• Strengthening European Strategic Autonomy in Challenging Times

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    The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Burkhard Balz, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank. Burkhard Balz has been a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank since September 2018. He is responsible for the Directorates General Payments and Settlement Systems, Cash Management, Digital Euro and International Central Bank...

  • Transformation through AI: Challenges and Opportunities for Germany

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    The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Stephan Albani, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU/CSU) and Deputy Chair of the Research, Space, and Technology Assessment Committee in the German Federal Parliament. Stephan Albani has been a Member of the German Bundestag representing the Oldenburg-Ammerland constituency in Lower Saxony since 2013. He currently serves...

  • The Political Economy of Geoeconomic Power: Observations from Germany

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    The American Council on Germany will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Berend Diekmann, Head of Division for the United States, Canada, and Mexico in the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE). Dr. Berend Diekmann is the Head of Division for the United States, Canada, and Mexico, in the Federal Ministry...

  • A New Era for the German-American Partnership

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    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...

  • European Security and Transatlantic Relations in the Age of Trump

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    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...