Roland Freudenstein and GMF’s Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff have a spirited exchange over at the Centre for European Studies site over the correct approach of Western governments in dealing with Iran. Definitely worth a read.

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By Jim Kolbe, Former Member of Congress and Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund Simon Evenett, Professor of International Trade and Economic Development, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, and Co-Director, International Trade Programme, CEPR In their April meeting in London, G20 leaders pledged to “not repeat the historic mistakes of protectionism of previous [...]

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Four days after President Obama took the oath of office, his new Secretary of State stated boldly that she would welcome dissent. Well, I’m going to take Secretary Clinton at her word. Mrs. Clinton has it dead wrong in her concept of how to organize America’s foreign aid system. Addressing her new State Department staff [...]

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[In recent weeks, GMF Senior Resident Fellow Jim Kunder has served as an instructor in the U.S. Department of State (Foreign Service Institute) course on Foundations of Interagency Reconstruction and Stabilization.   The course, targeted at the new U.S. Government "Civilian Response Corps," is intended to prepare civilian responders for deployment to conflict and post-conflict [...]

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If last Sunday’s European vote was a sign of things to come for Germany’s federal election in the fall, then the country will be run by a Conservative-Liberal coalition after September 27. Angela Merkel’s Conservative CDU and its Bavarian sister party CSU polled together at 37,8 percent, down from 44,5% in 2004 (42 seats, down [...]

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