Francois Lafond Named Director of GMF's Paris Office June 30, 2008
Francois Lafond, a think tank veteran and former government adviser, has been named the Paris office director of The German Marshall Fund of the United States and will begin on July 15. Most recently, Lafond was a special adviser of the Italian Minister for Regional Affairs and Local Autonomies, responsible for international relations of the think tank Glocus in Rome, and associate professor at the Centre for European Studies of Sciences-Po Paris.
GMF announces Peter R. Weitz Prize winners for excellence in reporting on Europe June 3, 2008
GMF is pleased to announce Wall Street Journal reporter Andrew Higgins and freelance journalist Mary Wiltenburg as the 2008 recipients of the Peter R. Weitz Prize for excellence and originality in U.S. reporting on Europe and the transatlantic relationship.
New Climate & Energy Program to facilitate U.S.-EU dialogues on climate policy June 3, 2008
GMF announces today the creation of a new Climate & Energy Program to facilitate transatlantic cooperation on climate policy solutions. The program is led by Cathleen Kelly, the former climate change policy director at the Nature Conservancy and a 14-year veteran on climate policy issues affecting the United States and Europe.
Paper series released in advance of Brussels Forum March 13, 2008
In advance of its third annual Brussels Forum, taking place this weekend, The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) announces the release of its Brussels Forum 2008 Paper Series.
Vejvoda testifies before Senate on Kosovo March 4, 2008
Ivan Vejvoda, executive director of the Balkan Trust for Democracy, testified March 4 before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
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.
Central Asia: U.S. Bases and Democratization January 3, 2008
Alexander Cooley, the recipient of a research grant from GMF in 2005, was recently published in Orbis, a journal featuring in depth articles on American foreign policy and national security. Cooley used the GMF support to help write the piece, entitled, "Central Asia: U.S. Bases and Democratization," which focuses on democratization efforts in the region and U.S. military bases in Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.
Condoleezza Rice: An American Life January 2, 2008
Elisabeth Bumiller, a GMF Transatlantic Fellow during 2007, has recently released her biography of the current U.S. Secretary of State entitled, “Condoleezza Rice: An American Life.” Bumiller, who covered the White House for the New York Times from 2001 to 2006, relied on 10 interviews with Rice and more than 150 interviews with officials close to the secretary to create a compelling overview of Rice’s views on foreign policy, terrorism and emerging global threats, and her relationship with the Bush administration.
