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Decoding Erdoğan’s Visit to Washington May 18, 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.
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.
Publications Archive
Global Swing States: Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey, and the Future of International Order November 27, 2012 / Daniel M. Kliman, Richard Fontaine
The rise of four powerful democracies – Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Turkey – presents one of the most significant opportunities for U.S. foreign policy in the early 21st century. Daniel M. Kliman of the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and Richard Fontaine of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) urge U.S. leaders to pursue closer partnerships with these four countries, which they term “global swing states.” In this new report, released as part of a joint initiative of GMF and CNAS, Kliman and Fontaine offer a new framework for thinking about how U.S. engagement with these pivotal powers can bolster peace, prosperity, and freedom. The authors offer policy prescriptions specific to each of the four countries while recommending that the United States' engagement with the global swing states include four broad components:
- Capitalizing on areas where Brazil, India, Indonesia, and Turkey have already taken on new global responsibilities;
- Addressing some of the demands of the “global swing states” for greater representation in international institutions;
- Helping the four countries strengthen their domestic capacity to more actively support the international order;
- Increasing the resources and attention that the U.S. government devotes to these nations to better match their rising strategic importance.
