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Archive for June, 2009

Posturing of Western governments vis-a-vis Iran

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

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.

Launch of the Global Trade Alert

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

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 … Continue Reading…

Foreign Aid in the Obama Administration: A Wobbly Stool

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

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 … Continue Reading…

The U.S. Civilian Response Corps: Policy Coherence Solution?

Friday, June 12th, 2009

[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 … Continue Reading…

European elections and Germany

Tuesday, June 9th, 2009

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 … Continue Reading…