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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
Events
GMF and Bucerius Law School host China Conference October 19, 2006 / Washington, DC
From October 19-21, the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Bucerius Law School organized a joint conference, "The United States, Europe, and China: Toward a Global Strategic Triangle," in Washington, DC. With high-level participation from both sides of the Atlantic, including government officials, think-tankers, journalists as well as distinguished economists and trade experts, the conference proceedings looked at China from various perspectives. Here you will find the China Conference Agenda (PDF-105KB) and China Conference Participants List (PDF-120KB).
At the opening dinner on Thursday night, Richard d'Amato, Chairman of the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission (USCC) gave an overview of American policy toward China.
On Friday, the morning discussions focused on the implications of China's rise for the transatlantic relationship (initiated by an opening debate between Bob Kagan and Mark Leonard), as well as China's potential and its domestic challenges. Six breakout sessions covered issues ranging from human rights, health and demographics to the environment, China's role in international trade, and its military modernization. Discussion papers from some of the individual sessions are listed below:
- Implications of China's Rise for the Transatlantic Relationship (84KB)
- China's Potential and its Domestic Challenges (82KB)
- Governance and Human Rights (83KB)
- Demographics, Health, and Environment (83KB)
- China's New Diplomacy (86KB)
- China's Military Modernization and Reactions in the Region (84KB)
- China's Rise as a Regional Power (83KB)
- China as a Global Player (84KB)
Professor John Jackson, a distinguished U.S. trade law expert from Georgetown University, gave a lunch keynote address on China and the WTO. At an evening dinner hosted by the German embassy, Volker Stanzel, German Ambassador to Beijing, offered a European perspective on China (listen to speech). The last two sessions on Saturday dealt with the issues of China's increasing weight as a regional power and as a global player.
