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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
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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.
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
Global Swing States and the Human Rights and Democracy Order November 27, 2012 / Ted Piccone
The convergence of values and divergence of methods between the “global swing states” — Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Turkey — and the world’s established democracies are on particular display in the arena of democracy and human rights. To varying degrees, all four nations are prepared to play a role in supporting international mechanisms to strengthen human rights and democracy, but this is to be done on their own terms: through quiet diplomacy and mediation, using coercive methods only as a last resort. The challenge before Western democracies is to evaluate when to seek convergence with global swing states on international interventions to uphold human rights and when to yield to parallel efforts that may entail less control but greater acceptance and therefore greater effectiveness on the ground.
