The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation for the German Federal Foreign Ministry and Member of the Bundestag (SPD). Metin 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...
NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies, the American Council on Germany, and Deutsches Haus at NYU present a moderated discussion among Sophia Besch (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace), Hans Kundnani (UC Berkeley / London School of Economics), Tara Varma (Brookings), and Steven E. Sokol (American Council on Germany). The election of Donald Trump to a second term in office has thrown the transatlantic relationship between...
The ACG, the Robert Bosch Fellowship Alumni Association, and 1014 will host a breakfast briefing with Tamar Shapiro, Author and Urban Development Expert (2009 ACG McCloy Fellow and 1999 Bosch Fellow). Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel Restitution tells the story of two American siblings who return to their mother’s East German hometown, from which their...
The American Council on Germany will host a discussion and luncheon with Vladimir Balzer, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator, Deutschlandradio. 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...
The ACG will host a discussion and reception with State Secretary Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr of the Federal Foreign Office. Dr. Géza Andreas von Geyr has been a State Secretary in the Federal Foreign Office since May 2025. He is a German career foreign service officer who most recently served as Germany’s Permanent...