GMF - The German Marshall Fund of the United States - Strengthening Transatlantic Cooperation

Home  |  About GMF  |  Pressroom  |  Support GMF  |  Contact Us
Follow GMF
Events
Andrew Light Speaker Tour in Europe May 14, 2013 / Berlin, Germany; Brussels, Belgium

GMF 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.

Audio
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

Publications Archive

The Caucasus Triangle and Taksim Square April 13, 2012 / Diba Nigar Göksel


In early 2012, three developments involving Armenia and Azerbaijan revealed the entanglement of Turkish identity divides and strategic calculations.The citizens of Turkey are now engaged in an intense questioning of the past state action against different ethnic, religious, and ideological communities. While Western politicians play into genocide diplomacy with parliamentary resolutions and the like, they also pressure Turkey to open its border with Armenia. The political leadership in Ankara can either frame the challenges posed from East and West as an opportunity for progress or as an attack on Turkish honor and Muslim dignity. But Western democracies need to caution against perpetuating the self-defeating paradigms of vengeance.