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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

Turkey and Russia Growing Closer Despite Cool History February 01, 2012 / Hasan Ali Karasar


Perhaps the most profound strategic movement in Turkey’s foreign policy has been engineered toward Russia. This paradigm shift has occurred relatively quietly, but in the end may prove to be among the most momentous. Russia and Turkey are post-imperial rivals who find themselves in a new era of linkages and transformation. Given the deep ambivalence and treatment felt by Russia and Turkey towards Europe and the West more broadly, recent warm relations between Ankara and Moscow have ensured a more multipolar and Eurasian world order. By minimizing its rivalry with Russia in the Balkans, Caucasus, and Central Asia, Turkey has neutralized its greatest threat while creating a historic opportunity. The antagonistic tones of Turkish-Russian relations in the past have been replaced by pragmatic dealings between the two countries.