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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

Direct Investments and Institutional Cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean Region July 19, 2010 / Franco Zallio


Economic integration and institutional cooperation in the Euro-Mediterranean region are following diverging paths. Notwithstanding the financial and economic troubles of the euro area, prospects for European direct investments in Mediterranean countries and for Euro-Mediterranean trade flows are favorable. Institutional cooperation, by contrast, is disappointing due to the substantial impasse in the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM). Today, traditional patterns are reversed, with private actors playing the key role in promoting Mediterranean economic integration, while political initiatives languish.