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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
News & Analysis Archive
Economic Ties Can Save Africa’s Arab SpringJanuary 15, 2013 / Ghazi Ben Ahmed, Ellen Laipson Bloomberg
A version of the Marshall Plan for Arab Spring countries could spur economic recovery and lead to political stability.Eleven Years After 9/11, Afghanistan Still MattersSeptember 11, 2012 / Javid AhmadThe New York Times 
The war in Afghanistan has become largely invisible in Washington.The silence is particularly noticeable on the presidential campaign trail.Superpower Denied? Why China’s ‘Rise’ May Have Already PeakedAugust 09, 2012 / Minxin PeiThe Diplomat
How a toxic mix of economic, demographic, environmental, political, and international challenges could end China's ascent.Afghanistan Needs Less Foreign AidJuly 27, 2012 / Javid AhmadWorld Politics Review
Kabul’s dangerous complacency can be reined in by weeding out the underlying problem: reducing foreign aid and engaging Kabul in structural reforms.Food crisis: a new normal?July 26, 2012 / Jonathan M. WhiteGlobalPost 
Food shortages are a chronic problem in many parts of the world. Over a billion people worldwide suffer from chronic hunger. U.S. Is Moving Too Fast on BurmaJuly 15, 2012 / Michael J. Green, Daniel TwiningWashington Post
Lifting elements of the Burma investment ban is a sensible part of U.S. strategy, but it must create greater economic and political space outside the regime's control.
The End Of China’s Economic MiracleJuly 09, 2012 / Minxin PeiDaily Beast
Twenty years ago, Japan experienced the humiliation of going from world economic champ to chump within a few years of its financial meltdown. Today it seems to be China’s turn.
Parallel Institutions as a Challenge to the Liberal OrderJune 04, 2012 / Thomas Kleine-BrockhoffGT2030.com
One of the dangers on the road to a polycentric world is the emergence of parallel institutions of global governance. The planned BRICS Development Bank is the most prominent example. The problem is: a development bank of this kind already exists. It is called the World Bank.
The Rise of the Rest and the Return of Spheres of InfluenceMay 28, 2012 / Minxin PeiGT2030.com
The question being asked most often today is whether rising powers, such as India, China, Brazil, South Africa, and Turkey, will help maintain the post-WWII liberal order by contributing to its costly maintenance.This may not be the right question to answer.
Partnering to Improve Food and Nutrition Security in AfricaMay 04, 2012 / Simon WinterNext Billion
Transforming poor people's food and nutrition security is proving to be, as expected, a massive challenge.
Jim Kolbe discusses the future of American foreign aid on WAMUSeptember 20, 2011 / Jim KolbeWAMUOne year ago this week, President Obama elevated global development as a "core pillar" of U.S. foreign policy, alongside diplomacy and defense. But as Congress and the White House struggle to find billions to cut from the federal budget, some advocates worry Washington's commitment to reducing global poverty is wavering.
Not Just a Flesh WoundJune 09, 2011 / Bruce Stokes
The Doha Round is dead. The sooner the World Trade Organization recognizes that, the sooner negotiators can turn their attention to other trade-liberalization accords.Obama’s crucial moment in PolandMay 26, 2011 / Ivan Vejvoda
President Obama’s visit to Europe this week is giving him the opportunity to bury once and for all perceptions that have dogged his administration from the outset: that the United States has lost interest in Europe, and has put a higher priority on resetting relations with an authoritarian Russia than it has on the completion of a Europe whole, free, and at peace. UN Climate Talks and Power Politics: It’s Not about the TemperatureMay 25, 2011 / Daniel Twining
Must U.S. climate diplomacy be a wedge rather than a bridge between the United States and key international partners? GMF Senior Fellow for Asia, Daniel Twining's testimony before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs on climate diplomacy.
African development: The role of traditional and emerging players reconsideredMay 16, 2011 / Jim Kolbe, Kathryn ThulinTrade Negotiations Insights
The growing engagement of emerging economies, notably China, India and Brazil, in Africa is changing the landscape for development bringing significant new opportunities (and challenges) for Africa.What Future for Japan?May 11, 2011 / Daniel M. Kliman
The devastation wrought by the Great Tohoku Earthquake has reinforced perceptions inside and outside Japan of the country’s seemingly irreversible slide from economic superpower to sick man of Asia. Yet it would be premature to count Japan out as a factor in international politics.
Why Congress shouldn’t slash foreign aidApril 08, 2011 / Jim KolbeDaily Caller
Jim Kolbe and Connie Morella explain why Congress shouldn't slash foreign aid in an op-ed for The Daily Caller.A Resurgence of RelevanceMarch 31, 2011 / Bruce StokesNational Journal Daily
Multinational institutions like the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development are more important than ever in the wake of the economic crisis, says Bruce Stokes.Jim Kolbe moderates discussion with heads of the World Bank and WTO on Aid for Trade AgendaMarch 15, 2011 / Jim KolbeUS Chamber of Commerce
On March 14, GMF Senior Transatlantic Fellow Jim Kolbe moderated a discussion between the President of the World Bank Group, Robert Zoellick, and the WTO's Director-General, Pascal LamyHow biofuels contribute to the food crisisFebruary 11, 2011 / Jim KolbeWashington Post
Each year, the world demands more grain, and this year the world's farms will not produce it. World food prices have surged above the food crisis levels of 2008. Food riots have started again.The facts on foreign aidFebruary 09, 2011 / Jim KolbePolitico
With Egypt leading the news and congressional budget discussions coming to a head, there is an energetic debate now about U.S. foreign assistance.More effective foreign assistance can pay real dividendsJanuary 28, 2011 / Jim KolbeDaily Caller
As a new Congress gets into gear, both Republicans and Democrats have a solemn duty to do the people?s work and to make sure their taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely. U.S. foreign assistance is already under the microscope, as it should be, but we believe policymakers should focus on making it better instead of slashing budgets.‘A lack of fire in the belly,’ concludes Pakistan on Obama’s war strategyJune 25, 2010 / Daniel TwiningForeign Policy
No matter how talented General David Petraeus proves to be commanding American and NATO forces, it is hard to see how our Afghan strategy can be successful absent a strategic reorientation by the Obama administration that creates a different calculus for leaders in Kabul and Rawalpindi (headquarters of the Pakistani armed forces) with regard to the Afghan endgame.
Twenty Years of Western Democracy Assistance in Central and Eastern EuropeJune 15, 2010 / Pavol DemešIDEA
Before the European Union and its allies can effectively promote democracy in other countries, they need to address the internal problems brought on by the global economic crisis, from which they have not yet fully recovered. Democracy assistance needs to be tailored to the specific needs and expectations of each country and handled with tact and with respect for local democracy activists. Donor countries also need to be aware of ways that pursuing their own economic or security goals can tarnish their democratic credibility. Despite all these challenges, recent history has provided ample evidence that the human spirit and solidarity can overcome even the direst obstacles and may be our strongest resource in the quest for democracy and cooperation in Europe and beyond.The BRICs: Building blocks of a new world order that diminishes the West?April 23, 2010 / Daniel TwiningReal Clear World
China is a manufacturing superpower; India is the world's largest democracy and "knowledge power"; Russia is a potential "energy superpower," according to the U.S. National Intelligence Council; and Brazil dominates a region lacking any great power competitor. An alliance among these behemoths could change history in ways that diminish the West.
Politics beats economics, againJuly 30, 2008 / Jack ThurstonThe GuardianWhoever's to blame for the collapse of the Doha round, one thing's for sure ? we'll all have to live with the consequences.A new catastrophe for the boat peopleFebruary 21, 2008 / Elizabeth BeckerThe Boston GlobeLe Dung was 7 when his family bought passage on a rickety boat and fled the communist government of Vietnam for parts unknown. That was 30 years ago, when the plight of the Vietnamese boat people filled newspapers as one of the most dramatic stories coming out of the Cold War in Asia, and the United Nations convened a special conference to find them homes. Today these former boat people endure further misfortune after their homes were destroyed by Hurricane Katrina.Is our aid making us safer?January 02, 2008 / Jim KolbeBaltimore SunIt is increasingly apparent that our aid - and trade - policies are not really supporting economic growth in impoverished countries. Nor are they enhancing our own security.Teaching Entrepreneurship in the Arab WorldAugust 14, 2007 / Stefan TheilNewsweek InternationalIf the Middle East is to have any shot of making up for decades of past stagnation, it's going to need many more kids like Hodeib, eager to build new companies and create new jobs. That's the rationale behind a small but growing movement of educators and CEOs, Western aid agencies and multinationals, royals and even Islamists, who are now trying to inject the entrepreneurial virus into the region's youth.Foreign Fathers: The Idea of the Marshall Plan is still in EffectJuly 08, 2007 / Jörg HimmelreichFrankfurter Allgemeine ZeitungThe Marshall Plan was introduced sixty years ago. On June 5th, 1947, then American Foreign Minister General George Catlett Marshall announced in a speech at Harvard University the plan for an American help program for the reconstruction of the destroyed European economy, a program which from then on would bear his name. This article is available in English and original German.
Beijing Cools on MugabeMay 02, 2007 / Andrew SmallInternational Herald Tribune
China, which once perceived the West's condemnation of Mugabe and sanctions against his regime as an economic opportunity, now views its involvement in Zimbabwe as a liability both for its investments and its international reputation.
Can the Development Agenda Save the Doha Round?April 01, 2007 / Andrew SmallBRIDGES Monthly ReviewWhile it is frequently bemoaned that designating the Doha Round as a 'development round' has made the negotiations more difficult, the designation may offer the only solution to the larger questions of legitimacy and credibility facing the WTO and the global trade regime.China, the Unlikely Human Rights ChampionFebruary 14, 2007 / Andrew Small, Stephanie Kleine-AhlbrandtPolicy Innovations
Each time President Hu Jintao concludes a trip to Africa, he leaves a bigger Chinese footprint on the continent. Yet the imprint left by this February's visit is not just a result of the usual choreographed procession of trade deals, largesse, and south-south brotherhood. It also reflects a quiet revolution in Chinese attitudes toward non-interference, exemplified by Hu's most visible push yet for settlement of the Darfur crisis.
China Jumps InFebruary 02, 2007 / Andrew SmallInternational Herald Tribune
We are getting used to seeing new faces of Chinese diplomacy and on President Hu Jintao's latest trip to Africa we will see the unlikeliest of all. In making his most visible push for the settlement of the Darfur crisis, Hu will signal a quiet revolution in Chinese attitudes to sovereignty and noninterference, and position China as the protector of the repressed citizens of the region.
American Philanthropic Foundations: Emerging Actors of Globalization and Pillars of the Transatlantic DialogueMay 29, 2006 / Benoît ChervalierReport presented at Annual Bank Conference on Development Economics, organized in Tokyo by the World Bank and the Ministry of Finance of Japan from May 29-30, 2006.This policy paper illustrates the increase in power of American philanthropic foundations in discussions dealing with globalization, in particular financing for development and Global Public Goods.
Tough on TradeDecember 01, 2005 / Jack ThurstonProspect MagazineIt ought to be good news that the current round of WTO trade negotiations is finally getting serious. The world needs an example of international cooperation to cheer about.Aid, not TradeJuly 01, 2005 / Jack ThurstonProspect Magazine
