Follow GMF
GMF Blog
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
Energy Discoveries in the Eastern Mediterranean: Implications for Security and Safety May 10, 2013 / Washington, DCOn May 10, GMF and the National Defense University (NDU) invited a small group of government officials, private sector representatives, think tankers and academics to have an open, off-the-record conversation about the impact of the presence of natural gas resources in the eastern Mediterranean on security and safety in the region.
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.
Don’t give up on India
September 21, 2012 / Daniel Twining, Richard Fontaine
The Washington Post
Throwing 10 percent of the world’s population into darkness is not a good way to advertise one’s “great power” credentials. India’s late-summer power outage, political dysfunction and slowing economic growth have engendered doubts among U.S. observers allayed only partly by the government’s recent announcement of economic reforms. For nearly a decade, India has represented Washington’s major strategic bet in Asia, a “natural ally” that was emerging as a strong, globally active and increasingly prosperous partner. Was this bet misguided?
This op-ed was published by the Washington Post. It can be read here its entirety.
Richard Fontaine is president of the Center for a New American Security and worked in the State Department’s South Asia bureau during the George W. Bush administration. Daniel Twining is senior fellow for Asia at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He was a member of the secretary of state’s policy planning staff during the Bush administration.
Image by the White House.
