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SUMMARY:Geopolitical Developments: The Risks and Consequences for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine\, it is clear that geopolitical developments have the potential to shake up – if not redefine – the existing world order. As we emerge from the pandemic and address Russian aggression questions about the future abound. How should Europe and the United States position themselves to continue to play an important role in the world of tomorrow? How can we protect our democracies? What risks\, opportunities\, and consequences are on the horizon for us? \nJoin the American Council on Germany\, the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V.\, and Monarch for a hybrid event featuring Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Joel Brenner\, and Paul Taylor.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3816545329480%2FWN_kGUVFCnuQnKyV5bwSeXLUA” css=”.vc_custom_1654532978146{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a non-resident fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). Her research focuses on the intersection of data and technology with foreign and urban policy. \nPreviously\, she served as director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). For over a decade prior\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook served as the executive director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. The research program\, which she co-founded\, examines the challenges to negotiation and statecraft in the 21st century\, including the impact of technology on foreign policy. In addition\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook directed a Harvard research program on Europe and transatlantic relations from 2018 to 2021. Before that\, she served on the management board of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels and worked as both a consultant and senior journalist at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in France and China. She began her career as a television journalist at CNN International in Atlanta and London. \nShe holds an undergraduate honors degree in international relations and French civilization from Brown University\, a master’s degree in European studies from the London School of Economics\, and a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Hauser Fellow in Non-Profit Management. \n  \nJoel Brenner is a senior research fellow at MIT’s Center for International Studies\, where his work concerns intelligence studies\, international conflict in the gray zone between war and peace\, and the protection of the electronic networks that control critical infrastruc­ture. \nIn government\, Mr. Brenner was Senior Counsel at the National Security Agency (2009-2010)\, advising Agency leadership on the public-private effort to create better Internet security; the head of US counterintelligence under the Director of National Intelligence (2009-2010); and NSA’s Inspector General (2002-2006)\, responsible for that agency’s top-secret internal audits and investigations. Early in his career\, he was a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Anti­trust Division. He has extensive trial and arbitration experience in private practice. \nMr. Brenner is a director of Nokia of America Corporation and of Endgame Systems LLC and a member of the Intelligence Community Studies Board. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School\, a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics\, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an advisor to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Secu­rity and the author of America The Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage\, Crime and Warfare\, in paperback as Glass Houses: Privacy\, Secrecy\, and Cyber Insecurity in a Transparent World.\nPaul Taylor has over 30 years of experience leading the delivery of some of the most demanding national security programs in the UK\, operating at the very highest levels of government. As a result\, he is uniquely qualified to understand the evolving threat environment\, as well as having an exceptional track record of driving and delivering change in complex organizations. Mr. Taylor’s contribution to the world of science and technology was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013\, where he now chairs the SME Leaders’ program and sits on the Engineering Policy\, Enterprise\, and Audit Committees. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Imperial College Institute of Security Science and Technology\, and the Advisory Board of the Strathclyde University Security and Resilience Center. \nIn 2020\, Mr. Taylor was appointed as a Non-Executive Director for Morgan Stanley International\, where he sits on the Audit\, Risk\, Nominations\, and Remunerations Committees. He is also a member of the Technology Advisory Board for NatWest Bank. In addition\, he serves as a Non-Executive Director in the Ministry of Defence\, and as a scientific adviser to three small government departments. \nFor six years Mr. Taylor was a Partner in KPMG\, where he was the Head of the UK Financial Services Cyber Security Practice. Before consulting\, he spent over 25 years in the UK public sector working for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defense\, on matters of research and development\, defense equipment\, nuclear deterrence\, chemical and biological defense\, information technology \, and information security.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/geopolitical-developments-the-risks-and-consequences-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events,Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Holding Together in Times of Crisis: A New Era for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke will hold their joint annual German-American Conference in Berlin. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Monday\, June 13\, 2022  \n8:15 am Registration Opens  \n 9:00 am Welcome by \nSigmar Gabriel\, Chairman\, Atlantik-Brücke; former Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor \nAmbassador John Emerson\, Chairman\, American Council on Germany; former U.S.  Ambassador to Germany   \n9:15 am  Setting the Stage Oliver Bäte\, CEO\, Allianz SE   \n9:35 am  Oliver Bäte in conversation with Ambassador John Emerson  \n10:00 am Opening Keynote: “Transatlantic Relations During Uncertain Times”\nFederal Minister Annalena Baerbock\, Federal Foreign Minister\, Federal Foreign Office   \n10:20 am Q&A with Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock  \n11:00 am Coffee Break  \n 11:30 am “How Reliable is the Transatlantic Partnership?”\nMolly Montgomery\, Deputy Assistant Secretary\, Bureau of European and Eurasian  Affairs\, U.S. Department of State \nDr. Norbert Röttgen\, Member of the Bundestag (CDU/CSU) and Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs\nWolfgang Schmidt\, Head of the Federal Chancellery (invited)  \nModerator: Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Politics Coordinator\, Die Zeit   \n12:30 pm Lunch Break  \n1:30 pm “Finding a Common Security and Defense Policy in Times of Crisis”\nDr. Stefanie Babst\, Principal and Global Policy Advisor\, Brooch Associates\, London; former Chief Strategic Policy Analyst\, NATO\nDr. Seth A. Johnston\, Military Officer in Europe\, U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel; former NATO Task Force Commander\nDr. Markus Kaim\, Senior Fellow\, German Institute for International and Security  Affairs (SWP)   \nModerator: Tina Hassel\, Berlin Bureau Chief\, ARD German Television (invited)  \n 2:30 pm “Food Security and the Economic Implications of the War in Ukraine”\nAmbassador Ertharin Cousin\, CEO and Managing Director\, Food Systems for the Future; former Executive Director\, United Nations World Food Program \nAlexander Müller\, Managing Director\, TMG Think Tank for Sustainability   \nModerator: Anja Wehler-Schöck\, Journalist (invited)  \n 3:30 pm Coffee Break  \n 4:00 pm “Two Views on Russia and the War in Ukraine”\nDr. Christoph von Marschall\, Diplomatic Correspondent of the Editorial Board\, Der  Tagesspiegel \nDr. John J. Mearsheimer\, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the  Political Science Department\, University of Chicago   \nModerator: Katja Gloger\, Author and Journalist   \n5:30 pm Keynote:  Federal Minister Christine Lambrecht\, Federal Minister\, Federal Ministry of Defense   \n5:45 pm Q&A with Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht  \n6:15 pm Closing Remarks\nSigmar Gabriel\, Chairman\, Atlantik-Brücke; former Federal Foreign Minister and  Vice- Chancellor \nAmbassador John Emerson\, Chairman\, American Council on Germany; former U.S.  Ambassador to Germany   \n6:30 pm Reception  \n  \nTuesday\, June 14\, 2022  \n8:00 am Registration Opens   \n8:45 am Welcome Back\nJulia Friedlander\, CEO\, Atlantik-Brücke\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\, President\, American Council on Germany  \n9:00 “The Economic and Social Impact of the Current Crises”\nProf. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger\, President\, WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Educational Sociology and Labor Market Research\, Humboldt University in Berlin \nDr. Adam Tooze\, Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History and Director of the European Institute\, Columbia University   \nModerator: Birte Meier\, Investigative Journalist\, ZDF German Television   \n 10:00 “Energy Dependence vs. Independence: Conflict or a False Choice?”\nUlf Heitmüller\, Chairman of the Board\, VNG AG Leipzig \nTracy McKibben\, Founder and CEO\, MAC Energy Advisors LLC \nYuriy Vitrenko\, CEO\, Naftogaz (invited)  \nModerator: America Hernandez\, Energy Policy Correspondent\, POLITICO Europe (invited)  \n11:00 Coffee Break  \n11:15  “Defending Against Cyber Attacks: Trust and Technology”\nChristopher Painter\, President\, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies \nHeli Tiirmaa-Klaar\, Director of Digital Society Institute\, European School of Management and Technology in Berlin  \nModerator: Johannes Steger\, Director of “Background Cybersecurity”\, Der Tagesspiegel  \n12:15 pm “Revitalizing Transatlantic Trade”\nProf. Dr. Michael Hüther\, Director and Member of the Executive Committee\, German Economic Institute \nDr. John Lipsky\, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute\, Johns Hopkins University SAIS; former First Deputy Managing Director\, International Monetary Fund   \nModerator: Dr. Laura von Daniels\, Head of Research Division “The Americas”\, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)   \n 1:15 pm Wrap up\nJulia Friedlander\, CEO\, Atlantik-Brücke\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\, President\, American Council on Germany  \n  \nagenda subject to change.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/holding-together-in-times-of-crisis-a-new-era-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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SUMMARY:Disruption: The Economic Impact of the Pandemic  and the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Freunde des ACG will host a discussion and luncheon in Berlin with Dr. Adam Tooze\, Director of the European Institute and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University; Author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (2018) and Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy (2021).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Adam Tooze has held the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University since 2015 and also serves as Director of the European Institute. Having received his BA in Economics from King’s College Cambridge in 1989\, he had the good fortune to witness the end of the Cold War in Berlin\, where he began his postgraduate studies. He received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. From 1996 to 2009\, Dr. Tooze taught at the University of Cambridge\, where he was Reader in Modern History and Gurnee Hart fellow in History at Jesus College. After Cambridge\, Dr. Tooze was appointed to the Barton M. Biggs Professorship at Yale University\, where he succeeded Paul Kennedy as the Director of International Security Studies. In February 2011\, he served as Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Professor in Military History at West Point. Dr. Tooze’s first book\, Statistics and the German State: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge\, appeared in 2001; Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy was published in 2006; Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of the Global Order 1916-1931 in 2014; Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World in 2018; and Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy in 2021. He has written and reviewed for the Financial Times\, the Guardian\, the Sunday Telegraph\, the Times Literary Supplement\, the London Review of Books\, the New Left Review\, the New Statesman\, the Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times\, the New York Review of Books\, Dissent\, Die Zeit\, Spiegel\, Tageszeitung\, and the Sueddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/disruption-the-economic-impact-of-the-pandemic-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
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