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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
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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
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Easier Said Than Done: Turkey Tries To Cope With Its Kurdish Problem November 28, 2011 / Ilter Turan
Turkey’s unresolved problem with the state’s Kurds undermines its credibility as a model for other regional societies. Moreover it unsettles Turkey’s relations with its neighbors, notably Syria, Iraq, and Iran. Turkish leaders have failed to address the Kurds’ aspirations for a recognized ethnic identity; moreover they have tended to reduce the “Kurkdish problem” to one purely of security. This dynamic has evolved into a complex, multidimensional problem that necessitates a sophisticated solution capable of reintegrating disaffected Kurds into the Turkish mainstream while penalizing active supporters of Kurdish terrorist elements like the PKK, acknowledging crimes and compensating for them. But there is no consensus among Turkey’s political parties on either the nature of the problem or, consequently, of possible solutions.
