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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
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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
Video: The Electricity Tug Of War
Balancing the generation-demand gap
“At the exact same time that we want to use electricity, a power station has to generate the precise quantity of energy to meet that need. The process of supplying electricity is like a ‘tug of war’ in which the power generation of the power plants are constantly responding to the ‘pull’ of the consumers. This requires a constant balance between the production and the consumption of electricity. In this video, Red Electrica, responsible for guaranteeing this balance, explains how this is achieved.
