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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DCGMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.
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
Dealing with a more assertive China
April 21, 2011 / Andrew Small
China’s international assertiveness since the global economic crisis has been in evidence across a broad sweep of issues, from maritime disputes in East Asia to climate-change negotiations in Europe. While its shrill tone has softened, many of the underlying factors driving the shift in Chinese foreign policy remain unchanged.
The upside is that after some initial missteps, the U.S. policy response has been increasingly effective, both regionally and globally, and China has had to recalibrate its approach accordingly. Moreover, in concert with its friends and allies, the United States has the means to ensure that an unconstructive approach remains costly for Beijing to pursue.
The open question, however, is whether the Chinese leadership is willing, or even fully able, to go through a deeper process of revisiting its strategy as a result. If not, competition and confrontation are likely to become ever more central features in U.S.-China relations, and in Asia more broadly, in the years to come.
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