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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

Publications Archive

Beyond the Euro Crisis: Implications for U.S. Strategy October 04, 2012 / Aaron Friedberg


If the present crisis in the euro results in an economic implosion, Europe could drag others down with it, making it more difficult for the United States to generate the resources necessary to meet other pressing geopolitical challenges. Even if it avoids the worst, Europe as a whole seems unlikely for some time to come to have either the inclination or the energy to do more than just cope as best it can with its own problems. This paper identifies a range of plausible scenarios for the further unfolding of the euro crisis — a stronger union, disintegration, and “muddling through — and considers their implications for U.S. strategy.