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Hokkaido Critical Opportunity for Climate Debate

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

WASHINGTON - Most climate change opinion leaders on both sides of the Atlantic have modest expectations for the July G-8 summit in Hokkaidō, Japan.  On the central political question – how quickly Europe, … Continue Reading…

A Middle East Final Act?

Thursday, May 29th, 2008

WASHINGTON — April 2009 will mark the 10th anniversary of the entry of Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic into NATO.  The journey of these and other former Warsaw Pact countries to NATO and to the European Union is one of the most inspiring transformations in modern history. 

There are lessons … Continue Reading…

Bucharest Conference starts today

Tuesday, April 1st, 2008

Three weeks after Brussels Forum, GMF begins another major conference today with the opening of the Bucharest Conference alongside the Bucharest NATO Summit. Romanian President Traian Basescu and U.S. Congresswoman Ellen Tauscher will deliver speeches beginning at 6:30 Bucharest time, 5:30 in Brussels, and 11:30 … Continue Reading…

BBC World Debate from Brussels Forum

Thursday, March 27th, 2008

At Brussels Forum a few weeks ago, BBC World taped an episode of The World Debate, with Nik Gowing as the host. They have posted the video on their webpage. Enjoy!

Brussels Forum this weekend

Thursday, March 13th, 2008

This weekend, GMF is hosting with its partners the third annual Brussels Forum, a gathering of political, academic, and business leaders to debate the countless items on the transatlantic agenda. Public sessions will be streamed live in video and audio from Brussels, and transcripts and video for … Continue Reading…

The UN Climate Change Conference and “climate justice”

Wednesday, December 12th, 2007

BALI, Indonesia (via Washington) — Slate has this dispatch from Thomas Kleine-Brockhoff at the UN Climate Change Conference.

Sarkozy and his “New Deal” on Environment : Tomorrow’s key challenges

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

PARIS — During his first three-day state visit to China, French President Nicolas Sarkozy called on Chinese leaders to join a global New Deal on environment in a speech he delivered at Beijing’s Tsinghua University. He urged counterpart Hu Jintao to play a greater role in promoting sustainable development and … Continue Reading…

Vietnam´s Road to Development

Thursday, November 22nd, 2007

HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Like many developing countries, Vietnam is dealing with challenges that are caused by its own success: Exponentially growing market demand and the influx of direct foreign investment - to a large degree due to Vietnam’s recent WTO accession - have caused shortages in the … Continue Reading…

Fight Drugs and Global Warming Together

Friday, September 14th, 2007

WASHINGTON — The news from Afghanistan on the counter-narcotics front is bad.  Opium production from Afghanistan’s 408,000 acres of poppy rose almost 50% in 2006, contributing to global heroin production that set a new record high of 606 metric tons in 2006.  The effort to stop the growing and production … Continue Reading…

Add Energy to America’s Relations with Turkey

Friday, September 7th, 2007

WASHINGTON — Americans should pay close attention to the news from Turkey. The August 28 election of a new president, which has provoked strong opposition from the powerful Turkish military, is a test of Turkey’s democracy. The visit of Turkey’s energy minister to Iran earlier in August to sign energy … Continue Reading…