Follow GMF
GMF Blog
On Defense, France Bites the Bullet, But Avoids Strategic Insolvency May 7, 2013
Iceland’s Recovery Saga Presents Opportunities for Brussels, Washington—and Beijing May 6, 2013
Which Way Forward for Europe’s Hybrid Regimes? May 2, 2013
The Arab Revolts and the Liberal Order May 2, 2013
Events
Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, BelgiumGMF Senior Fellow Andrew Light participated in a speaking tour in Europe to discuss opportunities for transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in the second Obama administration.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
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
Events
Candidates and partners: The European Union in the European neighborhood May 15, 2009 / Washington, DC
On May 15, GMF hosted a roundtable discussion on "Candidates and partners: The European Union in the European neighborhood," featuring Tim Hitchens, director of European political affairs in the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, United Kingdom; and Ian Lesser, senior transatlantic fellow at GMF. Peter Van Praagh, GMF's senior director for Wider Europe, moderated the discussion. The discussion observed the Chatham House Rule.
The focus of the discussion was the role that the European Union is playing in its immediate neighborhood. The European Union has spread stability and prosperity as it has expanded from six to twenty-seven Member States. The enlargement process continues: Croatia will likely be next to join, and its six Balkan neighbors wait in the wings. Meanwhile, Turkey is also making progress towards EU accession, though significant internal and external challenges remain in its path. Less well appreciated is the role the EU is playing amongst those countries that have no imminent prospect of joining the Union but where its - and our - vital interests are at stake: the European Neighborhood Policy. Following last year's EuroMed Partnership, the Eastern Partnership - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine - is the most recent such initiative, launched on May 7, 2009. The presentations on these topics sparked a lively discussion.
