Connections vol. 24, no. 1, Winter 2025, 25th Anniversary: Foundations and Futures of the PfP Consortium

Twenty-five years after its creation, the PfP Consortium of Defense Academies and Security Studies Institutes continues to serve its stakeholders by adapting to new challenges, providing education and training solutions and policy recommendations, and building partners’ capacity. The Consortium’s activities contribute to increasing regional stability, enhancing global security cooperation to address current and emerging transnational security challenges, and sharing a commitment to democratic principles and values. Its network of policymakers, military professionals, and academics has made a tangible impact on intellectual interoperability, security sector cooperation, and institutional capacity building. This anniversary issue of Connections presents the origins of the Consortium, the activities, contributions, and prospects of each of its working groups, its working modalities, and future opportunities.

Contents

Tagarev, Todor. "Twenty-Five Years of Excellence in Collaborative Research and Education." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 5-9.
Costigan, Sean S.. "When It Is Dark Enough, You Can See the Stars: A 25th Anniversary Reflection." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 11-16.
Pantev, Plamen. "The PfP Consortium Regional Stability in South East Europe Working Group at 25: The Transformed Balkans and the Work Ahead." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 17-29.
Fenkart, Stephanie. "Towards a New Role for the European Union in the South Caucasus?" Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 31-45.
Brăgea, Cristina. "Shaping a Shared Future Through Scientific Cooperation: 25 Years of the Euro-Atlantic Conflict Studies Working Group." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 47-58.
Presnall, Aaron, Michael Nickolaus, and Stephen Banks. "Sustaining Resilient Military Training in the Multi-Domain Era: Challenges and Opportunities." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 59-71.
Tagarev, Todor, and Philipp Fluri. "From Civil-Military Relations to Resilience: The Fifth Wave of Strengthening Democracy through Research and Education." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 73-90.
Rickli, Jean-Marc, and Gëzim Vllasi. "The Weaponization of Emerging Technologies and Their Impact on Global Risk: A Perspective from the PfPC Emerging Security Challenges Working Group." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 91-112.
Dreifke, Timothy, and Iryna Lysychkina. "Reference Curricula: An Impactful Tool for Institutional Capacity Building?" Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 113-127.
Hagen, John, and Iryna Lysychkina. "The Evolution of DEEP Faculty Development under the Partnership for Peace Consortium." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 129-147.
Schatz, Sae, Olaf Garlich, and Scott Buchanan. "A Theory of Change: 25 Years of the Partnership for Peace Consortium." Connections: The Quarterly Journal 24, no. 1 (2025): 149-168.