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On Defense, France Bites the Bullet, But Avoids Strategic Insolvency May 7, 2013
Iceland’s Recovery Saga Presents Opportunities for Brussels, Washington—and Beijing May 6, 2013
Which Way Forward for Europe’s Hybrid Regimes? May 2, 2013
The Arab Revolts and the Liberal Order May 2, 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
Publications Archive
Turkey’s Emergence as a Middle Eastern Stakeholder and What this Means for the West October 10, 2011 / Emiliano Alessandri, Joshua W. Walker
Turkey is a newly self-confident international actor that not only demanded global attention, but aimed to set forth a global agenda focused on the wide region, stretching from the Balkans to North Africa, where Turkey represents the new center of gravity. This dramatic arrival on the international stage has already caused waves as the perennial questions about Turkey’s “axis shift” and “Where is Turkey going?” debates are being renewed in Western capitals. But debates about Turkey’s “otherness” and “drift” rarely start with an honest admission of the West’s own inconsistencies and a recognition of its internal heterogeneity. While paying much greater attention to progress in Turkey, Western leaders should stop looking at Turkish foreign policy merely in terms of alignment or drift from an abstract standard that many Western countries themselves often do not meet.
