Posted on 27 February 2009.
By: John Swanson
I recently visited two metropolitan regions in Scandinavia — Stockholm and Copenhagen — that both are anticipating steady rates of growth similar to Washington, D.C., where I work as a regional transportation planner. Between now and 2030, these metropolitan areas expect their populations to increase between one and two percent every year. Where [...]
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Posted in Climate, Culture, Economics, Energy, Environment, European Union, United States
Posted on 26 February 2009.
By: Joerg Himmelreich
Russia has never been easy. Will the present global financial and economical crisis nonetheless pave the path to a new period of thaw or even to some change of the”System Putin”? Last week, in discussions with a group of Americans and Germans in Moscow organized by GMF, representatives of the declining number of still active [...]
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Posted in Central and Eastern Europe, Economics, Energy, European Union, Germany, International Regulatory Cooperation, NATO, Russia, Transatlantic Relations, United States
Posted on 24 February 2009.
By: Michal Baranowski
One week after Dennis Blair, U.S. Director of National Intelligence declared the economic crisis the primary threat to U.S. national security Latvia fell victim to the political instability caused by the economic turmoil. Without a strong, coordinate response shoring up Central and Eastern European (CEE) economies, we are risking further political instability in other countries [...]
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Posted in Central and Eastern Europe, Economics, Politics, Transatlantic Relations
Posted on 23 February 2009.
By: Jonathan White
The following is a response to the UK Department for International Development Permanent Secretary’s entry on the Ideas4Development blog on social projection programs to help the poor manage the food, fuel, and financial crises. Minouche Shafik provides us with a compelling case for increasing investments in social protection programs. Owen Barder’s point about child mortality, [...]
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Posted on 17 February 2009.
By: William Bohlen
My colleague John Glenn gives an interview to the Associated Press about the relationship between President Obama and Europe during the first 100 days.
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Posted in Afghanistan, Economics, Election 2008, European Union, GMF, Politics, Transatlantic Relations, United States
Posted on 04 February 2009.
By: William Bohlen
My colleague Thorsten Klassen has just published his dissertation on, naturally, U.S.-German relations. He focuses on “Continuity within Change: The German-American Foreign and Security Relationship during President Clinton’s First Term.” Perhaps there are some lessons to be learned for the new U.S. administration in working with one of its foremost allies in Europe.
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