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On Defense, France Bites the Bullet, But Avoids Strategic Insolvency May 7, 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
Lukashenka – What are the prospects for spring in Belarus?
June 09, 2011 / Joerg Forbrig
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Captivated by the upheavals facing Arab autocrats, few in the West have noticed the troubles of another dictator, this time on Europe's very doorstep -- Belarus' Alexander Lukashenka.
For nearly two decades, this former collective farm boss has ruled Belarus by three means:
* A pervasive security apparatus brutally quashes dissenters and instills fear throughout society.
* A Soviet-style economy, propped up by Russian subsidies and revenues from exports to Europe, provides stable, but low-level, welfare.
* And smart geopolitical manoeuvring plays European and Russian interests off each other, effectively eliminating pushes for change from both West and East. However, with internal friction building and external pressure growing, all three strategies have increasingly failed of late.
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