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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
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Ivan Vejvoda testifies on Western Balkans before U.S. Senate subcommittee April 15, 2010 / Washington, DC
On April 14, Balkan Trust for Democracy Executive Director Ivan Vejvoda testified on the state of the Western Balkans before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on European Affairs. The hearing, "Unfinished Business in Southeast Europe: Opportunities and Challenges in the Western Balkans," was attended by Senator Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Senator George Voinovich (R-OH), and Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC), as well as all ambassadors from the Western Balkans.
In his introduction, Vejvoda emphasized the importance of sustained cooperation between the United States and the Balkans and noted that the EU and United States' past support has been integral to the area's continuing stabilization and democratization. He went on to discuss the importance of EU integration, NATO enlargement, and recent developments in regional cooperation between Balkan countries. He concluded his presentation by outlining some of the remaining challenges to the area and reemphasized the need for a strong transatlantic partnership for future success.
To download his complete remarks, please click here.
Other speakers at the hearing included Philip Gordon, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Eurasian Affairs; Alexander Vershbow, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs; and Kurt Volker, Senior Fellow and Managing Director for the Center on Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins University.
To watch a livestream of the entire hearing, please click here.
