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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende: Setting New Priorities in Foreign\, Security\, and Energy Policy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 27\, the Seattle Warburg Chapter and the World Affairs Council in Seattle will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador (ret.) Stefan Schlüter\, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office in Berlin. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.world-affairs.org%2Fevent%2Fgermanys-zeitenwende-setting-new-priorities-in-foreign-security-and-energy-policy%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1666113021638{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stefan Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg\, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. His first foreign assignments brought him to Buenos Aires and Algiers. From 1986 to 1990\, he served as the spokesman of the German Embassy in Tel Aviv before returning to the Foreign Office in Bonn as desk officer for the Maghreb countries. From 1992 to 1995\, he served as Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles before returning to Bonn as Deputy Director for the southern part of Latin America. From 2000 to 2004\, he was posted to the United States a second time\, and served as Deputy Consul General in New York City before moving to Buenos Aires as Deputy Chief of Mission. In 2007\, he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin to assume the position of Director for Conflict Prevention\, Peace-Building\, Democracy Promotion\, and State-Building\, furthering German projects in this field worldwide. In 2010\, he was appointed Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean Region\, residing in Port of Spain\, Trinidad and Tobago\, before moving on to his last assignment as Consul General in San Francisco in 2014.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-setting-new-priorities-in-foreign-security-and-energy-policy-4/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T120000
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SUMMARY:Thoughts and Hopes:  The Transatlantic Partnership in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 28\, the Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Berlin\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and Chairman of the American Council on Germany. \nAmbassador John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany at the Council’s Annual Meeting of the Members on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, from 2013 to 2017. In 2015\, Ambassador Emerson received the State Department’s Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service\, an award given annually to one non-career Ambassador. In 2017\, the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the CIA awarded him their highest civilian honors for his service. \nBefore going to Berlin\, he was the President of Capital Group Private Client Services from 1997 to July 2013. Previously\, he served on President Clinton’s senior staff\, from 1993 to 1997\, as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel\, and subsequently as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Ambassador Emerson also coordinated the Economic Conference of the Clinton-Gore transition team and led the Administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994\, and the extension of China’s Most-Favored-Nation trading status in 1996. In 2010\, President Obama appointed Ambassador Emerson to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Earlier in his career\, Ambassador Emerson served as the Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney\, from 1987 to 1993. \nIn 1988\, he traveled to Germany on an ACG Political Exchange Fellowship\, carried out in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Before that\, he was a Partner at Manatt\, Phelps & Phillips\, specializing in business and entertainment litigation and administrative law.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-amb-emerson-in-la-tickets-464700480647″ css=”.vc_custom_1668014929547{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/thoughts-and-hopes-the-transatlantic-partnership-in-turbulent-times/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T120000
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SUMMARY:Bridge Over Troubled Water:   The Transatlantic Relationship in an Era of Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG-Los Angeles for a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner\, the Executive Director of Aspen Institute Germany. \nDr. Stormy-Annika Mildner (M.Sc.) became Director of the Aspen Institute Germany in Berlin\, a renowned policy-oriented think tank focusing on transatlantic relations and issues of global importance\, in January 2021. As an adjunct professor\, she teaches political economy at the Hertie School. From 2014 to 2020\, she served as head of the External Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI)\, where she was responsible for international trade and investment issues. She spearheaded the German Business7 Presidency (2015) and the German Business20 Presidency (2016-2017) as Sherpa. Prior to joining BDI\, she was member of the Board of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)\, worked as a lecturer at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin\, and headed the Globalization and the World Economy program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She completed research fellowships at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington. She earned a Master of Science in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin. During her doctoral studies\, she conducted a one-year fellowship at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-dr-stormy-annika-mildner-in-la-tickets-473388988207″ css=”.vc_custom_1669223872220{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/bridge-over-troubled-water-the-transatlantic-relationship-in-an-era-of-insecurity/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T120000
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SUMMARY:One Year Later: Russia’s War in Ukraine\, Germany’s Policy Pivot\, and Implications for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg Chapter and the University of Chicago International House will host a discussion and luncheon wth Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgermanys-policy-pivot-on-russias-war-in-ukraine-with-metin-hakverdi-tickets-513436350947″ css=”.vc_custom_1674137872227{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Budget Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. \nMr. Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was a distinguished visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in 2019 and a 2020 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (CES). He is a member of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/one-year-later-russias-war-in-ukraine-germanys-policy-pivot-and-implications-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T080000
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SUMMARY:Understanding Germany’s Zeitenwende One Year On
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Cleveland Warburg Chapter and the World Affairs Council of Cleveland will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Liana Fix\, Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fbreakfast-briefing-with-dr-liana-fix-in-cleveland-tickets-603787533767″ css=”.vc_custom_1680271776241{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Liana Fix is a Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations\, based in Washington\, DC. Previously\, she served in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has been published widely in academia\, think tanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nWith thanks to the Cleveland Council on World Affairs for supporting this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/understanding-germanys-zeitenwende-one-year-on/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230413T133000
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SUMMARY:Common Concerns and Opportunities?  Addressing Transatlantic Challenges for the Decades Ahead
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Bundestag Members Isabel Cademartori\, Matthias David Mieves\, and Dr. Lina Seitzl.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-members-of-the-bundestag-tickets-597943594387″ css=”.vc_custom_1680125531821{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Isabel Cademartori (SPD) has served as Member of the Bundestag since 2021. She currently is a member of the Committee for Housing\, Urban Development\, Construction and Communities\, as well as the Transportation Committee\, and the Health Committee. Her career started in communal politics as a member of the Municipal Council of Mannheim. She holds a Master’s degree in Business and Economics Education from the University of Mannheim. \nMatthias David Mieves (SPD) is a Member of Parliament currently serving on the Digital Committee\, the Health Committee and the Committee on Climate Protection and Energy. Prior to his time in office\, he worked as Head of Innovation Portfolio & Investment Management for the Deutsche Telekom AG. Mr. Mieves holds a Degree in Business Economics from the University of Mannheim as well as a diploma in business administration. \nDr. Lina Seitzl (SPD) was elected to the German Bundestag as a Member of Parliament in 2021. She serves on the Committee on the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection\, the Committee on Education\, Research and Technology Assessment\, as well as the Economic Committee\, and the Subcommittee on Global Health. Before her time in the Bundestag\, she held a lecturer position at St. Gallen University and led various research projects focused on Political Economy. Dr. Seitzl holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science and Administration from University of Konstanz and a PhD in Political Science from St. Gallen University. \nHeld in partnership with the Friedrich Ebert Foundation. With special thanks to Sidley Austin LLP for hosting this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/common-concerns-and-opportunities-addressing-transatlantic-challenges-for-the-decades-ahead/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T193000
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SUMMARY:Iran's Revolutionary Process and the Role of the West
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Philadelphia Warburg Chapter and German Society Of Pennsylvania will host a discussion with Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad\, Founder and Director\, Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG) and 2022 McCloy Global Trends Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-reception-in-philadelphia-with-dr-ali-fathollah-nejad-tickets-619773367827″ css=”.vc_custom_1682025513728{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German–Iranian political scientist focusing on Iran\, the Middle East\, and the post-unipolar world order. He is a 2022 ACG McCloy Fellow on Global Trends\, exploring how transatlantic foreign policy toward authoritarian states could reconcile interests and values. Also\, he is an Associate Fellow with the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (AUB-IFI)\, where he publishes a monthly brief entitled »Iran in Focus« (previously published as »Iran 1400 Brief«). He is the author of the much-acclaimed book Iran in an Emerging New World Order: From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani (2021)\, as well as initiator and co-host of the Berlin Mideast Podcast (Konrad Adenauer Foundation). He is also an affiliated researcher with the Centre d’Études de la Coopération Internationale et du Développement (CECID) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Freie Universität (FU) Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics. \nDr. Fathollah-Nejad has taught globalization and development in the Middle East\, contemporary Iran\, the Arab Revolts\, and great-power politics at the University of Tübingen (as Senior Lecturer in Middle East and Comparative Politics)\, in the Ph.D. program of Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center\, at FU Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics\, the University of Westminster\, SOAS\, etc. Due to COVID-19\, his Visiting Professorship at the Centre for International Studies of the University of Economics in Prague is postponed. \nDr. Fathollah-Nejad is the former Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in Doha (BDC\, 2017–20) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP\, 2015–18). In 2020\, he published two monographs: The Islamic Republic of Iran Four Decades On: The 2017/18 Protests Amid a Triple Crisis\, where he suggested the start of a long-term revolutionary process in Iran\, and The Politics of Culture in Times of Rapprochement: European Cultural and Academic Exchange with Iran (2015–16). \nHe holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London) and was the winner of 2016/17 post-doctoral fellowship of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Iran Project. His about 300 analytical pieces in English\, German\, and French have been translated into a dozen languages. A frequent speaker at academic conferences and political forums\, he regularly contributes to leading international media outlets in English\, German\, and French – and is fluent in German\, French\, English\, and Persian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/irans-revolutionary-process-and-the-role-of-the-west/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230515T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230515T193000
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Security and Geopolitical Consequences  After Russia’s Unprovoked War Against Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The San Francisco Warburg Chapter and the Hanns Seidel Stiftung will host a discussion and reception with Lieutenant General Ben Hodge\, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and Retired Commanding General of the United States Army Europe.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-reception-in-san-francisco-with-lt-gen-ben-hodges-tickets-615138314257″ css=”.vc_custom_1682025814147{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. Based in Frankfurt\, he is currently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First and a NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions\, including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division\, in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South\, in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). General Hodges is co-author of the book Future War and the Defence of Europe\, published by Oxford University Press.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-security-and-geopolitical-consequences-after-russias-unprovoked-war-against-ukraine/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230517T193000
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Security and Geopolitical Consequences  After Russia’s Unprovoked War Against Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter and the Hanns Seidel Foundation will host a discussion and reception with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and Retired Commanding General of United States Army Europe in conversation with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, Former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and Chairman of the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-reception-in-los-angeles-with-lt-gen-ben-hodges-tickets-615949370147″ css=”.vc_custom_1682026057054{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. Based in Frankfurt\, he is currently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First and a NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions\, including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division\, in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South\, in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). General Hodges is co-author of the book Future War and the Defence of Europe\, published by Oxford University Press. \nAmbassador John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany at the Council’s Annual Meeting of the Members on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, from 2013 to 2017. In 2015\, Ambassador Emerson received the State Department’s Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service\, an award given annually to one non-career Ambassador. In 2017\, the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the CIA awarded him their highest civilian honors for his service. \nBefore going to Berlin\, he was the President of Capital Group Private Client Services from 1997 to July 2013. Previously\, he served on President Clinton’s senior staff\, from 1993 to 1997\, as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel\, and subsequently as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Ambassador Emerson also coordinated the Economic Conference of the Clinton-Gore transition team and led the Administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994\, and the extension of China’s Most-Favored-Nation trading status in 1996. In 2010\, President Obama appointed Ambassador Emerson to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Earlier in his career\, Ambassador Emerson served as the Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney\, from 1987 to 1993. In 1988\, he traveled to Germany on an ACG Political Exchange Fellowship\, carried out in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Before that\, he was a Partner at Manatt\, Phelps & Phillips\, specializing in business and entertainment litigation and administrative law.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-security-and-geopolitical-consequences-after-russias-unprovoked-war-against-ukraine-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230620T200000
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SUMMARY:The Deutschlandbild in America:  Reporting from the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG and the Freundeskreis der CDU in Washington\, DC\, for a discussion with journalists Majid Sattar and Juliane Schäuble..[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fjune-20-in-dc-discussion-reception-on-the-deutschlandbild-in-america-tickets-643829119227″ css=”.vc_custom_1685982660656{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \n\n\nMajid Sattar is the North America Correspondent for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, a role he has been in since he moved to Washington\, DC\, in 2018. He covers the U.S. federal government\, electoral campaigns\, and U.S. foreign relations. Mr. Sattar began his career at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2000\, in online editing. In 2004\, he became a political editor\, then in 2010\, he spent 10 years living in Berlin as a parliamentary editor for the newspaper. Mr. Sattar has a degree in political science and history from the University of Freiburg\, and he completed both a study abroad and a research fellowship in the U.S. \nJuliane Schäuble is the U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel\, Berlin’s biggest newspaper. Before she moved to Washington\, DC\, in June 2018 she was the head of the political department of the paper where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than twelve years of experience in the business and the political department of Der Tagesspiegel. \nMs. Schäuble earned her Master’s in Political Science at the University in Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part-time for the “American Council of Young Political Leaders” (“Washington Semester Program”). \nDr. Steven E. Sokol (moderator) is the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the ACG. Earlier in his career\, Dr. Sokol served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He was awarded a Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit) in 2022 for his work to strengthen German-American relations. \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-deutschlandbild-in-america-reporting-from-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Other Programs
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UID:10000906-1700555400-1700560800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Germany’s Foreign Policy Outlook in Times of Crisis and Conflict
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 21\, the Denver Warburg Chapter of the ACG and the Denver Council on Foreign Relations will host a roundtable discussion with Ralf Beste\, Director-General for Culture and Society at the German Federal Foreign Office\, on“Germany’s Foreign Policy Outlook in Times of Crisis and Conflict.” \nRalf Beste is a German diplomat and former journalist. He currently serves as the Director-General for Culture and Society at the German Federal Foreign Office. From September 2019 until March 2022\, he was Germany’s Ambassador to Austria. Prior to that\, he was Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff in the Foreign Office\, where he was responsible for the 2014 “Review of German Foreign Policy.” He became the Director of the Policy Planning staff in 2017. \nFrom 1996 until 2000\, he was the Parliamentary Correspondent for the Berliner Zeitung – first in Bonn and then in Berlin. In 2001\, he moved to the Berlin Bureau of Der Spiegel\, where he reported on foreign and security policy and the Greens. \nMr. Beste studied History in Bochum\, Bielefeld\, and Baltimore\, and holds Master’s degrees from Bielefeld University and The Johns Hopkins University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-foreign-policy-outlook-in-times-of-crisis-and-conflict/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231206T100000
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UID:10000914-1701849600-1701856800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Stronger Together? German-American Cooperation in Times of Conflict in Ukraine and Israel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Philadelphia Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and the German Society of Pennsylvania are pleased to invite you to a breakfast briefing with Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation in the Federal Foreign Office and Member of the Bundestag (FDP)[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.germansociety.org%2Fclasses%2Fbreakfast-briefing-with-michael-georg-link%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1700518444911{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, where he represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He is the Spokesperson on Europe of the FDP Parliamentary Group\, and since March 2022\, he has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office. In addition\, Mr. Link is a member of the party council of the European Liberals (ALDE) and a member of the FDP national executive board in his capacity as party Treasurer. He is a member of Heilbronn City Council and also Chairperson of the FDP association in that city. From January 2012 to December 2013\, he was Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation. In particular\, he was responsible for relations with the United Nations\, the European Union\, the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, and NATO\, as well as bilateral relations with the United States and Canada. After his military service\, Mr. Link studied Russian and French at the universities of Augsburg\, Lausanne\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/stronger-together-german-american-cooperation-in-times-of-conflict-in-ukraine-and-israel/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231215T080000
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CREATED:20231208T161311Z
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SUMMARY:The Shifting Geo-Economic Landscape: A German Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Pittsburgh Committee on Foreign Relations will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Christian Forwick\, Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations\, Trade Policy\, and America in the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org. \nChristian Forwick has served as the Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations\, Trade Policy\, and America in the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action since July 2018. Prior to this\, he was head of the Ministry’s budget division. After starting his career in the public administration in 1994\, he worked for many years in the area of foreign economic relations\, starting with bilateral relations with South Africa\, followed by export financing and export promotion\, and finally specializing in trade policy. He spent several years at the German Mission to the WTO in Geneva and in the department of Foreign Economic Relations in the Federal Chancellery. \nMr. Forwick grew up in Spain and began his academic career in Ecuador (Quito). He studied law in Germany (Saarbruecken\, Muenster\, and Hamburg) and Switzerland (Geneva). He holds a PhD from the University of Muenster and spent a year as a visiting scholar at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas\, TX.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-shifting-geo-economic-landscape-a-german-perspective-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240108T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240108T210000
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UID:10000924-1704740400-1704747600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:From Digitalization to Transportation: Understanding Germany’s Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On January 8\, the American Council on Germany will host a discussion and dinner with Dr. Volker Wissing\, Federal Minister for Digital and Transport and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP) on “From Digitalization to Transportation: Understanding Germany’s Economy” \nPrice: $95 for dues-paying ACG Members; $125 Non-Members \nDr. Volker Wissing has been the Federal Minister for Digital and Transport since December 2021. He is a Member of the Bundestag for the Free Democratic Party (FDP)\, representing the Südpfalz. From 2020 to 2021\, he served as the Secretary General of the FDP. Previously\, he was a member of the state parliament of Rhineland-Platinate and served as Deputy Minister-President of the state and as the Minister for Economic Affairs\, Transportation\, Agriculture\, and Viticulture from 2016 to 2021. Dr. Wissing was a Member of the Bundestag from 2004 to 2013\, and served as the Chair of the Bundestag’s Finance Committee from 2009 to 2011 and as the Deputy Chair of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag from 2011 to 2013. Since 2013\, he has been a member of the FDP’s Executive Committee. \nA lawyer by training\, Dr. Wissing was a judge and public prosecutor in Zweibrücken and Landau in der Pfalz from 1997 to 1999\, and was appointed judge at the district court in Landau in der Pfalz in 2001. He studied Law in Saarbrücken and Freiburg.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ffrom-digitalization-to-transportation-understanding-germanys-economy-tickets-778430635987%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1703002342674{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/from-digitalization-to-transportation-understanding-germanys-economy/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240117T140000
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SUMMARY:Discussion and luncheon with Ambassador Andreas Michaelis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte will host a discussion and luncheon in Charlotte\, NC with H.E. Andreas Michaelis\, German Ambassador to the United States. \nAndreas Michaelis has been the German Ambassador to the United States since August 2023. Previously\, he served as State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin. Ambassador Michaelis joined the German Foreign Service in 1989. He served as Private Secretary to the Minister of State at the Foreign Office\, at the Embassy in Tel Aviv\, and subsequently held several positions in Bonn and Berlin including Spokesman of the Federal Foreign Office. He then served as Ambassador to the Republic of Singapore\, as Director for Asian and Pacific Affairs\, and as Director for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs and North Africa at the Foreign Office before being appointed Ambassador to the State of Israel and then Political Director of the Federal Foreign Office. From 2018 to 2020\, he served as State Secretary for the first time; from 2020 to 2022\, he was Germany’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom; from 2022 to 2023 he again served as State Secretary.\nAndreas Michaelis studied Political Sciences and Philosophy at the Universities of Hanover and Oxford.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/discussion-and-luncheon-with-ambassador-andreas-michaelis/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240205T180000
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SUMMARY:Germany in the World:  A Global Outlook
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 5\, the ACG will host a discussion and reception in Washington\, DC with Bundestag Member Metin Hakverdi (SPD). \nFor more information\, please emails events@acgusa.org. \nMetin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Budget Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. \nMr. Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was a distinguished visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in 2019 and a 2020 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (CES). He is a member of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germany-in-the-world-a-global-outlook/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T140000
DTSTAMP:20260404T003337
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UID:10000936-1707395400-1707400800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Political Developments and the Urban-Rural Divide  in Germany and the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a roundtable discussion and luncheon with a delegation of Members of the Bundestag from the CDU including Stefan Rouenhoff\, Franziska Hoppermann\, Maximilian Mörseburg\, and Catarina dos Santos-Wintz. \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/political-developments-and-the-urban-rural-divide-in-germany-and-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240208T180000
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SUMMARY:A Global Outlook: Germany in the World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 8\, the Boston Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD). This event is held in partnership with the Consulate General of Germany in Boston\, the Goethe Institut\, and the German-American Business Council of Boston.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fa-global-outlook-germany-in-the-world-tickets-803402828487″ css=”.vc_custom_1706203285788{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in Hamburg-Harburg in 2021 was resounding — with nearly 40 percent of the vote. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2000.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-global-outlook-germany-in-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240222T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240222T190000
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SUMMARY:Reflections on German-American Relations  in an Election Year
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 22\, the ACG and the Pittsburgh Committee on Foreign Relations will host a discussion and reception with David Gill\, Consul General of Germany in New York. \nDavid Gill has been the German Consul General in New York since August 20217. He grew up in a protestant minister’s family in Herrnhut\, Saxony\, in former East Germany. He was denied a higher education by the communist regime for political reasons. Instead\, he trained and worked as a plumber before joining a preparatory protestant school and later the theological seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. \nIn 1990\, Mr. Gill initially was the chairman of Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee which oversaw the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security at the Stasi headquarters and served as the secretary of the Special Committee for the dissolution of the Stasi of the East German Parliament. After reunification\, he became spokesman and head of the research division of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi-Files before studying law in Berlin and Philadelphia. After holding positions in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and at the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin\, he served as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. During Federal President Joachim Gauck’s term from 2012–2017\, Mr. Gill served as State Secretary and Chief of Staff of the President. \n  \nDiscussion and Reception[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fform.jotform.com%2F240384158753158″ css=”.vc_custom_1707846740157{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/reflections-on-german-american-relations-in-an-election-year/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T190000
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SUMMARY:U.S.-German Relations in a Multipolar World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG’s Nashville Warburg Chapter and the Tennessee World Affairs Council will host a discussion and reception with Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Ministry and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org \nMichael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, where he represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He is the Spokesperson on Europe of the FDP Parliamentary Group\, and since March 2022\, he has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office. In addition\, Mr. Link is a member of the party council of the European Liberals (ALDE) and a member of the FDP national executive board in his capacity as party Treasurer. He is a member of the Heilbronn City Council and also the Chairperson of the FDP association in that city. From January 2012 to December 2013\, he was Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation. In particular\, he was responsible for relations with the United Nations\, the European Union\, the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, and NATO\, as well as bilateral relations with the United States and Canada. After his military service\, Mr. Link studied Russian and French at the universities of Augsburg\, Lausanne\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/u-s-german-relations-in-a-multipolar-world/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T200000
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SUMMARY:Foreign Correspondent: Dream or Nightmare? The Concept of Freedom in the United States and Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut invite you to a series of discussions throughout the United States highlighting how German and American journalists based in the United States currently see political and social developments in Germany\, the United States\, and internationally. \nPlease join us on April 4\, for our first event in the series. No other concept is more closely associated with the American self-image than that of freedom – be it liberation from former colonial masters\, individual or economic freedom\, freedom of speech\, or religious freedom. However\, the strong emphasis on the idea of freedom as well as the diversity of its forms of expression has led to internal tensions. \nOver the course of the series\, our speakers will address a range of topics that affect citizens in both countries. What strikes them most about current trends in Germany and the United States and the political discourse? What surprises them? In which direction(s) is the United States developing? What impact does this have on Germany – and the future of the transatlantic partnership? \nFollowing the in-person gatherings\, the discussions will be released as podcasts — and available wherever you find podcasts.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforeign-correspondent-dream-or-nightmare-freedom-in-the-us-and-germany-tickets-780913121167″ css=”.vc_custom_1711397848803{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Susan B. Glasser is a staff writer at The New Yorker\, where she writes a weekly column on life in Washington. Ms. Glasser has served as the top editor of several Washington publications\, including Politico\, where she founded the award-winning Politico Magazine\, and Foreign Policy\, which won three National Magazine Awards\, among other honors\, during her tenure as editor-in-chief. Before that\, she worked for a decade at the Washington Post\, where she was the editor of Outlook and national news. She also oversaw coverage of the impeachment of Bill Clinton\, served as a reporter covering the intersection of money and politics\, spent four years as the Post’s Moscow co-bureau chief\, and covered the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. She edited Roll Call\, a Capitol Hill newspaper\, early in her career. \nHer books include “Kremlin Rising\,” “The Man Who Ran Washington\,” and\, most recently\, “The Divider\,” a best-selling history of Donald Trump in the White House\, which she co-wrote with her husband\, Peter Baker. \nJulian Heißler\, born in 1983\, has worked as the U.S. correspondent for WirtschaftsWoche in Washington DC since 2018. Prior to that\, he spent several years in Berlin writing about German federal politics for various media outlets. He studied Communication Studies\, Political Science\, and Philosophy at the Free University of Berlin and completed the master’s program in Journalism at the Hamburg Media School. He also reported from countries such as China\, Israel\, Lithuania\, the Czech Republic\, and Finland. His book “Dream and Nightmare: America and the Many Faces of Freedom” was published in German in October 2023. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol (moderator) has been the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany since 2015. He served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh from 2010 until 2015. Prior to that\, he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany for nearly eight years. Dr. Sokol has served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and was a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/foreign-correspondent-dream-or-nightmare-the-concept-of-freedom-in-the-united-states-and-germany/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240408T200000
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SUMMARY:Making the Case for Supporting Ukraine at Home and Abroad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception in Washington\, DC with Omid Nouripour\, Co-Chair of the Greens and Member of the Bundestag. \nOmid Nouripour joined the Green Party in 1996 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2006\, representing the Frankfurt/Main II district. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs\, the Finance Committee\, and the Defense Committee. In addition to these committees\, he was chairman of the German-Ukrainian Parliamentary Friendship Group from 2018-2021. Since February 2022\, Mr. Nouripour has been Co-chair of Alliance 90/The Greens. Prior to that he served as the foreign policy spokesperson for the party from 2013 to 2021. Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Nouripour was a member of the national executive committee of Alliance 90/The Greens from 2002 to 2006. \nMr. Nouripour came to Frankfurt/Main from Tehran\, Iran with his family at the age of thirteen. From 1996 to 2004\, he attended the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz\, where he studied an array of fields\, including German\, political science\, law\, sociology\, philosophy\, and economics. He is a board member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V.\, a member of the Advisory Council of the Berghof Foundation\, and a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2F876648588527%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1712160631509{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/making-the-case-for-supporting-ukraine-at-home-and-abroad-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240425T200000
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SUMMARY:Going Too Far?  Tolerance\, Wokeness\, and the Trouble with it All
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On April 25\, the ACG and the Goethe-Institut Washington\, DC will host a discussion and reception with René Pfister\, U.S. Correspondent for Der Spiegel\, Charles Lane\, Deputy Opinion Editor and Columnist at The Washington Post\, and moderated by Dr. Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill\, Director of the Bipartisan Policy Center’s Campus Free Expression Project. \nTo register\, please click here \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut in Washington DC on April 25th for the second in our series Foreign Correspondent Unplugged\, which delves into current political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. At this event\, we will explore issues around political correctness and threats to freedom of speech. The discussion will examine how current ideological norms are increasingly influencing freedom of expression in the Western world\, particularly in Europe and the USA. As we approach the European parliamentary elections in June and the U.S. presidential election in November\, understanding the nuances and impacts of the ideological shifts on freedom of speech is increasingly critical. \n  \nRené Pfister studied Political Science and attended the German School of Journalism in Munich. He was a reporter at the news agencies ddp and Reuters in Berlin. In 2004\, he began working for DER SPIEGEL’s Berlin office\, which he headed for several years. Since mid-2019\, he has been DER SPIEGEL’s Bureau Chief in Washington\, D.C. His best-selling book\, Ein Falsches Wort – “One Wrong Word: How a New Left-Wing Ideology from America Threatens Our Freedom of Expression” – was published in 2022. \n  \nCharles Lane is Deputy Opinion Editor of The Washington Post and a Columnist for the paper’s op-ed page. A finalist for the 2009 Pulitzer Prize in editorial writing\, he also served as the Post’s Supreme Court correspondent between 2000 and 2007. A former editor of The New Republic\, Mr. Lane has also worked as a writer and foreign correspondent for Newsweek\, covering civil wars in the Balkans and Central America during the 1980s and 1990s. He is a frequent commentator on television and radio. He is the author of two works of history about post-Civil War America\, “Freedom’s Detective: The Secret Service\, the Ku Klux Klan and the Man Who Masterminded America’s First War on Terror” and “The Day Freedom Died: The Colfax Massacre\, the Supreme Court and the Betrayal of Reconstruction.” \n  \nDr. Jacqueline Pfeffer Merrill (moderator) directs the Campus Free Expression Project at the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC). She works with senior college leaders to provide consultative assistance and expertise in approaches that will support a campus culture that is diverse\, inclusive\, and open to robust intellectual exchange. Prior to joining BPC\, Dr. Merrill was the Executive Director of the Fund for Academic Renewal\, a program of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni (ACTA). Before leading ACTA’s Fund for Academic Renewal\, Dr. Merrill served as ACTA’s vice president of development. Earlier in her career\, she served on the faculties of St. John’s College (Annapolis)\, known for its Great Books curriculum\, and the College of William & Mary. She has also taught at Duke University\, the University of Calgary\, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin\, and in the college program at Maryland’s only prison for women. Dr. Merrill earned her BA (First Class Honours) from the University of Calgary and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Duke University. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/going-too-far-tolerance-wokeness-and-the-trouble-with-it-all/
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SUMMARY:The Path Forward for the German-American Partnership in a Period of Crises
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The LA Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Peter Beyer\, Member of the Bundestag (CDU)[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-path-forward-for-the-german-american-partnership-in-a-period-of-crises-tickets-884026636467″ css=”.vc_custom_1714490238038{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Peter Beyer has served in the German Bundestag since 2009. \nAfter finishing his higher education entrance qualification in 1991\, he completed his military service in Wuppertal. Beyer then studied law at the universities of Düsseldorf and Bonn. In 1999\, he graduated from university and was admitted to the bar. \nMr. Beyer began his legal career as an associate attorney for the US-headquartered firm of Mayer\, Brown & Platt (now Mayer Brown). He also worked with Brinks\, Hofer\, Gilson & Lione in Chicago\, and Murchison & Cumming in Los Angeles. In 2000\, he enrolled in a postgraduate legal studies program at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville and received a Master of Laws degree. Returning to Germany\, Beyer practiced law at the BEYER Intellectual Property firm in Ratingen\, where he became one of the country’s first officially certified intellectual property lawyers. \nMr. Beyer was directly elected in his constituency in the general elections in 2009\, 2013\, 2017\, and 2021 to represent the citizens of Heiligenhaus\, Ratingen\, Velbert\, and Wülfrath. \nA committed Atlanticist for many years\, Mr. Beyer stands out among Members of the German Bundestag and his party as one of the most committed advocates of a strong transatlantic relationship with the United States and Canada. He serves as parliamentary Special Rapporteur on Transatlantic Relations in the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He was a Member of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe from 2018 to 2022. In April 2018\, Beyer was appointed Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation of the Federal Government (2018-2022). Mr. Beyer has been the Foreign Affairs Committee’s main rapporteur on the Western Balkans for twelve years. In July 2022\, he was elected spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Committee of Inquiry on Afghanistan. He is one of the most experienced foreign and security policy experts in his parliamentary group. \nHe is an active member of Atlantik-Brücke in addition to numerous organizations in his district. Mr. Beyer serves also as Executive Vice-President of the German American Association and also of the Southeast Europe Association and as President of the Federal Assembly of Silesia in Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-path-forward-for-the-german-american-partnership-in-a-period-of-crises/
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SUMMARY:Searching for a New Political Middle:  Fragmentation and Polarization in Europe and the United States
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With elections for the European parliament early next month and the U.S. Presidential election on the horizon\, campaigning in 2024 is heating up on both sides of the Atlantic. We are seeing increasing polarization and fragmentation of the political landscape – and even a calcification of positions. Yet\, on both sides of the Atlantic\, many candidates from the left and from the right are trying to appeal to voters in the political middle in the hope that they can pull votes from across party lines. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut on May 9th for the third event of our series Foreign Correspondent Unplugged\, which delves into current political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. German journalists Annett Meiritz and Juliane Schäuble will talk about the upcoming elections in Europe and the United States – and how the elections are being perceived on the opposite side of the Atlantic. Both guests have been reporting from the U.S. for over five years – not just from inside the Washington bubble but from all over the country. In September 2022\, they published a book together: „Guns n’ Rosé: The Rise of Conservative Women in the U.S.” In it\, they explore the female conservative movement in the United States\, a highly relevant voting group that increasingly shapes politics and society. Dr. Steven E. Sokol\, the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany\, will moderate the discussion.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforeign-correspondent-unplugged-tickets-893927821177″ css=”.vc_custom_1714680473130{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Annett Meiritz is the U.S. Correspondent for Germany’s leading business\, trade\, and finance daily Handelsblatt. She covers the U.S. Administration and Congress\, usually from an economic angle. Previously she worked as Parliamentary Correspondent for Germany’s leading news portal Spiegel Online\, based in Berlin. She holds a B.A. in Modern History and Media Science and was educated to be a Journalist at the Berlin Journalism School. \nJuliane Schäuble is the U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel\, Berlin’s biggest newspaper. Before she moved to Washington\, DC\, in June 2018 she was the head of the political department of the paper where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than twelve years of experience in the business and the political department of Der Tagesspiegel. \nMs. Schäuble earned her Master’s in Political Science at the University in Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part-time for the “American Council of Young Political Leaders” (“Washington Semester Program”). \nDr. Steven E. Sokol is the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. He holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. Dr. Sokol is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on several advisory boards. He was awarded a Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit) for his work to strengthen German-American relations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/searching-for-a-new-political-middle-fragmentation-and-polarization-in-europe-and-the-united-states/
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SUMMARY:International Crisis Management and the Future of the Transatlantic Partnership
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]oin The American Council on Germany and the Hanns Seidel Stiftung for a Discussion and Luncheon on “Unraveling Alliances? Assessing the U.S. Role in NATO”\, with Alexander Radwan\, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU/CSU). \nThe Luncheon will be held on Monday\, May 20\, 2024 at 12:30 pm (PDT) at Credo (360 Pine St\, San Francisco\, CA 94104). The cost of attendance is $35 for active ACG Members; $50 for Non-Members\, \nAlexander Radwan has been a member of the Bundestag since 2013\, after serving in the Bavarian State Parliament from 2008 to 2013 and the European Parliament from 1999 to 2008. He sits on the Bundestag’s Committee on Foreign Affairs as well as the Subcommittee on the United Nations\, International Organizations\, and Civilian Crisis Prevention. \nMr. Radwan specializes in the intersection of international relations and finance policy. He studied aeronautical engineering at the Munich University of Applied Sciences\, graduating with a degree in engineering. After that\, he studied law at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich\, passing the bar in 1995. He is a Member of the Board of Trustees for the University of Applied Sciences Rosenheim\, and a Member of the Administrative Council of Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Funraveling-alliances-assessing-the-us-role-in-nato-tickets-896572972897%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1715088733745{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/international-crisis-management-and-the-future-of-the-transatlantic-partnership/
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Relations in a Super Election Year: Two Perspectives from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will hold a Breakfast Briefing in Chicago with two members of the German Bundestag\, Metin Hakverdi (SPD) and Thomas Silberhorn (CDU/CSU). The event will take place from 8:00am-9:30am (CDT) at The Chicago Club.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” border_width=”2″][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in Hamburg-Harburg in 2021 was resounding — with nearly 40 percent of the vote. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2000. \n  \nThomas Silberhorn has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2002. Since 2021 he has served as the Spokesman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group for Transatlantic Relations. Mr. Silberhorn was the Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister for Economic Cooperation and Development from 2014 to 2018. From 2009 to 2013\, he was the Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group on the Legal Affairs Committee. He chaired the CSU regional group’s working group on foreign affairs\, defense\, Europe\, economic cooperation and development\, human rights and humanitarian aid from 2005 to 2013. He joined the CSU in 1987 and was on the Board of the CSU’s Junge Union from 1998 to 2002. Mr. Silberhorn is a lawyer. After his second state examination in 1994\, he worked as a research assistant at the University of Bayreuth. Then\, in 2001\, he took up work as a lawyer in Munich and Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.mystagingwebsite.com%2Fpolicy-engagement%2Faugust-20-chicago-breakfast-briefing-with-metin-hakverdi%2F|title:August%2020%20%E2%80%93%20Chicago%20%E2%80%93%20Breakfast%20Briefing%20with%20Metin%20Hakverdi%20%26%20Thomas%20Silberhorn”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
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SUMMARY:How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Eric M. Warburg Chapter of the American Council on Germany and The Jewish Federation of Greater Charlotte will host a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Sharon Nazarian\, President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation and Inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin on[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fbreakfast-discussion-with-dr-sharon-nazarian-charlotte-tickets-1013829560507%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26mc_cid%3D9e71893646%26mc_eid%3D1cbde7144f” css=”.vc_custom_1727097691531{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian was earlier this year the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Dr. Nazarian is the president of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation\, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles\, housed at UCLA’s International Institute\, which provides a systematic\, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017\, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as senior vice president in international affairs. She served in this role for five years\, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL\, meeting with heads of state\, foreign ministers\, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office. \nDr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors\, a trustee of the board of Freedom House\, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied journalism and international relations at the University of Southern California\, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in political science\, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-can-international-cooperation-strengthen-democracy-and-combat-antisemitism-in-germany-and-the-united-states/
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SUMMARY:Double Exposure: Museums and the Remembrance of the Shoah
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How is the Shoah addressed in museums? How do museums extend the representation and education of this singular rupture in the history of humankind to other genocides? What can be understood as universal lesson from the Shoah\, and what consequences need to be drawn from it when it comes to the question of solidarity? \nPlease join us for a discussion between historian and philosopher Dr. Leora Auslander\, Chair of the Department of Race\, Diaspora and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago\, and literary critic Dr. Mirjam Wenzel\, director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmuseums-and-the-remembrance-of-the-shoah-tickets-1106657615719%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr. Leora Auslander is the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization and Professor of Modern European Social History at the University of Chicago where she was the founding director of the Center for Gender Studies and is a member of the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies. Her research lies at the intersection of the micro and the macro: citizenship law and domestic interiors; clothing and colonialism; European regulation and everyday religious practice. At the Katz Center\, Dr. Auslander will work on metaphorical eruvs in Germany and France between the years 1880 and 1970. \nDr. Auslander received her PhD from Brown University and has taught at the University of Paris\, Potsdam University\, the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan\, among others. \nDr. Mirjam Wenzel studied general and comparative literature\, political science\, and theater studies in Berlin and Tel Aviv. Afterward she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of German Philology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and earned her doctorate with a dissertation on the Holocaust discourse in Germany in the 1960s. She is the author and co-editor of various books and exhibition catalogs on German-Jewish art and cultural history. Her publications include essays\, articles\, and blog entries on questions of cultural theory\, aesthetics\, and museology\, on representations of the Holocaust in the visual arts\, photography\, and film\, on critical theory\, and particularly on the life and works of Siegfried Kracauer\, Theodor W. Adorno\, and Hannah Arendt. She also works as a curator and has developed several international exhibitions. \nFrom 2007 to 2015\, Dr. Wenzel directed the media department of the Jewish Museum Berlin\, where she was responsible for the presentation of Jewish history and culture in digital and print media. She has been recognized as an international expert on the digital transformation of museums ever since. She has directed the Jewish Museum Frankfurt – Germany’s oldest Jewish Museum – since 2016 and has been an honorary professor at the Department of Jewish Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2019. She will serve as a visiting professor at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for the 2020/21 winter semester. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/double-exposure-museums-and-the-remembrance-of-the-shoah/
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SUMMARY:The Road Ahead:  Implications of Germany's Federal Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 23rd\, 2025\, Germany will hold a federal election to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for September 2025\, the election was advanced due to the collapse of the governing coalition in late 2024. this election is pivotal\, with significant potential to reshape Germany’y political landscape and influence its domestic and foreign policies.  \nThe election’s outcome will influence Germany’s policy direction on critical issues such as immigration\, economic strategy\, and climate change. Internationally\, Germany’s stance within the European Union\, its foreign policy\, and its role in global economic and environmental initiatives could undergo significant shifts based on the new government’s composition and priorities. As Germany approaches this pivotal election\, the decisions made by its electorate will have lasting implications on both domestic policies and international relations. Understanding the platforms\, potential coalitions\, and key issues at stake is essential for anticipating the road ahead for Germany. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Steven E Sokol\, President and CEO of the American Council on Germany.  [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fatlantacir.org%2Fevent-6072631″ css=”.vc_custom_1740160215974{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nSteven E. Sokol has been the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany since 2015. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Prior to this\, Dr. Sokol served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmBH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Earlier in his career\, he also was a Program Manager at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and was a paralegal at Fulbright & Jaworski. \nDr. Sokol holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Free Universität in Berlin. Dr. Sokol serves on several non-profit boards and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded a Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit) for his work to strengthen German-American relations. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-road-ahead-implications-of-germanys-federal-election/
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