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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

Geography of Opportunity August 06, 2012 / Ryan Streeter


Given the well-documented rise of the emerging world’s superior growth to the Western average, policymakers and business leaders in the transatlantic community should be doing all they can to learn from the exceptional regions in their midst. The only four metro areas in the MetroMonitor top 40 are characterized by a combination of fast-growing new businesses, population growth, and high levels of patented innovation and knowledge sectors. The larger question for Western countries is how to fashion policy to encourage more of the kind of growth we see in Dallas, Houston, Stockholm, and Stuttgart.