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| U.S. Ambassador Khalilzad confident about multilateral efforts in Afghanistan |
On April 25, GMF hosted Zalmay Khalilzad, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, for a discussion on the future of Afghanistan and the role of the international community. In a conversation with German journalist Klaus-Peter Siegloch of ZDF Television, Khalilzad expressed confidence in current multilateral efforts in Afghanistan and reaffirmed American support for new UN Special Representative Kai Eide.
From May 3-5, GMF and NPR brought you the conversation between Amb. Khalilzad and Claus-Peter Siegloch in an hour-long program on NPR Worldwide. This piece is now available for download here.
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| First annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration will feature 60 emerging leaders |
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Sixty emerging leaders representing 24 countries have been accepted to participate in the first annual Transatlantic Forum on Migration and Integration (TFMI) at Castle Pommersfelden near Nuremberg, Germany, from July 9 - 13, 2008.
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| Kolbe testifies before House Committee on Foreign Affairs |
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Senior Transatlantic Fellow Jim Kolbe, a former Member of the U.S. House of Representatives, testified April 23 before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs about foreign assistance reform in the next administration.
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| Bush, Karzai, Harper bring NATO debates to the Bucharest Conference |
The Bucharest Conference featured addresses by U.S. President George W. Bush, Romanian President Traian Basescu, Romanian Prime Minister Calin Popescu-Tariceanu, and Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher, as well as other panel discussions on pressing NATO issues such as enlargement, missile defense, and Russia. Afghan President Hamid Karzai, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, and NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer discussed alliance operations in Afghanistan.
The Bucharest Conference website features archived video of the full speeches and sessions, highlight reels, transcripts, and press releases.
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| Zoellick, Solana, Chertoff, de Hoop Scheffer make news at Brussels Forum |
 From March 14-16, the third-annual Brussels Forum brought together influential American and European political, corporate, and intellectual leaders to address pressing challenges currently facing both sides of the atlantic. Some of the participants included Robert Zoellick, Javier Solana, Michael Chertoff, and Robert Kimmitt. BBC World taped the World Debate at the opening Brussels Forum session, featuring Richard Holbrooke, Bernard Kouchner, Radoslaw Sikorski, Konstantin Kosachev, and moderated by BBC presenter Nik Gowing. You can follow along via the Brussels Forum website, which offers the agenda-setting Brussels Forum paper series, streaming audio and video, and the most current agenda and press information.
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| Daimler Senior Vice President Robert Liberatore joins GMF as Senior Transatlantic Fellow |
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Robert G. Liberatore will join GMF this summer as a Senior Transatlantic Fellow. At GMF, Liberatore will work on issues surrounding the transatlantic business relationship and the upcoming U.S. presidential election.
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| 2007 Annual Report |
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Highlights GMF convening events, networking programs, research, and grantmaking initiatives in 2007. Also, includes a letter from GMF President Craig Kennedy along with financial and partner information. Downloadable as a large PDF file.
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| Senior Staff Accountant (Washington, DC) |
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GMF seeks a Senior Staff Accountant to join its Accounting and Finance Department. Position requires strong general ledger and accounting system experience. The position also requires the ability to prepare monthly schedules and financial statements, analyze monthly reporting from our European offices, and knowledge of accounting for investments.
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| Economic Policy Program Associate (Washington, DC) |
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The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF), a nonpartisan American public policy and grantmaking institution headquartered in Washington, DC, seeks a Program Associate for its Economic Policy Program. This is a temporary contract position through June 2008. With funding approval in early July, it will become a full time position.
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As Farm Bill Nears Vote, Bush Presses for Fewer Subsidies
Dan Morgan
Washington Post
President Bush's decision in 2002 to sign a farm bill loaded with billions of dollars of new agricultural subsidies triggered considerable criticism from GOP conservatives true to the party's anti-spending philosophy. |
Getting America’s Message Out to a Skeptical World
Michael Polt
GMF Opinion Brief
As the world continues to be intrigued by the U.S. electoral process, getting the American message out to its foreign audiences in a credible manner will be one of the most important agenda items and the toughest challenges for the new U.S. administration in January 2009. With a pioneering foreign and domestic policy and a strong diplomatic service, the United States is uniquely positioned to take on this public diplomacy challenge. |
Emptying the Breadbasket
Dan Morgan
Washington Post
At Stephen Fleishman's busy Bethesda shop, the era of the 95-cent bagel is coming to an end. Breaking the dollar barrier "scares me," said the Bronx-born owner of Bethesda Bagels. Fleishman and his customers are hardly alone. Across America, turmoil in the world wheat markets has sent prices of bread, pasta, noodles, pizza, pastry and bagels skittering upward, bringing protests from consumers.
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China's African Aid
Deborah Brautigam
GMF Paper Series
The rise of China as a very visible actor in Africa is one of the most striking features of the first decade of the new millennium. Trade between the two regions is projected to reach $100 billion before 2010, ten times the 2000 figure. At the same time, the rise of China has been greeted with fear and apprehension by many in the United States, Europe, and Africa who see this strong interest more as a threat than an opportunity. |
The End of the End of History
Robert Kagan
The New Republic
GMF Transatlantic Fellow Robert Kagan gives five reasons as to why the twenty-first century will look like the nineteenth. |
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