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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/
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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/
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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/
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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/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240404T180000
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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/
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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/
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240502T120000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240520T123000
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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]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-relations-in-a-super-election-year-two-perspectives-from-berlin/
LOCATION:The Chicago Club\, 81 East Van Buren Street\, Chicago\, IL\, 60605\, United States
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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/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T180000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250206T113000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T133000
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SUMMARY:The Road Ahead:  Implications of Germany's Federal Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Atlanta Council on International Relations will host a discussion and luncheon  with Dr. Steven E. Sokol\, President & CEO of the American Council on Germany. \nThe cost to attend this event is $40 for ACG/ACIR members\, and $55 for non-members of either organization.  \nPlease REGISTER HERE by March 3[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Steven 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-road-ahead-implications-of-germanys-federal-election-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250421T173000
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SUMMARY:Zeitenwende 2.0? Priorities and Challenges for Germany’s New Government
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany Charlotte Warburg Chapter invites you to a discussion and reception with Dr. Christoph von Marschall\, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent\, Der Tagesspiegel (1999 ACG Kellen Fellow) .[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fzeitenwende-20-priorities-and-challenges-for-germanys-new-government-tickets-1308128470469%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1744917983780{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Christoph von Marschall is currently the Global Europe Fellow at The Wilson Center in Washington\, DC. He is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel\, the leading daily in Berlin\, and a frequent guest on television shows as an expert on central eastern Europe\, the United States\, transatlantic relations\, and Great Power Competition. Since 1991\, he has been working for Der Tagesspiegel\, where his prior positions have included Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent (2005‐2013) as well as Editorial Page Editor (1995‐2005). In 1989\, he joined the Süddeutsche Zeitung and covered the regime changes in Hungary\, Romania\, and Bulgaria. \nFrom 2017 to 2018\, Dr. von Marschall was the inaugural Helmut Schmidt Fellow of the Zeit Foundation and the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, based in Washington\, DC. Informed through his access to the White House as a member of the Press Corps during Donald Trump’s first term\, he wrote a book about the future of Germany’s foreign policy: Wir Verstehen die Welt Nicht Mehr. Deutschlands Entfremdung von Seinen Freunden (“We Don’t Understand the World Anymore. Germany’s Estrangement from Its Friends”). Dr. von Marschall was awarded an ACG Kellen Fellowship in 1999. He studied East European History and Political Science in Freiburg\, Mainz\, and Krakow\, Poland\, culminating in a Ph.D. from the University of Freiburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/zeitenwende-2-0-priorities-and-challenges-for-germanys-new-government/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250430T113000
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SUMMARY:The Future of the Transatlantic Trade Relationship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and the N.C. Zeitgeist Foundation will host a discussion and luncheon with Julian Heißler\, U.S. Correspondent for WirtschaftsWoche.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Flp.constantcontactpages.com%2Fev%2Freg%2Fswxcc7c%2Flp%2Fe3223088-8a76-4a36-ad5c-4472338153c6″ css=”.vc_custom_1744061147762{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Julian Heißler has been working as the U.S. correspondent for WirtschaftsWoche in Washington\, D.C.\, since 2018. Before 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. \nHis first book Traum und Albtraum: Amerika und die vielen Gesichter derFreiheit (Dream and Nightmare: America and the Many Faces of Freedom) was published in October 2023. This October his second book on America’s “oligarchs” will be published at Piper Verlag.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-the-transatlantic-trade-relationship/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250728T140000
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SUMMARY:Schnitzel Lunch with the German Consul General in LA
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG’s Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will be hosting a lunch and discussion with Consul General Andrea Sasse.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fschnitzel-luncheon-with-consul-general-andrea-sasse-tickets-1471539015809%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1753182980896{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Consul General Andrea Sasse has served as the German Consul General in Los Angeles since 2023. In this role\, she leads the Consulate’s efforts to strengthen German-American relations across Southern California and the broader southwestern United States. Prior to her posting in Los Angeles\, Consul General Sasse was based at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Berlin\, where she served from 2020 to 2023 as Deputy Spokesperson and Head of Social Media in the Spokesperson’s Office. From 2019 to 2020\, she was Deputy Head of the Middle Eastern Affairs Division in the Ministry’s Political Department. \nFrom 2016 to 2019\, she was posted to the German Embassy in Washington\, D.C.\, where she worked in the Political Department as the officer responsible for Near and Middle Eastern Affairs. Earlier\, from 2013 to 2016\, she had served as the Spokesperson for Africa\, UN\, Cultural Affairs\, Human Rights\, Humanitarian Assistance\, and Crisis Management. Her earlier overseas assignment was at the German Embassy in Nairobi\, Kenya\, where she headed the Press and Cultural Section from 2010 to 2013. \nBefore joining the Foreign Service\, Consul General Sasse practiced law in Germany. She completed her legal training at the Court of Appeal in Düsseldorf from 2003 to 2005.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/schnitzel-lunch-with-the-german-consul-general-in-la/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250807T140000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s New Government: National Priorities and Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany\, the Hanns Seidel Foundation\, and WorldBoston will host a discussion and luncheon in Boston with Ilse Aigner\, President of the Landtag of the Federal State of Bavaria.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgermanys-new-government-national-priorities-and-transatlantic-relations-tickets-1513051099569%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1753716510024{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ilse Aigner was born on December 7\, 1964\, in Feldkirchen-Westerham and obtained her intermediate school-leaving certificate (Mittlere Reife) in 1981 at the Wilhelm-Leibl-Realschule in Bad Aibling. After training as a radio and television technician and gaining several years of professional experience in her family’s medium-sized electrical craft business\, she completed advanced training to become a certified electrical engineer. From 1990 to 1994\, she worked in the development of system electronics for helicopters at Eurocopter. Ilse Aigner began her political career as a municipal councilor in Feldkirchen-Westerham and a district councilor in the Rosenheim district council. She took on leadership roles within the CSU at an early stage. In 1994\, she was elected to the Bavarian State Parliament for the first time\, serving one legislative term before becoming a member of the German Bundestag from 1998 to 2013. During this time\, she was actively involved in various commissions\, working groups\, and committees\, and took on numerous leadership roles. From 2008 to 2013\, Ilse Aigner served as Federal Minister of Food\, Agriculture and Consumer Protection. Since 2013\, she has again been a member of the Bavarian State Parliament. For five years\, Ilse Aigner held the position of Deputy Minister President and Bavarian State Minister for Economic Affairs and Media\, Energy and Technology\, before heading the Bavarian Ministry of Housing\, Building and Transport as State Minister for six months starting in March 2018. Since October 2018\, Ilse Aigner has been President of the Bavarian State Parliament\, making her the highest representative of the Bavarian Parliament. In addition to her extensive political work\, she is also actively involved in a variety of volunteer activities.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-new-government-national-priorities-and-transatlantic-relations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250902T114500
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SUMMARY:The Future of Transatlantic Relations: A View from Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG’s Atlanta Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD)\, and Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation in the Federal Foreign Office. \nMetin Hakverdi serves as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation for the German Government. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013 and currently serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs. He is the Deputy Chairman of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group\, Chairman of the USA Discussion Group of the SPD parliamentary group in the Bundestag\, and a member of the Board of Atlantik-Brücke. Mr. Hakverdi was a John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard University and a Distinguished Visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies at Johns Hopkins University. \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. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrechts University in Kiel and Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. \nWith thanks to Arnall Golden Gregory LLP for supporting this event.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-transatlantic-relations-a-view-from-germany/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250922T193000
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SUMMARY:An Initial Assessment of Friedrich Merz’s Government
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and the Goethe Institut will host a discussion and reception with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator\, Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdomestic-and-foreign-policy-challenges-facing-germany-tickets-1681061693779%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1758535880323{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/an-initial-assessment-of-friedrich-merzs-government-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T170000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250925T190000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190624
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SUMMARY:German-American Relations in a New Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany’s Atlanta Warburg Chapter\, the Goethe-Zentrum Atlanta\, and the Goethe-Institut will host a discussion and reception with Vladimir Balzer on “German-American Relations in a New Era”. \nVladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, Art History\, and Journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He also studied abroad in the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. \nMr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. He has also reported for Deutschlandradio from the United States. In 2022\, he was selected as a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-relations-in-a-new-era/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250926T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190624
CREATED:20250914T131634Z
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UID:10001151-1758888000-1758895200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:German-American Relations in a New Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Nashville Warburg Chapter and the Goethe Institut will host a discussion and lunch with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist\, Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgerman-american-relations-in-a-new-era-tickets-1669483121959%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1757855729839{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at the Capital Studios of Deutschlandfunk in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-relations-in-a-new-era-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190624
CREATED:20250926T205311Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T205813Z
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SUMMARY:Germany 35 Years After Unification
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany’s Chicago Warburg Chapter\, Dank Haus\, and the Goethe-Institut cordially invite you to a discussion and reception with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist\, Deutschlandradio on “Germany 35 Years After Unification”. The discussion will be moderated by Heidi Christen\, Executive Director of DANK Haus. \nRSVP HERE by September 26. \nVladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, art history\, and journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He studied abroad in Italy and the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. \nHeidi Christen (Moderator) is the Executive Director of DANK Haus and was previously a member of the DANK Board. She has over 20 years of management consulting experience\, leading teams in complex\, transformational projects in strategy\, operations and information technology. Ms. Christen holds an MBA from the University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business\, and a BA in Economics and German Studies from Northwestern University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germany-35-years-after-unification-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250929T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190624
CREATED:20250925T153436Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T160257Z
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SUMMARY:Local Communities and the Semiconductor Industry: Lessons across the Atlantic
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Columbus Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and reception with Members of the ACG’s German-American Semiconductors Cities Network. \nThe German-American Semiconductor Cities Network is a three-year project meant to help key stakeholders in German and American cities where semiconductor companies have made or will make significant investments connect with each other to share ideas and experiences and\, most importantly\, to identify specific strategies\, measures\, and best practices that can be implemented in their respective communities to address the social\, economic\, and structural impacts of semiconductor investments in their communities. In the first year\, the German cities of Magdeburg and Dresden and the U.S. cities Chandler (Arizona) and Columbus/New Albany (Ohio) participated.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmembers-of-the-acgs-german-american-semiconductors-cities-network-tickets-1731018385589%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1758814463406{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Alex Klosterman is a fifth-generation Ohioan with German ancestry. Born and raised in Toledo\, Ohio\, he attended The Ohio State University\, earning a Bachelor of Science in Business Operations Management. He identified an early passion for economic development while at Ohio State as a participant in the Ohio Export Internship Program (OEIP)\, an Ohio Department of Development workforce initiative. Mr. Klosterman returned to the OEIP as a teaching assistant for three years concurrent with a two-year internship at JobsOhio\, the state’s private nonprofit economic development corporation. As an International Business Development Intern\, he coordinated travel and completed dozens of RFI’s for JobsOhio’s international consultants. Mr. Klosterman now works as an economic development specialist for the City of New Albany\, where Intel’s Ohio One site is currently under construction. His time is primarily spent maintaining the city’s active tax abatements and functioning as a liaison to development-related city boards. \nMike Schadek currently serves as the Director of Regional Partnerships for Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther. Mr. Schadek received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame and his J.D. from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.  He launched three successful businesses in Southern California and Ohio and has maintained a law practice for the past 25 years. Elected to Upper Arlington City Council in 2011\, he joined Mayor Ginther’s team in 2016 and serves as the Chief Liaison between Columbus and all suburban Mayors\, Managers and City Council members. Mr. Schadek is the Immediate Past Board Chair of Greater Columbus Sister Cities International and helps manage international relationships on behalf of the City of Columbus. \nAlmar Walter is a trusted public leader whose career reflects a deep commitment to student success\, civic engagement\, and global ambassadorship. As Vice President of Student Success at Columbus State Community College\, he shares the privilege of serving over 45\,000 students representing 130 countries. As a member of the President’s Executive Cabinet\, he oversees a portfolio that spans student life\, accessibility services\, military and veteran services\, student wellbeing\, student conduct\, and student engagement and belonging -all focused on ensuring that every student has access to resources and support. Before joining Columbus State\, Almar served as Director of Community Affairs for Mayor Andrew J. Ginther\, where he led citywide initiatives designed to strengthen civic trust and community partnerships. His work built bridges between government and residents\, advancing projects grounded in collaboration and equity. His ability to connect across systems and people has enabled him to represent Columbus on the global stage. He has participated in multiple international delegations\, helping to represent and strengthen the region’s global relationships. Most recently\, he was a Columbus team member for the German-American Semiconductor Network’s visit to Dresden\, Germany. Almar also traveled to Genoa\, Italy\, as a CIRCLE Fellow with Greater Columbus Sister Cities International\, promoting cultural collaboration and intercultural diplomacy. His international service extends beyond diplomacy\, he has led humanitarian trips to Haiti\, Nicaragua\, the Dominican Republic\, and Trinidad and Tobago\, contributing to disaster relief\, affordable housing\, and sanitation projects. \nPeter Coccia (moderator) is a native of Columbus\, OH. He received his Bachelor of Arts in modern languages\, with an emphasis on German language and culture from the University of Notre Dame\, and holds a Master of Arts from Vanderbilt University. After college graduation\, he lived in Germany\, during which time he travelled extensively throughout the country and Europe\, and studied at the University of Marburg\, where he participated in a summer program on Deutschland während der Weimarer Republik (Germany during the Weimar Republic.) After a short stint teaching high school German\, Mr. Coccia entered public service and began a long career in government finance administration for the State of Ohio\, which included nearly seventeen years as Finance Director for the Ohio Department of Administrative Services and three years as Chief Operating Officer for the Ohio Department of Development. Upon retirement\, he continued German studies at The Ohio State University and for several years taught German language to adults at the Ohio German Language School. He is currently a guest teacher of German at Columbus area high schools. \nSince 2012 Mr. Coccia has served on the board of Dresden Sister City\, Inc (DSCI).\, a local non-profit organization supporting the sister city relationship between Columbus and Dresden\, Germany\, and in 2024 began a two-year term as board president.  In early February of 2015 he was the official representative of DSCI and the City of Columbus for the commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the destruction of Dresden at the end of World War II. He currently serves as Co-Director of the ACG Columbus Warburg Chapter.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/local-communities-and-the-semiconductor-industry-lessons-across-the-atlantic/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T183000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251003T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190624
CREATED:20250922T102037Z
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SUMMARY:Social Cohesion in Times of Uncertainty
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut invites you to join us for the latest installment in our Foreign Correspondent Unplugged series\, which delves into current political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. \nTimed to coincide with the 35th anniversary of German unification\, this event will explore what binds societies together in an era of division. Germany’s journey from East and West to a unified nation offers lessons for communities grappling with social\, political\, and economic polarization today. We will compare these experiences with efforts to foster social cohesion in Texas\, where demographic change and political tensions present unique challenges. \nJoin us for a discussion with award winning journalists Vladimir Balzer (Deutschlandradio) and Celeste Diaz Schurman (Houston Public Media) to examine how trust\, identity\, and shared values can be strengthened in volatile and uncertain times. The event will be moderated by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Dr. Steven E. Sokol.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforeign-correspondent-unplugged-social-cohesion-in-times-of-uncertainty-tickets-1669113014959%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1758536307508{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023 he started as a correspondent at the Capital Studios of Deutschlandfunk in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States. \nCeleste Diaz Schurman is a Producer/Host at Houston Public Media\, where she engages audiences with thought-provoking stories and fresh perspectives on relevant topics. A Brownsville\, TX native with a degree in Finance\, she has held roles in business\, production\, and hosting at The University of Texas – Moody College of Communication\, ESPN Deportes\, and Fox 26 Houston. Ms. Schurman believes in the impact public media has for local communities. She is a first-generation US-born American and takes great pride in being able to communicate fluently in Spanish. \nSteven E. Sokol (moderator) 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. 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 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/social-cohesion-in-times-of-uncertainty/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T163000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190625
CREATED:20250925T153141Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250925T153141Z
UID:10001161-1759849200-1759854600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Germany in Crisis?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Hans Kundnani\, Open Society Ideas Workshop Fellow and Visiting Professor-in-Practice at the London School of Economics.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgermany-in-crisis-tickets-1688693129609%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1758814172025{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Hans Kundnani is an Open Society Ideas Workshop Fellow and a Visiting Professor-in-Practice at the London School of Economics. He was previously the Director of the Europe Program at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House)\, a Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and Research Director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has also been a Visiting Fellow at the Remarque Institute at New York University\, the New School\, and Göttingen University. He has taught at Boston University\, New York University and the Collège d’Europe. \nMr. Kundnani is the author of three books: Eurowhiteness. Culture\, Empire and Race in the European Project (London: Hurst\, 2023); The Paradox of German Power (London/New York: Hurst/Oxford University Press\, 2014)\, which has been translated into German\, Italian\, Japanese\, Korean and Spanish; and Utopia or Auschwitz. Germany’s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust (London/New York: Hurst/Columbia University Press\, 2009). He is a columnist for the New Statesman and also writes for other publications such as Dissent\, the Times Literary Supplement\, Foreign Affairs and Internationale Politik. Mr. Kundnani studied German and Philosophy at Oxford University and Journalism at Columbia University in New York\, where he was a Fulbright Scholar.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germany-in-crisis/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251007T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190625
CREATED:20250922T100823Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250922T100823Z
UID:10001154-1759860000-1759867200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Democracy under Pressure
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut for an installment of our Foreign Correspondent Unplugged series\, which delves into current political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. \nDemocracy in both Germany and the United States faces mounting challenges\, from rising political polarization to declining trust in institutions and practices. This event will explore how these pressures are-reshaping politics and public life on both sides of the Atlantic.  Join us for a timely discussion with award-winning journalists Vladimir Balzer (Deutschlandradio) and Dr. Melanie Amann (Der Spiegel) about political trends in Germany and challenges to democracy 35 years after German unity. The event will be moderated by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Dr. Steven E. Sokol.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fforeign-correspondent-unplugged-democracy-under-pressure-tickets-1684710357029%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1758535637340{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Melanie Amann studied Law in Trier\, Aix-en-Provence and Berlin and received her doctorate from the LMU Munich. From 2003 to 2004\, she spent a year at the German School of Journalism in Munich. After working as an editor at the “Financial Times Deutschland\,” the “F.A.Z.” and the “F.A.S.\,” she moved to SPIEGEL in Berlin in 2013. Since February 2019\, she has headed SPIEGEL’s capital city bureau\, together with Sebastian Fischer\, Christoph Hickmann and Martin Knobbe. She has been a member of the editorial board since May 2021. \nVladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at the Capital Studios of Deutschlandfunk in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol (moderator) 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. Earlier in his career\, Dr. Sokol worked at the Aspen Institute Berlin and in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. He holds a Doctorate from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/democracy-under-pressure/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251008T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190625
CREATED:20250929T180851Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20251005T212251Z
UID:10001166-1759912200-1759917600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:The Future of European Security and the Transatlantic Relationship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany will host a breakfast briefing in Washington D.C. with Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger.  \nAmbassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 Young Leader) was the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from 2008 until 2022 and is now President of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference Foundation. He also teaches at the Hertie School in Berlin as Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice. He advises the private sector\, governments\, and international organizations on strategic issues. \nAmbassador Ischinger began his diplomatic career in 1973 in the cabinet of the UN Secretary-General in New York. In 1975\, he joined the Federal Republic of Germany’s Foreign Service. In 1993\, he was named Director of Policy Planning and in 1995 Political Director. In this role\, he led the German delegations during the Bosnian Peace negotiations in Dayton/Ohio in 1995\, the negotiations on the NATO-Russia Founding Act in 1996/1997\, and during the Kosovo crisis in 1998/99. In October 1998\, he was appointed State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2001 to 2006\, he served as German Ambassador in Washington\, DC\, and\, from 2006 to 2008\, in London. In 2007\, he also represented the EU in the Troika negotiations on the future of Kosovo. \nWolfgang Ischinger studied law at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and obtained his law degree in 1972. He earned a MA degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and did postgraduate work at Harvard Law School. He is married to author and journalist Jutta Falke-Ischinger\, and has three children. He is a licensed skiing instructor and loves mountaineering and hunting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-european-security-and-the-transatlantic-relationship/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20251009T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190625
CREATED:20250926T153329Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250926T153329Z
UID:10001164-1760025600-1760032800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:German-American Relations in a New Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter\,  the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis University\, and the Goethe-Institut will host a discussion with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator\, Deutschlandradio. \nTo Register for In-Person Attendance\, please RSVP HERE by October 7 \nTo Register for Virtual Attendance\, please RSVP HERE by October 7 \nVladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist who grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandfunk’s capital city studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the U.S.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-relations-in-a-new-era-3/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events,Virtual Discussions
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