The current environment provides a unique opportunity to fashion a world for the 21st century truly different from the centuries of conflict that characterized the nation-state system since its inception. The Marshall Center exists to help educate those leaders from the Atlantic to Eurasia who will forge a brighter future for all our nations. The Marshall Center contributes to the national strategy of engagement throughout the region with tailored, advanced professional education and research, dialogue, and the persistent, thorough, and thoughtful examination of issues that confront our client nations today and in the years ahead. Those who come to the Marshall Center will have an opportunity to identify common values, create transnational friendships, work toward common understandings, and build a more peaceful and cooperative political and security environment throughout the region. Core Values People .
People are the engines of success.
An investment in people is the most important investment we can make. Integrity is the single most important quality a person possesses. Open lines of communication . Central to institutional success, ideas are essential to creativity. We encourage open communication and alternative approaches to mission accomplishment.