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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
The Arab Revolts and the Liberal Order 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
How China Will Change the Way We Think: The Case of the State February 04, 2011 / Martin Jacques
The relationship between the state and society in China is very different from that in the West. And the consequences are profound. In the West, at least in the postwar period, we have come to see the legitimacy of the state as overwhelmingly a function of and dependent upon democracy. The Chinese model confounds this logic. In Western terms, there is an absence of democracy in China and yet the state enjoys great legitimacy. This paper explores the reasons for this legitimacy and its implications on relations with the West.
