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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

Events
GMF celebrates its 40 year history and Founder and Chairman, Dr. Guido Goldman at Gala Dinner May 09, 2013 / Washington, DC

GMF held a celebratory gala dinner at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, Wednesday May 8.

Audio
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

News & Analysis Archive


TFMI Edition of Migration Policy Practice is OutSeptember 19, 2012 / Hamutal BernsteinThe Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Immigration edition of the International Organization of Migration’s Migration Policy Practice has been published.
A New Poll Finds that the Hard Line that Works for Candidates in the Primaries will Wound Them in the GeneralDecember 16, 2011 / Bruce StokesNational Journal Daily

There is no doubt that immigration is a hot-button issue in the GOP primaries. But the presidential contenders need to carefully weigh its relative political salience.

EU’s strategy on Political and Security issues in the four seas: a multilateral approachJune 22, 2011 / Niels AnnenThe EU4Seas ProjectImproving the conditions for the overall success of her policies in the four seas (the Baltic Sea, the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the Caspian Sea) will test the EU's ability to implement a more coherent foreign policy, writes Niels Annen.
What Makes a Country Great?June 06, 2011 / Bruce StokesNational JournalA new rating system compares more than gross domestic product, and it suggests that the U.S. lags many of its peers on health, education, and personal fulfillment. By Bruce Stokes
Obama’s crucial moment in PolandMay 26, 2011 / Ivan VejvodaPresident 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. 
14 New Fellows Selected for Transatlantic Forum on Migration and IntegrationMay 23, 2011 / Fariz Ismailzade

The German Marshall Fund of the United States announces that 14 new fellows have been selected for the Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI), to be held in Trivandrum, India, from October 17 – 22, 2011. TFMI is a leading platform for convening future decision-makers for exchange on crucial immigration and integration issues.

Refugee crisis: the end of Europe without borders?May 06, 2011 / Francois LafondFrançois Lafond, Director of the German Marshall Fund (Paris Office), participates in a debate on the migration related consequences of the Arab Spring.
Understanding The Arab and Mediterranean RevolutionsApril 12, 2011 / Francois LafondWell before the recent unrest in North Africa and the Middle East, GMF has been a leader in conducting and disseminating research and analysis on Mediterranean political, economic, and security issues. 
Embrace minority population as the valuable asset it isFebruary 22, 2011 / Jim KolbeThe Arizona ReplublicSometime in the next decade or so, Arizona will join California and a growing number of other states as a "majority/minority" state -- that is, a state where the majority of the population is composed of minority groups. For Arizona, that means primarily Hispanics and Native Americans, with smaller minority populations of African-Americans, Asians, and Pacific Islanders.
Is Multi-Kulti Dead?January 12, 2011 / Thomas Kleine-BrockhoffAngela Merkel’s claim that “multi-kulti” has failed set off a wave of critical reactions from the foreign press. But many of her critics abroad failed to set her quote in context. Far from disavowing the idea of a diverse Germany, Merkel was actually criticizing Germany’s integration track record.
Transatlantic Opinion on Immigration: Greater Worries and Outlier OptimismDecember 09, 2010 / Delancey GustinThis article outlines some of the key findings of the 2008 and 2009 Transatlantic Trends: Immigration1 public opinion study.
The Arizona FactorOctober 07, 2010 / Jim KolbeAmerican Interest"Good fences make good neighbors", says the narrator's neighbor in Robert Frost's poem "The Mending Wall" of nearly a century ago. What is usually forgotten about the poem is that the narrator, presumably Frost himself, questions why fences between neighbors are necessary at all.
Controlling the Human TideJanuary 18, 2010 / Delancey Gustin, Zsolt NyirieSharpWhen the Lisbon Treaty entered into force on December 1, the European Union took a large step toward establishing a common immigration policy. This is the dream – or the nightmare, depending on whom you ask – of many leaders in Europe.
Democracy and a Piece of ClothingJuly 18, 2008 / Thomas Kleine-BrockhoffPostGlobal, Washington PostFrance has rejected a citizenship application from a burqa-wearing Moroccan woman on the grounds that she has "insufficiently assimilated" to French culture. Should cultural assimilation be a requirement for citizenship
Turkey, Closer to the U.S. than EuropeJune 01, 2008 / Michael WerzHeinrich Böll Stiftung

If you compare the geographical distances from Ankara, Los Angeles is 11,000 Kilometers removed, whereas Berlin is a mere one-fifth of that distance. This proximity Germany and Turkey should offer great opportunities to each other's societies. But if one compares the political debates vis-à-vis Turkey in Germany and the United States, the relationship of distance and proximity reverses itself. (Written in German)

American Islam: A pluralistic didactic play in religious garbNovember 29, 2007 / Michael WerzKommuneApproximately six million Muslims live in the United States. The story of their immigration is one of diversity and a further example of American plurality. The terrorist attacks of 2001 did not produce a general mood against Muslims, but rather, paradoxically, accelerated the movement for societal and political participation of a dynamic Muslim community.
Border WarsSeptember 01, 2007 / Philippe LegrainWorth

Does immigration reform dig a gigantic money pit, or does it open the floodgates of fiscal opportunity? Counterpoint to article by Robert Rector of the Heritage Foundation.

Better Than NothingMay 17, 2007 / Philippe LegrainForeign PolicyThe new U.S. immigration bill drafted by leading Democratic and Republican senators is a deeply political bargain that has been hammered out over months, and it shows: The result is a 380-page Frankenstein.
The future of America lies in MiamiMay 01, 2007 / Michael WerzKommune

Suprisingly, more than half the Latino vote went to George Bush, helping him win the Presidency. As the largast ethnic lobbying body gathered in Miami for their yearly conference, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama find themselves in a neck-to-neck race for the Democratic nomination. The Republican candidates have preferred to stay out of the public's eye. Recent immigration reform failed due to conservative populism and now the mood among America's Latinos more heated than ever before. (Article in German)

Strategies instead of blindfoldsJanuary 15, 2007 / Tanja WunderlichDas ParlamentIt was suddenly as if a catalepsy had dissolved. On January 1, 2005, Germany's new immigration law was passed. It was just as much a rejection of the native multiculturalism of earlier years as it was a heated, populist warning of terrorist infiltration. (Article in German)
Rethinking the EU: Why Washington Needs to Support European IntegrationAugust 01, 2005 / Tanja WunderlichSurvival; vol. 47, no. 3; Autumn 2005; pp. 93?102It is time for the United States to rethink its policy toward the European Union and European integration more broadly. The challenges of the twenty-first century and America’s changing priorities and strategic needs are making the United State more rather than less dependent on the EU and its success.