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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

Bingde Comes to Washington May 18, 2011 / Daniel M. Kliman
The Diplomat

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In a week dominated by news of the IMF director’s apparently sordid behavior, continued Middle East unrest, and the fallout of the United States’ successful military operation in the now infamous Pakistani city of Abbottabad, the U.S. hosting of China’s top general has received comparatively little media attention.

Chen Bingde is the first People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Chief of Staff to make an official trip to the United States in seven years. His visit constitutes a significant improvement in the on again, off again, military relationship between the world’s sole superpower and Asia’s largest rising power. But even if China in the future refrains from expressing its pique by suspending military ties with the United States, enhanced contacts between the U.S. military and the PLA will fail to bring about the mutual understanding and mutual trust that Beijing professes to desire.

For the full article, please see The Diplomat.

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