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SUMMARY:New York: Book Reading "Farewell to America"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and Deutsches Haus at NYU will host a book reading and discussion with Marc Pitzke\, Correspondent for Der Spiegel and Author of „Abschied von Amerika\,“ and moderated by Gudrun Engel\, Washington Bureau Chief for ARD. \nIn Farewell to America (2026\, DVA)\, long-time Der Spiegel journalist Marc Pitzke writes about a country he no longer recognizes: Suddenly\, his adopted homeland feels foreign to him\, incomprehensible\, almost frightening. He’s spent half his life in the United States\, as a reporter and a private citizen\, but today it is no longer the country where he sought and ultimately found his happiness. Life\, liberty\, and the pursuit of happiness: the values that once drew Marc to the U.S. have lost their meaning. \nMarc Pitzke has been reporting from New York for more than three decades. He reported on major news stories\, Bush vs. Gore\, and six other U.S. presidential races\, the attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11\, hurricanes “Katrina” and “Sandy\,” Obama’s inauguration\, as well as from gay pride parades and nightclubs with Madonna. But now his future in America is at stake—as is the future of his Black U.S. husband. His personal reflections are also political. What remains of a country whose dreams have been shattered? And what if these were his dreams too? \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ffarewell-to-america-an-evening-with-marc-pitzke-and-gudrun-engel-tickets-2002171678387%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1792156190860{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nGudrun Engel studied journalism and political science at the universities of Dortmund\, Gothenburg\, Sweden\, and Kaunas\, Lithuania. At Westdeutscher Rundfunk\, she worked as an editor and reporter for several local newspapers\, WDR aktuell\, Aktuelle Stunde\, and Phoenix. Starting in 2012\, she reported from North Rhine-Westphalia as a correspondent for Tagesschau and Tagesthemen\, as well as their online formats. In addition\, she worked as a correspondent for ARD’s Morgenmagazin and Weltspiegel and served as a studio correspondent in Nairobi\, New York\, and Paris. From 2019 to 2022\, she worked as a correspondent at ARD Europe Studio in Brussels\, covering the European Union\, NATO\, and the Netherlands. Since July 2022\, she has headed the ARD studio in Washington. \nMarc Pitzke studied at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich\, the German School of Journalism (DJS)\, and Columbia University’s School of Journalism in New York City. He worked at Bayerischer Rundfunk as a correspondent for Reuters in Berlin during the years leading up to and following the fall of the Berlin Wall\, as a reporter and later as U.S. correspondent for Die Woche\, and as a freelance contributor for GEO\, Merian\, and other publications. From 2003 until 2026\, he was the U.S. correspondent for Der Spiegel in New York. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/new-york-book-reading-farewell-to-america/
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SUMMARY:European Trade Policy: Charting a New Course?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Laura von Daniels\, Senior Fellow of the Research Division “The Americas” at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). \nDr. Laura von Daniels is a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. From 2019 to 2025\, she led the institute’s Americas Research Division. Dr. von Daniels’ areas of expertise include the international financial system\, financial and debt crisis\, and foreign trade policy\, with a focus on U.S. economic policy\, monetary policy\, trade policy\, trade agreements\, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)\, financial crisis\, and financial regulation. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post\, Handelsblatt Global\, Der Tagesspiegel\, and the Council on Foreign Relations Council of Councils global perspectives\, among other publications. \nDr. von Daniels holds a PhD in Political Science from the Free University Berlin and has held research fellowships at Columbia University\, Harvard University\, and at Princeton University where she was a DAAD PhD Fellow. In addition\, she has held teaching positions at Central European University in Budapest and the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. In 2024\, she was a short-term visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]This event is only open to ACG members. Interested in becoming a member? Email Jennie Piotrzkowski at jpiot@acgusa.org[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/european-trade-policy-charting-a-new-course/
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SUMMARY:NYC Event: “The Two Triangles from Hell: Germany and Europe’s New Geopolitical Realities”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Council on Germany will host a Discussion and Reception on “The Two Triangles from Hell: Germany and Europe’s New Geopolitical Realities” with Jan Techau\, Director at the Eurasia Group. \nFor more information and to RSVP\, email events@acgusa.org by Friday\, November 6. \nJan Techau is a director with Eurasia Group’s Europe team\, covering Germany and European security from Berlin. Mr. Techau served as the head of speechwriting for the German Ministry of Defense from 2020 to 2023. Before that\, he was the director of Carnegie Europe and ran the Europe programs for the German Marshall Fund of the United States and the German Council on Foreign Relations \nIn 2017\, Mr. Techau published Führungsmacht Deutschland\, a book he wrote with Leon Mangasarian that presents a blueprint for a new German foreign policy. Mr. Techau also served as a research adviser at the NATO Defense College’s research division in Rome and as director of the Richard Holbrooke Forum at the American Academy in Berlin. In 1999-2000\, he was a fellow in the Robert Bosch Foundation’s postgraduate program in international affairs in Brussels and Jerusalem. \nMr. Techau holds a master’s degree in political science from Christian-Albrechts-Universität and has studied at Penn State and the University of Osnabrück. He is an avid reader\, occasional hunter\, and perennial dog lover—one passion at least that he shares with his kids.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-event-the-two-triangles-from-hell-germany-and-europes-new-geopolitical-realities/
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SUMMARY:New York: People\, Productivity\, and Purpose: Transatlantic Partnership and Workforce Transformation  in a Global Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Sylvie Nicol\, Member of the Executive Board of Henkel and Executive Vice President for Human Resources\, Infrastructure\, and Sustainability. \nThis event is only open to members of the ACG. Want to learn more about the ACG? email jpiotr@acgusa.org. \nSylvie Nicol has served as the Executive Vice President for Human Resources\, Infrastructure\, and Sustainability at Henkel since 2019. She has accumulated more than 30 years of experience at Henkel. Prior to her current role\, she held several different roles at Henkel Düsseldorf and Henkel France\, including Corporate Senior Vice President of Global Human Resources and Corporate Senior Vice President Beauty Care Retail Europe & Global Sales. Originally native to France\, Ms. Nicol received her Master of Business Administration from ESCP Europe Business School in Paris. She is married\, has three sons\, and lives in Düsseldorf with her family. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/new-york-people-productivity-and-purpose-transatlantic-partnership-and-workforce-transformation-in-a-global-economy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261119T120000
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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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SUMMARY:NYC Event: Foreign Correspondent Unplugged: "The Voters Have Spoken: What Recent Elections Reveal about Germany and the United States”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut cordially invite you to a discussion as part of the series Foreign Correspondent Unplugged on “The Voters Have Spoken: What Recent Elections Reveal about Germany and the United States” with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio and Brigid Bergin\, Senior Reporter\, WNYC. \nFor more information and to RSVP please email events@acgusa.org by Monday\, November 23.  \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 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. \nBrigid Bergin is the senior reporter on the WNYC and Gothamist “People and Power” desk and host of the election series “Who’s Running This Place?” She has covered elections for more than a decade. Her reporting and analysis of early voting turnout during the 2025 mayoral primary has been credited with anticipating Zohran Mamdani’s unexpected victory. In 2016\, she broke the news of a massive voter purge in Brooklyn just days before New York’s presidential primary triggering city\, state and federal investigations. Her work has been recognized with awards from the New York Press Club and the New York State AP Broadcasters Association. In addition to reporting\, Ms. Bergin is a regular guest host of WNYC’s The Brian Lehrer Show and All of It with Allison Stewart. She graduated from the University at Albany and the CUNY Newmark Graduate School of Journalism. \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. 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. \n  \n [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-event-foreign-correspondent-unplugged-the-voters-have-spoken-what-recent-elections-reveal-about-germany-and-the-united-states/
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