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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.

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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

Publications Archive

The Impact of the European Debt Crisis on the Partnership with Central Asia May 30, 2012 / Sébastien Peyrouse


Central Asia may be a collateral victim of the European financial crisis. The internal European political crisis, further spurred by the financial crisis, has impaired Europe's rise to power on the Central Asian scene. Austerity policies will drastically reduce the funding strategies of the individual European member states. However, the impact of the European crisis is making itself most clearly felt in Central Asia on the political level. The crisis has reinforced local elites' skepticism toward the European model, reducing Europe's legitimacy to promote rule of law and good governance, therefore decreasing its soft power.