The German Marshall Fund of the United States

06/16/2026

GMF expert Ian Lesser explains on NPR the importance of the transatlantic alliance to the success of the G7:

"It's arguably the worst in many, many decades, and it touches many, many different things from trade to security to people-to-people relations."

🎧 Listen to the full conversation on the G7 summit as leaders meet in the French Alps amid war, economic uncertainty, and strains in the transatlantic relationship here: https://n.pr/4oAnQ5p

President Trump and other G7 leaders meet in the French Alps this week as wars, economic uncertainty and strains in the transatlantic alliance loom over the summit.

06/15/2026

GMF visiting senior fellow J.C. Lintzenich joined C-Span’s Washington Journal to discuss US President Trump's participation in the G7 summit.

🔗 Watch here: https://bit.ly/4uFJE10

06/15/2026

🧬 Advances in AI and synthetic biology are expanding access to sophisticated biological capabilities, and Western security frameworks haven't caught up.

GMF's Yukimasa Matsuzawa argues that biological intelligence must expand beyond tracking pathogens to account for who can now access dangerous capabilities and how those can be operationalized.

🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4onidHL

06/13/2026

🇪🇺🇺🇦 On June 15, the EU opens the most critical chapter of Ukraine's accession talks — held up for months by Hungary's veto. The Fundamentals cluster, covering rule of law, judiciary, and fundamental rights, is the gateway to all other negotiating chapters.

GMF's Olena Prokopenko argues that "progressive accession" is the realistic path forward, and explains what both Kyiv and European capitals must deliver before the window closes.

🔗 Read here: https://bit.ly/4eFymop

06/13/2026

“The Black Sea region functions as a strategic corridor connecting Europe’s security, energy diversification, enlargement process and trade connectivity.”

GMF’s Elene Kintsurashvili explained why the Black Sea matters to Europe’s future at the NATO Defense College Foundation's conference, "Balkans and Black Sea Perspectives 2026 – Democratic Resilience, AI and Cognitive Security," in Rome.

06/13/2026

🛢️ For over a decade, the eastern Mediterranean was held up as a solution to Europe's energy vulnerability. But as Europe set out to diversify its supply, it built a new dependency.

GMF's Gabriel Mitchell traces how commercial decisions are locking in vulnerabilities that diplomacy cannot easily reverse.

🔗 Read here: https://www.gmfus.org/news/eastern-mediterraneans-dependency-trap

06/12/2026

“Georgia should really stand as a stark warning for Euro-Atlantic policymakers that geopolitical orientation alone cannot be taken for granted.”

GMF’s Elene Kintsurashvili spoke about democratic resilience and institutional fragility of Georgia at the NATO Defense College Foundation's conference, "Balkans and Black Sea Perspectives 2026 – Democratic Resilience, AI and Cognitive Security," in Rome.

06/11/2026

GMF’s Kristina Kausch spoke to DW News about ongoing US war with Iran:�

“What we see very clearly in this conflict is that superior military capability does not equal deterrence.”

🔗 Watch here: https://bit.ly/4uBcPSJ

In recent years, Washington has increasingly shifted its strategic ...

06/10/2026

GMF's Bonnie Glaser told the NYT:

“Based on the sum total of what President Trump has said to the media, it seems like he has absorbed a great deal of Xi Jinping’s thinking on Taiwan. People are anxious.”

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President Trump’s warming with Xi Jinping of China, a leader he admires, has ignited anxieties in Washington and across Asia.

06/10/2026

For over 36 years, General Franco’s fascist dictatorship ruled Spain. The sixth documentary, Out of the Darkness, focuses on the Catalonian city of Barcelona, and the dramatic transformation of public spaces. These spaces, deeply connected to the past are now exemplars of democratic engagement in Spain.

Produced by the Bertelsmann Foundation in partnership with GMF Cities, Local Democracy in Action is a six-part series of short documentaries showcasing the responses of local civic organizations and residents in Europe and the US to crisis, and their actions to foster social participation and reimagine public spaces in their cities.

🔗 Explore the rest of the stories: https://bit.ly/4ukmoFI