European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 29, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 3 sex foes get Edu gation in democracy Marshall Center shows new Way of eds Fem nations byed Ream staff writer Garmisch Parten Kirchen Germany Gregori Zaytsev came to the Marshall Center in a quest for knowledge fuelled by a sense of urgency. Zaytsev an official with Russia s department for disarmament and non proliferation of nuclear technology knows that his country does not have an unlimited amount of time to remake itself As a free Market  fact time May be running out. Russia is in a state of total confusion he said. And making matters worse is that there Are no jobs for the civilians and soldiers returning from the former satellite countries. I worry when i think of the  Zaytsev was part of the first wave of Eastern european military officers to arrive at the George c. Marshall european Center for Security studies for training in How to better handle their future. What Zaytse found in Garmisch would have been preposterous a few years ago. He found himself enrolled in the . European omd s training Center for it former foes one of the More intriguing Bernstein aspects of the evolving new world order. The Institute brings together representatives of countries with widely divergent interests nations that had been forced for decades to subjugate those interests in the service of the soviet Union. The Marshall Center brings together poles and russians ukrainians and armenians latvians and moldovan and Many others. Most have a common past and Are looking for a common future based on democracy and free Market economies. It is the Job of the Marshall Center to help the military leaders Cope with the new Eastern european political landscape. The Center was established june 5,1993, with the stated goal of assisting the is Dave Casey participants in a military class exercise at the George c. Marshall european Center for Security studies listen to translations from an English speaker. Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former soviet Union in the development of military institutions compatible with democratic process and civilian control. The Center which took Over facilities of the . Army russian Institute on Sheridan Cavern was established As a result of repeated requests from the governments of these newly Independent states. The Center has three departments the College of strategic studies and defense economics the Institute for Eurasia studies which trains specialists in the language people and politics of the East an the research and conference Center which organizes National Security conferences and research projects an serves As an International networking system. . -.or. Alvin h. Bernstein is the Cente director and he is assisted by Deputy director Robert d. Chelberg a retired . Army lieutenant general. On aug. 8, the Center opened its doors for its first four month class with 50 military officers from defense ministries and 25 civilian officials from foreign ministries. They came from Albania Armenia Belarus Bulgaria the czech Republic Estonia Georgia Hungary Kazakhstan Kyrgyzstan Latvia Lithuania Moldova Poland Romania Russia Slovakia Tajikistan is Dave Casey the Marshall Center in Garmisch Parten Kirchen Germany was established in june 1993 to help countries from Central and East Era Europe in the development of military institutions compatible with the democratic process. Turkmenistan Ukraine and Uzbekistan. They graduated from the Center in the first week of december. Only Azerbaijan was not admitted to the program Bernstein said because it has been labelled the aggressor in the conflict with Armenia. I personally think it was a mistake not to allow them to  Bernstein said the Center shows the students How defense is organized in the Western democracies and Why the legislature has control Over defense. The issues addressed in detail include How National Security structures function in democracies and effective defense budgeting. We not Only teach them How we americans do things but use models from seven other countries Germany France great Britain Sweden Australia Switzerland and Israel Bernstein said. The Center also offers analyses of the cold War period and the events that led to it. Both issues he said Are crucial to understanding the unfolding developments and to anticipate what May happen next. Zaytsev praised the Center s work although he had a different opinion about the causes of the cold War. He described the gathering of defense specialists from other countries As very  maj. Dhimiteri Binal a defense analyst in the albanian ministry of defense complained that time went by too  the program is an excellent Endeavor by the United states and it was a great Opportunity to learn about East and West ideas he said. I discovered that the East was not a monolithic bloc. It was great Bina meeting others from the East and i intend to keep in touch with them  col. Ludwik Staw Oury of the polish ministry of defense stressed that the Opportunity to network with his Peers in other countries was one the primary benefits of the Center s program. He called it the most precious part of the program maybe even More beneficial than the regular  Staw Oury said he found the seminar interesting but not everything he heard was new to him. We poles Are not Complete newcomers to the free Market society you know Staw Oury said. He also said he would suggest More work on economics As a background for countries on the Brink of development. Many of the students at the Marshall Center were from countries that Are trying to become members of nato in part As a mechanism to protect them from again falling under the domination of Russia. Thus it was not surprising that interest was High in the lecture of professor Viktor Remenyuk Deputy director of the russian Academy of sciences who disagreed with those who say Russia poses a threat. The present russian state is in the process of being formed Remenyuk said. Its official foreign policy has freed itself of the enemy Burden an pragmatism is the Rule  but he conceded the country Hasto get on its feet economically in order to help itself and not become a danger soothers in the  Staw Oury