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GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DC

GMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.

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Deal Between Kosovo, Serbia is a European Solution to a European Problem May 13, 2013

In this podcast, GMF Vice President of Programs Ivan Vejvoda discusses last month's historic agreement to normalize relations between Kosovo and Serbia.

Andrew Small on China’s Influence in the Middle East Peace Process May 10, 2013

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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Legislating History and its Effects on Foreign Policy January 05, 2012 / Ilter Turan


When the French National Assembly approved a bill that stipulates that those who deny the occurrence of an event accepted as genocide by the French parliament will be penalized with up to one year in prison and up to €45,000 in fines, it touched off a flurry of activity in Turkish-French relations, which reached a new low point. While the excitement appears to have died down now, how much lasting damage the relationship has suffered can only be assessed over a longer period. It appears unlikely that the bill that has cleared the French National Assembly will become law before the French parliament goes on presidential election recess at the end of February. Yet the issue of Western allegations of an Armenian genocide will haunt Turkey’s relations with other countries.