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“If there were progress on questions like these, then there would also be progress on the overarching issue: are we moving closer to a ceasefire that truly ends the war and does not plant the seeds for the next one?”

🔗 www.reuters.com/world/europe...

GMF’s Claudia Major spoke to Reuters on shifting transatlantic relations ahead of the Munich Security Conference — but emphasized the opportunity for the two sides to discuss continued support to Ukraine, particularly on security guarantees.

Europe hopes to repair trans-Atlantic trust as Rubio attends key security conference German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has called on the U.S. and Europe to “repair and revive trans-Atlantic trust together,” arguing that being part of NATO is also to America’s advantage.

GMF’s Claudia Major told AP:

“Particularly Greenland has been a fundamental change for Europeans. That one NATO ally threatens another NATO ally has deeply affected European trust in the trans-Atlantic relationship.”
 
🔗 Read more: apnews.com/article/germ...

Participants engaged in a 36-hour simulation led by AEI fellow Zack Cooper, attended meetings with policymakers, senior journalists, and leading academics, and visited the Yokosuka Naval Base.

Applications for YSF 2027 open this summer — stay tuned!

🇯🇵 This past week in Tokyo, 18 emerging leaders took part in GMF’s Young Strategists Forum (YSF) together with the Sasakawa Peace Foundation

YSF is an intensive program developing the next-gen of strategic thinkers interested in the US-Japan alliance and security dynamics in the Indo-Pacific region.

“European[s] … are looking at the US and say, is the US still our partner, our rival, our competitor? How do we deal with that complicated American ally today?”

GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer spoke with NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on what to expect as the Munich Security Conference kicks off.

Ausnahme von US-Sanktionen: Wie geht es bei PCK in Schwedt weiter? Die PCK Raffinerie spürt das nahende Ende der Ausnahme von US-Sanktionen. Die Bundesregierung hofft auf eine Verlängerung. Legt es Washington bei Rosneft Deutschland auf den Einstieg eines…

Read the article: www.faz.net/aktuell/wirt...

Ausnahme von US-Sanktionen: Wie geht es bei PCK in Schwedt weiter? Die PCK Raffinerie spürt das nahende Ende der Ausnahme von US-Sanktionen. Die Bundesregierung hofft auf eine Verlängerung. Legt es Washington bei Rosneft Deutschland auf den Einstieg eines…

“I wouldn't be surprised if Sunoco also bids for Rosneft Germany,” GMF’s Eamon Drumm told FAZ.

🛢️ As US exemptions for Russian energy holdings in Europe near expiry, Eamon outlines how strategic ambiguity from the US could accelerate a new phase of US energy deal-making in the region.

GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer, PhD spoke with Mary Louise Kelly for NPR's All Things Considered on what to expect as the Munich Security Conference kicked off today.

➡️ Listen to the full interview here: buff.ly/eIW3iCC

➡️ Read the article: buff.ly/J0iuwKk

GMF’s Claudia Major with AP on the state of European-US relations:

“There is a big doubt whether we still share the same vision for the trans-Atlantic relationship. The longer this kind of estrangement goes, the more difficult it will be to re-find a solid relationship.”

NATO to launch 'Arctic Sentry' mission in far north NATO defense ministers are planning to boost the alliance's military presence in the far north. The deployment of "Arctic Sentry" is an effort to smooth a recent rift over Donald Trump's plans to…

“This mission really has the potential to further bolster NATO’s surveillance and situational awareness capability.”

GMF's Sophie Arts discussed NATO’s new Arctic Sentry mission with DW.

Watch the interview: www.dw.com/en/nato-to-l...

GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer spoke to Handelsblatt on competitiveness, Germany’s new posture, Ukraine, and the state of European unity ahead of the Munich Security Conference.

🔗 www.handelsblatt.com/politik/inte...

Nukleare Abschreckung: Europa droht eine Abschreckungslücke Ein neues nukleares Zeitalter hat eingesetzt, alte Gewissheiten europäischer Sicherheit gelten nicht mehr. Doch viele Politiker verhalten sich, als wäre nichts geschehen.

GMF expert Claudia Major featured in De Zeit on Europe's deterrence gap and how old certainties about European security no longer apply.

➡️ Read the article in German written by Tobias Bunde and James W. Davis here:

Corridor Politics On trade deals with Southern partners, Ursula von der Leyen is all superlatives these days. “The mother of all deals”, no less, was the EU Commission president’s shorthand for the recently concluded…

🔗 Read more: www.gmfus.org/news/corrido...

🇪🇺 The EU is accelerating deals with partners in the Global South to reduce its geopolitical vulnerability.

GMF’s Kristina Kausch argues that Brussels is betting on new EU–Asia connectivity corridors to diversify supply chains, hedge geopolitical risk, and turn trade into an instrument of EU power.

📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Navigating Local Relations with China in Europe: Understanding Risks and Strategic Realities for Cities and Regions
🗓️ Wednesday, 18 February 2026
⏰ 08:00am-09:00am EST | 1400-1500 CET
📍Online

🔗 Register here: www.gmfus.org/event/naviga...

Germany Is the Key to a European Survival Strategy Europe is ill-prepared for the new age of great power politics. Berlin needs to lead in a participatory and inclusive way.

🔗 Read their analysis: ip-quarterly.com/en/germany-k...

Germany Is the Key to a European Survival Strategy Europe is ill-prepared for the new age of great power politics. Berlin needs to lead in a participatory and inclusive way.

🇩🇪 As international relations harden, Europe must find a way to safeguard its interests, write GMF’s Claudia Major and ECFR’s Jana Puglierin in Internationale Politik Quarterly.

They argue that Germany is uniquely positioned to lead the continent —if it does so in a participatory and inclusive way.

In a moment of geopolitical uncertainty, leadership matters more than ever.

We asked former ministers and ambassadors from Denmark what kind of leadership is needed to strengthen transatlantic relationship today.

"But there may be a way to say: while it will never be like before, [this relationship] may become more predictable again.”

🔗 Read the full article by Anne-Sylvaine Chassany and Laura Pitel: www.ft.com/content/ef3c...

🇩🇪 GMF’s Claudia Major spoke to the Financial Times on the future of German–US relations:

“Many here are still inside the dream that it might get better again. But that’s deep inside the stomach and the head is telling you: actually not."

Beniamino Irdi joins German Marshall Fund of the United States Washington, DC – The German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) today welcomes Beniamino Irdi, one of Italy’s leading foreign policy experts, as a nonresident senior fellow. He brings to GMF…

He is the founder and chief executive officer of HighGround, a political-risk consulting firm based in Italy. Beniamino previously spent 17 years in the Italian government, focused on foreign policy, national security, and strategic affairs.

More info: www.gmfus.org/news/beniami...

📣 GMF is pleased to welcome Beniamino Irdi as a nonresident senior fellow on the Global Power Shifts team.

His areas of expertise include the geopolitics of the Mediterranean, great-power competition, democratic resilience, and hybrid threats.

The EU’s Anti Coercion Instrument Recent tensions over Greenland, heightened by US President Donald Trump’s now-rescinded threats to impose additional tariffs of 10% on goods from eight European countries, have revived discussion in…

GMF's Antonia Wunnerlich and Georgina Wright explain what the ACI is, how it works, and how likely it is to be used.

🔗 Read more: www.gmfus.org/news/eus-ant...

🇪🇺 Tensions over Greenland and US President Trump’s now-rescinded threats to impose additional tariffs on European goods have revived discussion in Brussels on the EU’s Anti‑Coercion Instrument (ACI) to bolster the bloc’s trade and economic security.

,GMF’s Claudia Major joined Markus Lanz on ZDF to speak about ongoing negotiations between the US, Russia, and Ukraine, the attacks on the energy infrastructure, and a potential ceasefire.
 
➡️ Watch here: www.zdf.de/play/talk/ma...
 
Thank you Markus Hertrich, for the photos.

Today’s episode is the second in a three-part series that examines the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiwan were to fail. In each of these episodes, we’re speaking… China Global Podcast - Ep 118 - ft. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Jake Rinaldi

Joining Bonnie this week are associate professor at the University of Texas at Austin, Sheena Chestnut Greitens, and associate political scientist at the RAND Corporation, Jake Rinaldi, to discuss potential costs for China’s domestic social stability.

🎧️ Listen: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVBT...

Today’s episode is the second in a three-part series that examines the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiwan were to fail. In each of these episodes, we’re speaking… China Global Podcast - Ep 118 - ft. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Jake Rinaldi

In each episode, Bonnie Glaser speaks with authors of a recently published GMF study looking at how a failed operation could impact China’s economy, military, social stability, and its global standing.

Today’s episode is the second in a three-part series that examines the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiwan were to fail. In each of these episodes, we’re speaking… China Global Podcast - Ep 118 - ft. Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Jake Rinaldi

🇨🇳 New China Global Podcast episode is out!

This is part 2 of 3-part series that examines the potential consequences for China if a military operation against Taiwan were to fail.