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· Nov 14
“This is Russia changing Nato policy. Even Stalin didn’t achieve that,” said Claudia Major, GMF’s senior vice-president, in an interview with the Financial Times.
➡️ Read the full piece: www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
➡️ Read the full piece: www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
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November 25, 2025 at 7:30 PM
“This is Russia changing Nato policy. Even Stalin didn’t achieve that,” said Claudia Major, GMF’s senior vice-president, in an interview with the Financial Times.
➡️ Read the full piece: www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
➡️ Read the full piece: www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
🇺🇸🇨🇳 The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has just released its 2025 annual report, which includes 28 key recommendations for Congress.
Commissioners Aaron Friedberg and Mike Kuiken join GMF’s Bonnie Glaser on China Global to discuss the report.
Listen now: buff.ly/8ktrLBU
Commissioners Aaron Friedberg and Mike Kuiken join GMF’s Bonnie Glaser on China Global to discuss the report.
Listen now: buff.ly/8ktrLBU
November 25, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🇺🇸🇨🇳 The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission has just released its 2025 annual report, which includes 28 key recommendations for Congress.
Commissioners Aaron Friedberg and Mike Kuiken join GMF’s Bonnie Glaser on China Global to discuss the report.
Listen now: buff.ly/8ktrLBU
Commissioners Aaron Friedberg and Mike Kuiken join GMF’s Bonnie Glaser on China Global to discuss the report.
Listen now: buff.ly/8ktrLBU
At the Rebuild Ukraine Conference in Warsaw, GMF’s Steven Bosacker, Hannah Abdullah, and Nedim Useinow shared the progress of GMF's Ukraine Cities Partnership (UCP) program, launched to support the sustainable, resilient, and inclusive recovery of smaller Ukrainian cities.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
At the Rebuild Ukraine Conference in Warsaw, GMF’s Steven Bosacker, Hannah Abdullah, and Nedim Useinow shared the progress of GMF's Ukraine Cities Partnership (UCP) program, launched to support the sustainable, resilient, and inclusive recovery of smaller Ukrainian cities.
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Unlocking Europe's Defense Potential: The Case for a Common and Innovative Market
🗓️ December 1, 2025
4:00 - 8:00pm CET
📍Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU
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🗓️ December 1, 2025
4:00 - 8:00pm CET
📍Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU
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November 24, 2025 at 4:30 PM
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Unlocking Europe's Defense Potential: The Case for a Common and Innovative Market
🗓️ December 1, 2025
4:00 - 8:00pm CET
📍Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU
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🗓️ December 1, 2025
4:00 - 8:00pm CET
📍Permanent Representation of the Republic of Poland to the EU
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GMF Indo-Pacific Managing Director Bonnie Glaser testified on November 20 before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act.
Watch her testimony debrief👇
Watch her testimony debrief👇
November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
GMF Indo-Pacific Managing Director Bonnie Glaser testified on November 20 before the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act.
Watch her testimony debrief👇
Watch her testimony debrief👇
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Die Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsarchitektur Deutschlands und Europas befindet sich im Wandel. Unsere #UDE #MercatorProfessorin @claudmajor.bsky.social gab jetzt pointierte Impulse dazu, was das bedeutet und erfordert. www.uni-due.de/2025-11-20-v...
November 20, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Die Sicherheits- und Verteidigungsarchitektur Deutschlands und Europas befindet sich im Wandel. Unsere #UDE #MercatorProfessorin @claudmajor.bsky.social gab jetzt pointierte Impulse dazu, was das bedeutet und erfordert. www.uni-due.de/2025-11-20-v...
“The threat of bioterrorism and naturally occurring pandemics highlights the need for resilient response systems that transcend the boundaries of the civilian, public health, and military sectors,” writes GMF’s Yukimasa Matsuzawa.
What does this mean for the future of global health security?
What does this mean for the future of global health security?
Securing Our Health
Just days after taking office, Japan’s new prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, made clear that health security will be a priority for her government. 1 She emphasized in a policy speech that “protecting…
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November 21, 2025 at 11:30 AM
“The threat of bioterrorism and naturally occurring pandemics highlights the need for resilient response systems that transcend the boundaries of the civilian, public health, and military sectors,” writes GMF’s Yukimasa Matsuzawa.
What does this mean for the future of global health security?
What does this mean for the future of global health security?
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Building a United Front: Strengthening Transatlantic Defense Cooperation with Ukraine
🗓️ November 27, 2025
11:15-12:45 CET
📍 Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 3rd floor, Brussels
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🗓️ November 27, 2025
11:15-12:45 CET
📍 Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 3rd floor, Brussels
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November 21, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Building a United Front: Strengthening Transatlantic Defense Cooperation with Ukraine
🗓️ November 27, 2025
11:15-12:45 CET
📍 Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 3rd floor, Brussels
🔗 Register to join: www.gmfus.org/event/buildi...
🗓️ November 27, 2025
11:15-12:45 CET
📍 Residence Palace, Rue de la Loi 155, 3rd floor, Brussels
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This morning, GMF’s Bonnie Glaser testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to review the implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and discuss future opportunities for US-Taiwan cooperation.
November 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This morning, GMF’s Bonnie Glaser testified in front of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to review the implementation of the Taiwan Enhanced Resilience Act and discuss future opportunities for US-Taiwan cooperation.
This morning, GMF's Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific program, Bonnie Glaser, testified at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining US policy towards Taiwan.
➡️ Watch the testimony: www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/rev...
➡️ Watch the testimony: www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/rev...
REVIEWING IMPLEMENTATION OF THE TAIWAN ENHANCED RESILIENCE ACT AND FUTURE OPPORTUNITIES FOR U.S.-TAIWAN COOPERATION | United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Full Committee Hearing on Thursday, November 20th, 2025 IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE BUSINESS MEETING
www.foreign.senate.gov
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
This morning, GMF's Managing Director of the Indo-Pacific program, Bonnie Glaser, testified at the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing examining US policy towards Taiwan.
➡️ Watch the testimony: www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/rev...
➡️ Watch the testimony: www.foreign.senate.gov/hearings/rev...
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Hungary’s 2026 Elections: The Stakes and Challenges
🗓️ November 26, 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CET
📍 Online
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🗓️ November 26, 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CET
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November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
📣 𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗩𝗶𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁: Hungary’s 2026 Elections: The Stakes and Challenges
🗓️ November 26, 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CET
📍 Online
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🗓️ November 26, 2025
15:00 – 16:30 CET
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🎤 At the Belgrade Security Conference, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer delivered a clear message: The Western Balkans are not just part of Europe’s past—they are central to its future.
🌍 GMF is proud to stand with changemakers across the Balkans.
🌍 GMF is proud to stand with changemakers across the Balkans.
November 19, 2025 at 10:36 PM
🎤 At the Belgrade Security Conference, GMF President Alexandra de Hoop Scheffer delivered a clear message: The Western Balkans are not just part of Europe’s past—they are central to its future.
🌍 GMF is proud to stand with changemakers across the Balkans.
🌍 GMF is proud to stand with changemakers across the Balkans.
📣 Upcoming Event: Disinformation Frontlines: Unpacking China and Russia’s Strategies of Covert Influence
🗓️ November 25, 2025
18:00 – 20:00 CET
📍 Rue de la Loi 115, 1040 Brussels
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🗓️ November 25, 2025
18:00 – 20:00 CET
📍 Rue de la Loi 115, 1040 Brussels
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Disinformation Frontlines: Unpacking China and Russia’s Strategies of Covert Influence
Coordinated hybrid campaigns led by Russia and China are increasingly targeting institutions, exploiting vulnerabilities, eroding trust, and reshaping narratives in Europe’s democracies. From…
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November 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
📣 Upcoming Event: Disinformation Frontlines: Unpacking China and Russia’s Strategies of Covert Influence
🗓️ November 25, 2025
18:00 – 20:00 CET
📍 Rue de la Loi 115, 1040 Brussels
🔗 Register to join: www.gmfus.org/event/disinf...
🗓️ November 25, 2025
18:00 – 20:00 CET
📍 Rue de la Loi 115, 1040 Brussels
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📈 In the latest roundup of the competitiveness check, GMF experts highlight mounting divide on Europe's sustainability legislation, Washington's trade deals, and the top five transatlantic trade-related developments.
➡️ Read the full roundup here: www.gmfus.org/news/competi...
➡️ Read the full roundup here: www.gmfus.org/news/competi...
Competitiveness Check—November 18 Edition
The Quick Take
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November 19, 2025 at 3:24 PM
📈 In the latest roundup of the competitiveness check, GMF experts highlight mounting divide on Europe's sustainability legislation, Washington's trade deals, and the top five transatlantic trade-related developments.
➡️ Read the full roundup here: www.gmfus.org/news/competi...
➡️ Read the full roundup here: www.gmfus.org/news/competi...
🇺🇦 The Ukrainian corruption scandal that erupted last week is growing into the largest corruption scandal since Ukraine’s independence.
Yermak Must Go: Zelenskyy’s Anti-Corruption Test
The Ukrainian corruption scandal that erupted on November 10—when it came to light that contractors of the state-owned nuclear energy company had paid $100 million in kickbacks to a “criminal…
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November 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
🇺🇦 The Ukrainian corruption scandal that erupted last week is growing into the largest corruption scandal since Ukraine’s independence.
On November 14, GMF hosted a roundtable on “Strengthening Health Security in an Era of International Uncertainty” in Washington with GMF’s Yukimasa Matsuzawa, Schmidt Initiative for Long COVID’s Adam Tewell, and CSIS’s Erika Elvander.
November 18, 2025 at 5:36 PM
On November 14, GMF hosted a roundtable on “Strengthening Health Security in an Era of International Uncertainty” in Washington with GMF’s Yukimasa Matsuzawa, Schmidt Initiative for Long COVID’s Adam Tewell, and CSIS’s Erika Elvander.
GMF’s Sudha David-Wilp spoke to Bloomberg about the shifting public perception of Germany’s current chancellor:
"There are people in his caucus who are questioning all of the chancellor's talk and asking themselves, where are the results? But the outlook is grim.”
"There are people in his caucus who are questioning all of the chancellor's talk and asking themselves, where are the results? But the outlook is grim.”
Germans Are Running Short on Patience With Their Stumbling Chancellor
When Friedrich Merz became Germany’s chancellor this year, he promised to revive a moribund economy, rebuild the nation’s neglected infrastructure and make the country relevant on the global stage…
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November 17, 2025 at 9:41 PM
GMF’s Sudha David-Wilp spoke to Bloomberg about the shifting public perception of Germany’s current chancellor:
"There are people in his caucus who are questioning all of the chancellor's talk and asking themselves, where are the results? But the outlook is grim.”
"There are people in his caucus who are questioning all of the chancellor's talk and asking themselves, where are the results? But the outlook is grim.”
🇪🇪 This morning, GMF hosted a roundtable discussion with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.
Moderated by GMF’s Kristine Berzina, the talk focused on ways to deepen cooperation among NATO allies and partners amid Russia’s intensifying hybrid threats in the Baltic region and across Europe.
Moderated by GMF’s Kristine Berzina, the talk focused on ways to deepen cooperation among NATO allies and partners amid Russia’s intensifying hybrid threats in the Baltic region and across Europe.
November 17, 2025 at 4:17 PM
🇪🇪 This morning, GMF hosted a roundtable discussion with Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna.
Moderated by GMF’s Kristine Berzina, the talk focused on ways to deepen cooperation among NATO allies and partners amid Russia’s intensifying hybrid threats in the Baltic region and across Europe.
Moderated by GMF’s Kristine Berzina, the talk focused on ways to deepen cooperation among NATO allies and partners amid Russia’s intensifying hybrid threats in the Baltic region and across Europe.
🇪🇺 This week, the European Parliament voted to weaken two flagship sustainability directives — the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, scaling back firms’ obligations on climate plans, liability, and reporting.
Pivot and Slash
The European Parliament voted on November 13 to weaken the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD) and scale back its Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). These…
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November 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
🇪🇺 This week, the European Parliament voted to weaken two flagship sustainability directives — the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive and the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive, scaling back firms’ obligations on climate plans, liability, and reporting.
After a major anti-corruption scandal shook Ukraine in July, the government is facing a new test. This week, Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies charged Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov with illicit enrichment, with others implicated in the scheme.
Ukraine’s Corruption Scandal Part Two: How Zelenskyy Can Get Ahead of It
The corruption investigation rocking Kyiv this week is part two of the Ukrainian anti-corruption scandal that erupted in July, triggering the biggest protests in a decade and strident international…
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November 14, 2025 at 11:04 AM
After a major anti-corruption scandal shook Ukraine in July, the government is facing a new test. This week, Ukraine’s anti-corruption agencies charged Ukraine’s Deputy Prime Minister Chernyshov with illicit enrichment, with others implicated in the scheme.
🇺🇦 Today, GMF hosted a roundtable luncheon with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Olha Stefanishyna.
The event, hosted by Alexandra de Hoop Schefferr and moderated by Josh Rudolph, covered a wide range of topics on the transatlantic community’s evolving relationship with Ukraine.
The event, hosted by Alexandra de Hoop Schefferr and moderated by Josh Rudolph, covered a wide range of topics on the transatlantic community’s evolving relationship with Ukraine.
November 13, 2025 at 9:09 PM
🇺🇦 Today, GMF hosted a roundtable luncheon with Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States, Olha Stefanishyna.
The event, hosted by Alexandra de Hoop Schefferr and moderated by Josh Rudolph, covered a wide range of topics on the transatlantic community’s evolving relationship with Ukraine.
The event, hosted by Alexandra de Hoop Schefferr and moderated by Josh Rudolph, covered a wide range of topics on the transatlantic community’s evolving relationship with Ukraine.
On November 6, the US hosted its first C5+1 summit with Central Asian leaders at the White House. The summit marked a milestone in US–Central Asia relations, with nearly twenty new agreements announced in what officials dubbed the “Deal Zone.”
Beyond the “Deal Zone”: Future US-Central Asia Negotiations Must Include Transparency Standards
Given Central Asian leaders’ goals going into the first C5+1 summit to be held at the White House, the November 6 meeting was a success. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick helmed a “Deal Zone” at…
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
On November 6, the US hosted its first C5+1 summit with Central Asian leaders at the White House. The summit marked a milestone in US–Central Asia relations, with nearly twenty new agreements announced in what officials dubbed the “Deal Zone.”
🇹🇷🇷🇴 Last week, TEPAV and GMF’s Ankara office hosted a dicussion with Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana-Silvia Țoiu, moderated by Amb. Emeritus N. Murat Ersavcı. The dicussion covered regional security, economic integration, energy resilience, and educational cooperation.
Key takeaways👇
Key takeaways👇
November 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🇹🇷🇷🇴 Last week, TEPAV and GMF’s Ankara office hosted a dicussion with Romanian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Oana-Silvia Țoiu, moderated by Amb. Emeritus N. Murat Ersavcı. The dicussion covered regional security, economic integration, energy resilience, and educational cooperation.
Key takeaways👇
Key takeaways👇
"All these moves, including the activities around the ‘Taiwan retrocession’ Day, suggest that Beijing is more aggressively pressing for progress toward reunification,” said GMF’s Bonnie Glaser in an interview with the Guardian.
China sharpens its language on Taiwan as part of ‘longer-term’ strategy
A series of statements, articles, photos and even a new national holiday indicate a shift in Beijing’s stance over the island, analysts say
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November 12, 2025 at 8:37 PM
"All these moves, including the activities around the ‘Taiwan retrocession’ Day, suggest that Beijing is more aggressively pressing for progress toward reunification,” said GMF’s Bonnie Glaser in an interview with the Guardian.
On October 30, US President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, for their first face-to-face meeting in 6 years. There was a lot at stake, not just for the US and China, but also for the rest of the world. The result was what can best be described as a fragile truce.
China Global Podcast - Episode #80 - Ft. Dennis Wilder
On October 30, US President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea. It was their first face-to-face meeting in 6 years. There was a lot at stake in this meeting for the US and…
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November 12, 2025 at 2:04 PM
On October 30, US President Trump and China’s leader Xi Jinping met in Busan, South Korea, for their first face-to-face meeting in 6 years. There was a lot at stake, not just for the US and China, but also for the rest of the world. The result was what can best be described as a fragile truce.