT course, the Program in Terrorism and Security Studies. We talk Sochi Olympics, current terror threats and more.

The Western Balkans and South Caucasus come into focus in this conversation with German air force Col. Heinz-Joachim Henseler, the course director for the Marshall Center's annual Seminar on Regional Security. In this conversation, Henseler discusses the nature of the course, why we chose the Western Balkans and South Caucasus as a focus and other insights. Podcast runs about 26 minutes.