WASHINGTON — European Union governments met last week in Prague and agreed to support a major investment in space exploration in cooperation with other nations including the United States, Russia, Japan, China, and India.   At the same time, the Obama administration is pondering the recommendations of an expert panel on the way forward for [...]

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BERLIN — Iran’s nuclear policy is a bit like a Persian veil dance €“ a lot of declarations, announcements and verbal promises that hide its real intentions and policies. To get a clearer picture of what is really going on, let’s look through the layers. Various Iranian officials have indicated various caveats for an acceptance [...]

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In light of the highly-publicized murder of a pregnant Egyptian woman in Germany, GMF Program Associate Delancy Gustin discusses Muslim integration in France, Germany and the United Kingdom with Daljit Dhaliwal.

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GMF’s Jim Kolbe discusses the economy, the TEC, and international economic recovery with Tranatlantic Business Dialogue Co-chair, Jim Quigley, in this three-part video series.

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BRUSSELS — Of all the regional actors engaged in Afghanistan and Pakistan, China’s role is perhaps the most opaque. Alternately coaxed as a potential savior and condemned as a parasitic free-rider, the transatlantic allies have not yet worked out how to harness Beijing’s undoubted influence and economic clout. This is not altogether surprising: China’s motives [...]

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WASHINGTON — It has been eight years since the United States and a coalition of allies first liberated the Afghan people from the horrific grip of the Taliban and Al Qaeda, its terrorist cohorts. It has been a little more than three years since NATO assumed all responsibility for security operations, known as the ISAF [...]

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BERLIN — The new German conservative-liberal government of Chancellor Angela Merkel and her probable future Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle will without doubt continue Germany’s commitments in Afghanistan. There is a broad understanding in the government about the negative consequences of a premature reduction or even withdrawal of German troops. The coalition agreement between the two [...]

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WASHINGTON- U.S. General Stanley McChrystal correctly warned — months ago — that unless the international community and its Afghan allies quickly put in place a full-spectrum counterinsurgency strategy to protect the Afghan population while building up Afghan security forces and governing institutions, the conflict there could become unwinnable. Yet victory by the West and its [...]

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WASHINGTON – Transatlantic Trends, a recent survey by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) reveals that President Obama’s popularity in Europe has not made U.S. foreign policies equally popular. The war in Afghanistan, for example, remains widely unpopular among Europeans and the war now seems to divide Americans and their political and [...]

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WASHINGTON — On Saturday, the Foreign Ministers of Turkey and Armenia met in Zurich and signed accords aimed at establishing diplomatic relations and opening their closed border. They also agreed to a series of consultations and confidence-building measures to resolve longstanding disputes and foster closer cooperation. These protocols still need to be ratified in Ankara [...]

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