<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">John Hagen</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iryna Lysychkina</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Evolution of DEEP Faculty Development under the Partnership for Peace Consortium</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">community of practice</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEEP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defense Education Enhancement Program</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">educational transfer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">faculty development</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">pedagogical modernization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PME</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Professional Military Education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">student-centered learning</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129-147</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">For nearly two decades, the Partnership for Peace Consortium and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have led efforts to modernize Professional Military Education instruction in NATO partner countries through the Defense Education Enhancement Program (DEEP). In this article, the authors examine the evolution of these faculty development initiatives by focusing on three key factors: program structure and content, the expertise of the training teams, and the expectations of participating institutions. Using Phillips and Ochs' educational transfer model as an analytical framework, the article traces how these factors have influenced the adoption of student-centered learning approaches across the model’s four stages. The analysis reveals a progression from post-Soviet states seeking fundamental military education reforms to a more diverse group of partner nations with established institutions looking for modern teaching approaches. The development of structured programs, such as the Foundational Faculty Development Program and the Master Instructor Program, reflects an evolution toward more systematic and sustainable faculty development efforts. The authors emphasize the need for continuous program adaptation, clear institutional expectations, and diverse recruitment to sustain DEEP’s relevance in modernizing professional military education.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">129</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philipp Fluri</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">From Civil-Military Relations to Resilience: The Fifth Wave of Strengthening Democracy through Research and Education</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">armed forces</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">civilian control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defense Institution Building</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">democratic oversight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">democratic resilience</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">integrity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security sector reform</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73-90</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The good governance of military and security forces is essential for the effective defense of a nation or alliance and for fostering their democratic evolution. This article explores NATO and partner countries’ initiatives over the past three decades to enhance good governance, distinguishing five waves of focus: civil-military relations and democratic control of armed forces, defense institution building, security sector reform, building integrity and reducing corruption, and strengthening democratic resilience. The authors review the research and educational activities of the Partnership for Peace Consortium and other organizations in support of these initiatives, concluding with a proposal to establish a working group on democratic resilience within the Consortium.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plamen Pantev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The PfP Consortium Regional Stability in South East Europe Working Group at 25: The Transformed Balkans and the Work Ahead</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">academic approach</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">conflict</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defense</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Union</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">historical background</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATO</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">regional security community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Russian world</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Serbian world</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Southeast Europe</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17-29</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Partnership for Peace Consortium’s Regional Stability in South East Europe Working Group aims to foster transformation in Southeast European societies and their defense and security establishments through academic research, education, training, and intensive cooperation and networking in the region and beyond. The positive practical effects over its 25 years of existence include the development of a new culture of addressing security issues in young democratic societies, evidenced by numerous academic publications, policy recommendations, and the membership of most Balkan countries in NATO and the European Union. New tasks lie ahead, and the Working Group remains committed to its mission, working closely with the Senior Advisory Council, the PfP Consortium Secretariat, and the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">17</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Timothy Dreifke</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Iryna Lysychkina</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reference Curricula: An Impactful Tool for Institutional Capacity Building?</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">case study</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">curriculum design</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEEP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">evaluation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kirkpatrick</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PME</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Professional Military Education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reference curriculum</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113-127</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This article examines the motivation, history, development, implementation, and assessment of reference curricula by the Partnership for Peace Consortium and the Defense Education Enhancement Program. Driven by partner nations' demands to modernize teaching techniques and curricula within their professional military education institutions, this article explains how flexible yet standardized curricula catalyze institutional reform. The discussion then transitions to a theoretical exploration of reference curricula development, focusing on educational standardization, institutional transfer, and military transformation. Next, the article describes the implementation of reference curricula, illustrated by a case study from the Moldovan Military Academy. The article concludes with both theoretical and practical discussions to assess the impact of reference curricula, using Kirkpatrick's Four-Level Evaluation Model, as well as alternatives that account for national and cultural contexts.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">113</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cristina Brăgea</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shaping a Shared Future Through Scientific Cooperation: 25 Years of the Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">historical analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">hybrid warfare</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">NATO</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Partnership for Peace</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Professional Military Education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">strategic cooperation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">47-58</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The PfP Consortium established the Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group in 1999, originally as the Military History Working Group. The mission of the group has evolved from leveraging historical analysis for military education to addressing modern security challenges, such as hybrid warfare and disinformation. Through its conferences, professional military education curricula, and interdisciplinary collaboration, the group has fostered international scientific cooperation and enhanced NATO's strategic capabilities. This article reflects on the group’s journey, emphasizing its adaptability in response to shifting global security dynamics and its role in promoting regional and transatlantic unity. It also highlights the group’s innovative initiatives, including the introduction of concise, actionable Information Papers for policymakers. As it continues integrating historical insights with contemporary strategy, the group remains a vital resource for fostering intellectual exchange and addressing evolving security challenges.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">47</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Aaron Presnall</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Michael Nickolaus</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stephen Banks</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sustaining Resilient Military Training in the Multi-Domain Era: Challenges and Opportunities</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ADL</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">advanced distance learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mass customization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">on-demand content</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">personalized learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">resilience</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">train while we fight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">training</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">training design</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">59-71</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The rapid evolution of warfare in the modern multi-domain battlespace necessitates a corresponding transformation in military training and education. The 21st-century battlefield is increasingly complex, with technology and the operational environment changing at an unprecedented pace across all domains--land, air, sea, cyber, and space--while major opponents of Western alliances continue to strengthen and coordinate their economic and military power to challenge the international order. The ongoing Russian war in Ukraine starkly illustrates the dynamic challenges of the modern battlespace and underscores the need for military instruction systems that are both resilient and adaptable. This article explores the &quot;train while we fight&quot; concept as a paradigm for addressing the challenges and opportunities in military education and training, emphasizing that learning must be continuous, adaptive, and integrated into operational activities. We analyze the growing role of Advanced Distributed Learning in education and training, highlight the need for multinational cooperation to build and sustain training resilience, and examine innovative instructional approaches inspired by fields such as lean manufacturing, mass customization, personalized learning, and on-demand content production.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">59</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sean S. Costigan</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">When It Is Dark Enough, You Can See the Stars: A 25th Anniversary Reflection</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">change management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">conflict studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defense Education Enhancement Program</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">education and training</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">reference curriculum</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">regional stability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">resilience</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11-16</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Reflecting on the 25th anniversary of the Partnership for Peace Consortium, this introductory article examines its pivotal role in fostering peace, security, and cooperation across Europe and beyond. Established in a tumultuous post-Soviet landscape, the Consortium has navigated complex geopolitical shifts while advocating for collaborative approaches to conflict resolution, progressive visions for Europe and NATO, and the achievement of sustainable peace. By reviewing the articles in this issue of Connections and the Consortium’s contributions to regional stability, democratic reform, and educational development, this article showcases the transformative impact of its various working and study groups. Topics range from defense cooperation in Southeast Europe to the evolution of military education in response to contemporary security challenges, such as hybrid warfare and disinformation. The article emphasizes the ongoing need for innovative governance and adaptive methodologies to address emerging threats, as well as the importance of historical understanding in shaping modern security strategies. Ultimately, this reflection underscores the Consortium’s enduring commitment to enhancing global security cooperation and its vital role in promoting democratic values amidst evolving security challenges.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Walter Christman</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tom Hazard</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Coalition Information Systems and Operations Learning Network: An Emerging Concept for Multinational C4 Interoperability</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">advanced distributed learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">C4</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CJTF</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">coalition interoperability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">command and control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e-learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security cooperation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">transfor¬mation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">56-70</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Coalition Information Systems and Operations (CISO) Learning Network is developing in collaboration with NATO and Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations an Internet-based online repository of e-Learning materials for enhanced coalition interoperability, in order to promote agility and flexibility, as well as increased knowledge and better understanding. Once fully implemented, it will promote net-centricity in coalition command and control through a global, Web-enabled environment that leverages existing and emerging technologies in a “smart-pull” fashion as part of the NATO transformation agenda.
Moving beyond issues of technical interoperability, the CISO Learning Network addresses what might be called “cognitive interoperability.” It responds to the need for current and future military missions to involve multi-national coalition forces that must be rapidly drawn together, flexibly led, responsively deployed and agile to address a wide variety of dynamically evolving tasks. In all of these missions there is a need for agility, responsiveness and effectiveness in the use of limited resources to achieve complex and multiple objectives. Effective integration of command, control, communications, and computers (C4) is a core competence and task among and between foreign militaries in addressing the challenges of both Asymmetric and Fourth Generation Warfare.
The CISO response is to bring together NATO and PfP Partner C4 educators, researchers, developers, and military professionals to jointly develop commonly agreed upon educational approaches for the C4 domain, leading to appropriate academic achievement and certification. CISO will focus on aiding the integration of technology development efforts, organizational concepts, and the development of Joint Doctrine. The net-centric approach enables discovery, exploration, testing, assessment, and demonstration of transformational approaches co-developed with coalition partners. The CISO Learning Network concept promotes cooperative development in multinational education and training as a vital part of the transformation experience and will serve as an enabler for better understanding by Joint Commanders on the configuration, deployment and employment of C4 Systems.
</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jannie W. Barrett</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Multinational Collaboration in Advanced Distributed Learning</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ADL</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cooperative development team</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e-learning</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Learning Management System</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">LMS</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">open source</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Partnership for Peace</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">SCORM</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">14</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">26-31</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The signing of the Switzerland - United States Memorandum of Understanding (Swiss – U.S. MoU) on April 25, 1999, was the inauguration of a collaborative multinational effort to develop and facilitate the development of open-source Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) amongst Partnership for Peace (PfP) nations. This multinational effort has since expanded to include contributions and participants from many other countries. To this end, a Joint Planning Document (JPD) was developed and published to implement the Swiss – U.S. MoU, a free and open-source Learning Management System (LMS) was developed and continues to be refined, numerous Cooperative Development Teams (CDTs) have been trained, and many courses have been developed and converted to internet-interactive courseware. Many of these courses are used in support of, and to train multinational military audiences in preparation for exercises and real-world events. The successes of the Swiss – U.S. MoU efforts are well documented, and the demand for the quality products and services provided by the CDTs have rapidly grown beyond PfP to NATO and others. This article underlines many of the accomplishments resulting from the ADL vision.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petar Mollov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Participation in the Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes and Advanced Information Technologies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Advanced Information Technology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">military education.</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Partnership for Peace</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2000</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">115-124</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The participation in the Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes creates an opportunity for more effective implementation of advanced information technologies in educational and research processes. Knowledge of the purpose, the goals and the organization of the Consortium allows governmental and non-governmental, military and civil organizations, and individuals, working in the sphere of security and defense, to take active and productive part in the “Partnership for Peace” initiative. This article presents the experience of “Rakovski” Defense College, Sofia, Bulgaria, as member of the Consortium. 

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