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The Winter of Euro DiscontentFebruary 10, 2012
Syria: The Abyss in SightFebruary 09, 2012
Europe’s Fratricidal Defense ExportsFebruary 08, 2012
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Iran and the West: How Does it End? A Lunch Conversation with Ambassador Dennis Ross February 02, 2012 / Brussels
On February 2, 2012, the GMF Brussels office hosted Ambassador Dennis Ross to discuss the latest developments between Iran and the West.
"Egypt has gone through a huge transformation in the past year and mostly it's been peaceful and coherent... but they've hit a tough point where real relations of power are being negotiated."
“Instead of the Keystone XL Pipeline being about cheaper access to oil for all Americans, it became about better access for some and more expensive access for others.”
APSA Congressional Fellowship
The American Political Science Association (APSA) Congressional Fellowship is a highly selective, non-partisan program devoted to expanding public knowledge and awareness of the U.S. Congress around the world. APSA Fellows gain an insider’s view of Capitol Hill and an intimate understanding of the functioning of the federal government as a whole.
From 1982/1983 – 2011/2012, the German Marshall Fund provided support for two mid-career German professionals to participate in the prestigious ten-month fellowship each grant year. Fellows secured their own jobs as legislative fellows in the personal office of a Members of Congress or in a congressional committee. The program provided participants with a unique perspective of the American political system that they can bring to bear in their professional life in Germany.
The two current German Marshall Fund fellows are: Ms. Diana Gierstorfer, a veteran EU Parliament staffer who has found placement in the office of Sen. Ron Wyden, and Mr. Paul Maeser, an expert in global transaction banking. Mr. Maeser is working in the House Financial Services Committee.
For information regarding the Congressional Fellowship Program administered by APSA, please visit www.apsanet.org.
News
2011 Fellows Sebastian Bruns and René Wildangel fellowship mentioned in “The Hill”
Sebastian Bruns has long been fascinated with America. The German spent his junior year in high school as an exchange student in Daphne, Ala., and returned to the U.S. while in college for a summer internship at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy here in Washington. Bruns, 29, and his compatriot René Wildangel arrived on Capitol Hill as part of a nine-month fellowship administered by the American Political Science Association (APSA) and funded by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. The two are relishing their chance to witness the American democratic process up close and find nearly daily lessons in the differences between the government of their host country and that of their homeland.
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