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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
Publications Archive
Prioritizing Public Transit for Speed, Reliability, and Rider SatisfactionApril 18, 2013 / Tony Mazzella
This policy paper identifies public transit features that could be successfully imported from Munich and Zurich to Seattle.
Regional Collaboration to Reduce Auto Dependence: Lessons from Europe for SB 375February 20, 2013 / Autumn Bernstein
This policy paper looks at how some European cities have reduced auto dependence, and how California can follow those models.
Livable Streets Where People Live: Policy Lessons on Broadening the Civic Role of Residential Streets from Munich, Rotterdam, Copenhagen, and MalmoDecember 12, 2012 / Denver Igarta
This policy paper documents proven policies and practices from European cities that make local streets more “livable.”
The Global Resource Nexus: The Struggles for Land, Energy, Food, Water, and MineralsMay 15, 2012 / Philip Andrews-Speed, Raimund Bleischwitz, Tim Boersma, Corey Johnson, Geoffrey Kemp, Stacy D. VanDeveer
This study addresses challenges arising from unprecedented global demand for land, energy, food, water, and minerals.
Providing Traveler Information Services: What is the Appropriate Public Sector Role?May 11, 2012 / Carol Kuester
This policy paper examines how European policymakers are adapting their traveler information systems, and how this could be applied in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Capitalizing on De-Industrialization to Sustainably Address the Demands of Growth and ModernizationMay 11, 2012 / Steve Wertheim
This policy paper examines how cities can capitalize on the de-industrialization of their urban core to sustainably address the demands of growth and modernization.
Morocco’s New Geopolitics: A Wider Atlantic PerspectiveFebruary 10, 2012 / Ian Lesser, Geoffrey Kemp, Emiliano Alessandri
This study argues that Morocco should encourage policymakers in the United States and Europe to think more imaginatively about its role in the Atlantic and elsewhere.
In the Wake of the Revolutions: Rethinking Mediterranean Security and StrategyNovember 22, 2011 / Emiliano Alessandri
In this Mediterranean Strategy Group paper, Emiliano Alessandri outlines the rapidly evolving strategic environment of the Mediterranean region,including new priorities and challenges for the transatlantic community.
Building Climate Change Adaptation with Smart Growth and Green Infrastructure: Adaptive Planning Policies from Rotterdam, Lyon, and BarcelonaOctober 20, 2011 / Abby Hall
This brief looks at the adaptive planning policies and practices that the European cities of Rotterdam, Barcelona, and Lyon are instituting to combat the effects of climate change.
Planning High Speed Rail Stations for Sustainable Urban Development: European Case StudiesFebruary 07, 2011 / Matt Nichols
This policy brief examines European best practices regarding urban integration of high speed rail stations to maximize local economic and urban development benefits.
Non-Fiscal Instruments of Public Transit Infrastructure Funding: Engaging Beneficiaries and Private Capital at the Local LevelJune 07, 2010 / Oliver Mietzsch
As CDP fellow Oliver Mietzsch states in this policy brief, fiscal realities dictate that Germany begin looking at alternative methods of financing, especially public-private partnerships and land value capture policies that take advantage of transit oriented development strategies.
Land Development and Transportation Policies for Transit-Oriented Development in Germany and Italy: Five Case StudiesJune 07, 2010 / Michelle DeRobertis
A comparative examination of recent transitoriented developments in five European cities and reveals that by planning land-use and transit concurrently, planners in Europe have created successful, vibrant new communities from which their American peers can learn.
Energy and Climate Change: A New Driver for Local Policy and Action?April 22, 2010 / Anne Mariani
As comprehensive federal-level climate legislation stalls in the U.S. Congress, cities and regions across the United States are responding to the challenge of climate change through local action and policies. As CDP fellow Anne Mariani posits in this policy brief, Climate Action Plans are a key element of these efforts, as they provide both the goals and methods for achieving carbon emission reductions at the local level.
From Confrontation to Cooperation: Citizen Engagement and Consensus Building in Public PoliciesApril 15, 2010 / Iolanda Romano
On both sides of the Atlantic, local jurisdictions have increasingly sought to engage the public through collaborative processes in the making and implementing of controversial policies. For European communities, where the processes of consensus-building and deliberative democracy are relatively new, the American experience provides some lessons.
Torino as a Learning CityDecember 08, 2009 / Tim Campbell
This report reflects the results of a month-long field study of learning by the city of Torino, Italy. Previous work on this topic has suggested that cities deliberately learn, that other cities are preferred outside sources of knowledge, and that more or less informal networks of public, private, and civic minded persons are central to the processes of learning and innovation in successful cities.
Gaining Public Support for Congestion Charging: Lessons from Europe for U.S. Metropolitan AreasOctober 22, 2009 / John Swanson
This policy paper focuses on congestion charging, a solution that shows promise in discouraging driving while generating public revenue and increasing efficiency in travel behavior, but has proven particularly challenging to implement.
Strategies and Incentives for Matching Disabled Workers with Jobs: Lessons for Italy from the United StatesOctober 20, 2009 / Patrizia Saroglia
This policy paper provides recommendations to Italy's Piedmont region government on how to better encourage people with disabilities to become employed and to leave cash assistance programs.
Immigrant Integration at the Local Level: Comparison between Stuttgart and Selected U.S. CitiesJuly 10, 2009 / Ayse Özbabacan
Immigration is one of the central challenges facing the 21st century. The study provides examples of best practices in the fields of language support, education, civic participation, naturalization, refugee resettlement, empowerment, Muslim integration, and racial discrimination that can contribute influence a future national and immigration integration policy in Germany and the United States.
Transatlantic Connections Transforming Communities, Spring 2009April 06, 2009 / Ayse ÖzbabacanTransatlantic Connections Transforming Communities is the newsletter of GMF's Comparative Domestic Policy (CDP) program.
Role Models and Mentoring: Projects in the United States and the NetherlandsJuly 18, 2007 / Heleen Terwijn
With the assistance of a research grant given by GMF, Heleen Terwijn, founder and director of IMC Weekend Schools in the Netherlands, investigated the influence of role models and mentoring programs across the United States. While interest in mentoring programs in Europe has been growing, a deep-seated tradition does not yet exist there as it does in the United States.
Transatlantic Connections, Transforming CommunitiesOctober 15, 2006 / Heleen TerwijnAs part of GMF's efforts to document and publicize the concrete value of transatlantic learning to the well-being of cities and regions in the United States and Europe, GMF identified, located and interviewed a number of grantees and study tour participants from the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s to ascertain the impact their GMF experiences had on their communities. The resulting report, Transatlantic Connections Transforming Communities, identifies the key components to successful transatlantic learning and highlights several examples where relatively small investments in time and money have led to significant change over time.German Marshall Fund 2003 Annual ReportDecember 01, 2003 / Heleen Terwijn2003 has turned out to be an even more challenging year for U.S.–European relations. Serious policy differences between the United States and Europe over the war in Iraq, the use of American power, the future of the Middle East, and a host of other issues dominated an acrimonious agenda. Substantive concerns were exacerbated by overheated rhetoric and accusations of betrayal and arrogance in the media and elsewhere. The situation became so rancorous that some prominent analysts began considering a world in which the United States and Europe might be estranged politically and strategically for many years to come.