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SUMMARY:New York: Anchors in a World Adrift: Allies\, Trust\, and Predictability
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and 1014 will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Richard Haass\, Senior Counselor with Centerview Partners and President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations\, and Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger\, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference and former German Ambassador to the United States. \nThis event is only open to members of the ACG.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \nDr. Richard Haass is Senior Counselor with Centerview Partners. He is also President Emeritus of the Council on Foreign Relations after having served as CFR’s president for twenty years. From January 2001 to June 2003\, Dr. Haass was Director of Policy Planning for the Department of State and a Principal Advisor to Secretary of State Colin Powell. From 1989 to 1993\, he was Special Assistant to President George H.W. Bush and Senior Director for Near East and South Asian affairs on the staff of the National Security Council. Previously\, he served in the Departments of State (1981–1985) and Defense (1979–1980)\, and was a Legislative Aide in the U.S. Senate. He also served as U.S. Envoy to the Cyprus and Northern Ireland negotiations and was the U.S. Government’s Coordinator for the Future of Afghanistan after 9/11. \nA Rhodes Scholar\, Dr. Haass holds a Bachelor’s Degree from Oberlin College and Master’s and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Oxford University. He has also received numerous honorary degrees and was a member of the faculty of Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government and Hamilton College. Dr. Haass is the author or editor of fourteen books on American foreign policy\, one book on management\, and one on American democracy. He is also the author of a weekly newsletter\, Home & Away\, published on Substack. \nAmbassador Wolfgang Ischinger (1978 ACG Young Leader) is Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). He also served as President of the MSC Foundation until 2026. Ambassador Ischinger teaches at the Hertie School in Berlin and is an adjunct professor at the University of Tübingen. He advises companies\, international organizations\, and governments on political and strategic issues\, and he is co-founder and shareholder of Agora Strategy Group AG\, a geopolitical consultancy in Munich. Ambassador Ischinger is also a member of the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and serves on a number of boards\, including at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)\, the Atlantik-Brücke\, the Yalta European Strategy Group (YES)\, the American Academy in Berlin\, and the Atlantic Council in Washington\, D.C. He is also a member of supervisory and advisory boards of international companies. \nAfter studying Law and International Relations in Bonn\, Geneva\, and Boston\, Ambassador Ischinger worked in the Executive Office of the Secretary-General of the United Nations in New York before joining the German Foreign Service in 1975. From 1982 to 1990\, he served as special assistant to then-Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher. From 1998 to 2001\, he was State Secretary of the German Foreign Office; from 2001 to 2006\, the Federal Republic of Germany’s Ambassador in Washington\, DC; and from 2006 to 2008\, in London.  In 2008\, Ambassador Ischinger assumed the chairmanship of the Munich Security Conference (MSC). Under his leadership\, the MSC grew from a staff of two to approximately 100 full-time employees\, supported by a budget of over €30 million per year funded by partners and international sponsors. From 2008 to 2014\, he also served as Global Head of Government Relations at Allianz SE in Munich. \nIn 2007\, Ambassador Ischinger represented the EU in the Troika negotiations on Kosovo\, and in 2014\, he represented the OSCE Chairman-in-Office in Ukraine. In 2015\, he chaired the OSCE’s “Panel of Eminent Persons” tasked with strengthening the European security architecture. He has received numerous awards\, including the Grand Cross with Star of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany\, the rank of Commander in the French Legion of Honor\, as well as various foreign medals. He is also a recipient of the Leo Baeck Medal\, the Hanns Martin Schleyer Prize\, and the Nunn-Lugar Award. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/new-york-anchors-in-a-world-adrift-allies-trust-and-predictability/
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