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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
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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DCGMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.
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
In the European Monetary Fund proposal, a chance to get the IMF right
March 17, 2010 / Kati Suominen
VoxEU.org
Whatever its merits for rescuing European nations mired in crisis, the German finance minister's March 7 proposal for a European Monetary Fund provides an opportunity for Europe and the United States to get the future of the IMF right.
The crisis was a good thing for the IMF. Only a few years ago, the Bretton Woods institution was fading into obscurity, but by the late 2009, the Fund had sprung back to life, committing over $160 billion in new emergency loans to nations such as Hungary, Iceland, Pakistan, and Ukraine. Following the US Treasury's suggestion, the G20 pledged to triple the Fund's lending capacity to $750 billion, and it was asked to manage the wide-ranging Pittsburgh balanced-growth agenda.
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