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Setting the New U.S. Climate and Clean Energy Agenda May 14, 2013
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
Which Way Forward for Europe’s Hybrid Regimes? May 2, 2013
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Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, BelgiumGMF Senior Fellow Andrew Light participated in a speaking tour in Europe to discuss opportunities for transatlantic cooperation on climate and energy policy in the second Obama administration.
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
Publications Archive
Europe and the United States: Space Exploration the Old Fashioned (and Smart) Way December 22, 2009 / Joseph R. Wood
Nations pursue space exploration for a variety of reasons. The United States was rocked by the launch of Sputnik in 1957 and the Soviet Union's subsequent success in putting the first man into orbit. The American response, energized by President Kennedy, culminated in the Apollo moon landings.
The current reviews of space policy in Europe and the United States offer an opportunity to advance human exploration as well as unmanned science missions. But to do so, President Obama and his European colleagues must chart a new route. Europe and the United States should together view space exploration not as the exclusive domain of scientists and government agencies, but of our entire societies. To engage the best of our societies in space exploration, we should return to that tested method of encouraging exploration, the prize.
