2025-11-13T16:10:45-06:00 2024-12-31 541498950 RENNER AND COMPANY CPA PC 700 NORTH FAIRFAX STREET SUITE 400 ALEXANDRIA VA 22314 990 2024-01-01 850983902 THE MARATHON INITIATIVE MARA 2025108350 1730 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 201 WASHINGTON DC 20036 ELY RATNER DIRECTOR AND SECRETARY 2025108350 2025-11-13 1 1 ANDREW E YOUNG CPA P01203950 7035351200 2025-11-13 2024 2025-03-06 01:10:19Z ELY RATNER 1730 RHODE ISLAND AVE NW 201 WASHINGTON DC 20036 842245 0 X HTTPS://WWW.THEMARATHONINITIATIVE.ORG/ X 2020 DC THE MISSION OF THE MARATHON INITIATIVE IS TO DEVELOP THE DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY, AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO NAVIGATE PROTRACTED COMPETITIONS WITH GREAT POWER RIVALS. MOTIVATED BY THE CONVICTION THAT STRATEGY IS POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY, MARATHON'S FOCUS IS ON DEVELOPING SUCH STRATEGIES THROUGH DEEP, RIGOROUS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, INFORMED BY HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCHOLARSHIP. MARATHON'S GOAL IS TO EQUIP AMERICA AND ITS LEADERS WITH STRATEGIES FOR THE HARDEST PROBLEMS OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION, STRATEGIES THAT ARE OF THE UTMOST RIGOR BUT AT THE SAME TIME RELEVANT, REALISTIC, AND VIABLE. 4 1 2 1 0 0 1073838 842245 0 0 0 0 0 0 1073838 842245 0 0 0 0 829498 867784 0 0 92192 476661 235885 1306159 1103669 -232321 -261424 361828 166369 50673 116638 311155 49731 X THE MISSION OF THE MARATHON INITIATIVE IS TO DEVELOP THE DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY, AND ECONOMIC STRATEGIES THAT THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO NAVIGATE PROTRACTED COMPETITIONS WITH GREAT POWER RIVALS. MOTIVATED BY THE CONVICTION THAT STRATEGY IS POSSIBLE AND NECESSARY, MARATHON'S FOCUS IS ON DEVELOPING SUCH STRATEGIES THROUGH DEEP, RIGOROUS, AND INDEPENDENT RESEARCH, INFORMED BY HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, AND SCHOLARSHIP. MARATHON'S GOAL IS TO EQUIP AMERICA AND ITS LEADERS WITH STRATEGIES FOR THE HARDEST PROBLEMS OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION, STRATEGIES THAT ARE OF THE UTMOST RIGOR BUT AT THE SAME TIME RELEVANT, REALISTIC, AND VIABLE. 0 0 237381 2245 IN THE AREA OF DEFENSE AND GEOPOLITICS, THE MARATHON INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON ADAPTING U.S. DEFENSE AND MILITARY STRATEGY FOR THE ERA OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED CONTINUED DISSEMINATION OF THE ARGUMENTS OF A MAJOR 2021 BOOK ON U.S. DEFENSE STRATEGY; PUBLISHING ANALYSES ON EXPANDING U.S. DEFENSE-INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY AND OPTIMIZING ALLIANCE BURDEN-SHARING; AND ARTICULATING A VISION AND IDEAS FOR A REVISED DEFENSE STRATEGY THROUGH A VARIETY OF PUBLICATIONS, MEDIA APPEARANCES, PUBLIC EVENTS, AND SOCIAL MEDIA ENGAGEMENT. 248443 IN THE AREA OF DIPLOMACY AND GEOPOLITICS, THE MARATHON INITIATIVE FOCUSES ON ADAPTING U.S. DIPLOMATIC AND ALLIANCE STRATEGY FOR THE ERA OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION. ACTIVITIES INCLUDED RESEARCH AND MANUSCRIPT DEVELOPMENT FOR A MAJOR BOOK ON U.S. DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY; AND PUBLISHING STUDIES ON THE EVOLUTION OF U.S. DIPLOMACY IN RESPONSE TO CHINA'S NEW DIPLOMATIC STRATEGY AND LEVERAGING U.S. ALLIES IN CRITICAL REGIONS TO MITIGATE THE RISK OF MULTI-FRONT GLOBAL CONFLICT. 283651 IN THE AREA OF GRAND STRATEGY, THE MARATHON INITIATIVE DEVELOPS STRATEGIES THAT INTEGRATE U.S. ECONOMIC, MILITARY, AND DIPLOMATIC POWER FOR THE ERA OF GREAT POWER COMPETITION. 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