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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DC

GMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.

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Deal Between Kosovo, Serbia is a European Solution to a European Problem May 13, 2013

In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Andrew Small on China’s Influence in the Middle East Peace Process May 10, 2013

Anchor Elaine Reyes speaks with Andrew Small, Transatlantic Fellow of the Asia Program for the German Marshall Fund, about Beijing's potential role in brokering peace between Israel and Palestine

A Passage to India October 23, 2010 / Bruce Stokes
National Journal


As part of his postelection Asia swing in early November, President Obama will visit India, a pivotal geostrategic player in the region and one of the most dynamic markets in the world.

Administration officials are quick to note that Obama is going to India earlier in his presidency than did any of his predecessors and that his stay in India—nearly three days—is longer than the peripatetic Obama has spent in any other nation.

What they don’t mention is that the presidential stopover comes on a holiday weekend for the Indians and is hardly long enough to create the media narrative that Washington and Delhi want to highlight the growing importance of the relationship to both countries. Officials privately acknowledge that the relationship is plagued by what former U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab calls “perpetually unrealized potential.”