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Decoding Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington May 18, 2013
Pakistan’s Turbulent Elections Present an Opportunity May 15, 2013
Microfinance and Entrepreneurship Among Minority Communities May 15, 2013
Setting the New U.S. Climate and Clean Energy Agenda May 14, 2013
Events
Global Connectivity Skills and Resources for Local Leaders May 21, 2013 / Washington DCGMF’s Transatlantic Leadership Initiatives team, in collaboration with the Urban and Regional Policy Program, hosted an event with special guest Reta Jo Lewis from the U.S. State Department.
Dimitris Kourkoulas, deputy minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Greece, discusses the importance of Greece staying in the euro and which of the country's key sectors will stimulate growth to ensure Greece remains competitive.
In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.
Publications Archive
Crisis Talk: How the United States Discusses Europe’s Woes January 04, 2013 / Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff, Peter Sparding
This paper analyzes the anatomy of the U.S. debate about the euro crisis. It traces why U.S. economists see the European crisis as relevant and harmful to U.S. interests. It reviews the historical skepticism in the United States about the European common currency and assesses the impact of this skepticism on current perceptions of the crisis. It examines how the historic U.S. journey toward full federalism impacts the advice U.S. officials and analysts offer to Europe. And it describes the battle of economic schools that is often mistakenly portrayed as some sort of cultural divide between the transatlantic partners. In the end, a relatively unflattering portrait of Europe emerges — the Europe perceived by U.S. analysts of the eurozone.
