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Search for Plan B
September 3, 2010
The image of U.S. helicopters airlifting Americans from Saigon rooftops in 1975 continues to haunt U.S. policy makers 35 years later as they grope for an exit from Afghanistan. With parliamentary elections scheduled for September 18 and the drawdown of U.S. forces in the country slated to begin by mid-2011, the debate about a Plan B for Afghanistan has begun in earnest. Read |
NEWS & ANALYSIS
GMF Fellow David J. Kramer named new Freedom House Executive Director
September 1, 2010
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) announces that David J. Kramer will leave GMF in October to become the new executive director at Freedom House, an independent organization that supports democratic change and advocates for democracy and human rights. Read
GMF PUBLICATION
Maritime Security in the Mediterranean: European and Transatlantic Approaches
August 4, 2010
This paper analyzes maritime security and naval cooperation in the Mediterranean, examining the relevance and capabilities of both NATO and the EU. Read
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Search for Plan B September 3, 2010 / Bruce Stokes
The image of U.S. helicopters airlifting Americans from Saigon rooftops in 1975 continues to haunt U.S. policy makers 35 years later as they grope for an exit from Afghanistan. With parliamentary elections scheduled for September 18 and the drawdown of U.S. forces in the country slated to begin by mid-2011, the debate about a Plan B for Afghanistan has begun in earnest.
WTO Dispute Panels Gain Power
September 3, 2010
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Bruce Stokes
GENEVA—In November 2008, in an early version of the cash-forclunkers legislation, Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., proposed allowing taxpayers to deduct interest on car loans and state car taxes from their federal income taxes as a means of boosting plummeting U.S. auto sales. Asked if her scheme would apply to both foreign- and domesticmade vehicles, she replied, matter-of-factly, “Of course it would; otherwise it would be WTO-incompatible.”
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On State Fragility and Human Fertility September 8, 2010
A worrisome convergence- a European’s Anti-Islamist appearance in New York September 8, 2010
Moldova and the Referendum September 4, 2010
