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Sean Mulvaney named Director of GMF’s Economic Policy Program
December 2, 2008
The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) announces today that Sean Mulvaney has been named director of GMF’s Economic Policy Program. Mulvaney, who starts today, will oversee the Program’s grantmaking, research, and convening activities in the areas of international trade, agriculture, biofuels, and development assistance.

Transatlantic Academy announces first group of Fellows
October 14, 2008
Four senior academics and two post-doctoral fellows make up first group of scholars. Over the course of a year, Fellows will study different aspects of migration and integration from different academic and national perspectives.

Transatlantic Trends released: Data on U.S. elections, Russia, more
September 10, 2008
Public opinion survey released Sept. 10 shows Europeans favor Obama, Americans split along party lines. Americans and Europeans share concerns on Russia’s behavior, terrorism, and economy. Rises seen in desire for closer relations and support for NATO. Transatlantic Trends 2008 is a project of the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the Compagnia di San Paolo in Turin, Italy, with additional support from the Fundação Luso-Americana (Portugal), the Fundación BBVA (Spain), and the Tipping Point Foundation (Bulgaria).

Jim Kolbe discusses global poverty and the next president
September 3, 2008
The Bush administration has generally gotten positive reviews for its focus on aid to Africa and other developing parts of the world. But some people are already pushing the next president -- whether Democratic or Republican -- to become more strategic in using foreign aid as a diplomatic tool. The WAMU 88.5's Kojo Nnamdi Show brought together three guests, including GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Jim Kolbe, to discuss the Bush administration's strategy on foreign aid, and how the next President may approach this issue.

Global poverty and the next president

German Marshall Fund launches website to help Europeans follow U.S. presidential elections, transatlantic issues
May 28, 2008
Recently, GMF announced the launch of a website devoted to helping Europeans and the transatlantic community understand the 2008 U.S. presidential elections.

"Presidential Election 2008: What Europe Needs to Know" provides a range of ways to stay informed on candidates' transatlantic policy issues and political maneuvers.

Daimler Senior Vice President Robert Liberatore joins GMF as Senior Transatlantic Fellow
March 19, 2008
Robert G. Liberatore will join GMF this summer as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow. At GMF, Liberatore will work on issues surrounding the transatlantic business relationship and the upcoming U.S. presidential election.

Converting forest and grassland to cropland adds previously unforeseen greenhouse gas emissions to the cost of biofuels, new study says
February 7, 2008
A study published on February 7, 2008 by Science magazine and Tim Searchinger, a GMF transatlantic fellow, finds that biofuels that use cropland are likely to increase greenhouse gases because previous analyses of biofuels ignored a crucial factor - the use of land. Most prior studies have found that substituting biofuels for gasoline will reduce greenhouse gases because biofuels sequester carbon through the growth of the feedstock. However, these analyses have failed to count the carbon emissions that occur as forests and grasslands are converted to new cropland for biofuel production.