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SUMMARY:Can Europe Remain a Strong Ally for the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 26\, the ACG and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung will host a discussion and dinner with Hermann Gröhe\, Member of the German Bundestag (CDU) and former German Federal Minister of Health. \nHermann Gröhe is the Deputy Chairman of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group and the Deputy Chairman of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung. From 2013 to 2018\, he was the Federal Minister of Health of Germany. Before this\, between 2009 and 2013\, he served as the Secretary-General of the CDU. From 2006 to 2008\, Mr. Gröhe was the spokesperson of the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group in the First Committee of Inquiry\, and from 2005 to 2008\, he also acted as legal counsel to the CDU/CSU Parliamentary Group. As Federal Minister of Health\, he put antimicrobial resistance on the G7 and G20 agenda and advanced Germany’s global health commitments. He gained international recognition for his efforts to fight the Ebola outbreak in West Africa in 2014.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/can-europe-remain-a-strong-ally-for-the-united-states/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221031T140000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende:  How It’s Being Viewed in Different Regions of the U.S.”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 31\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador (ret.) Stefan Schlueter\, Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy of the German Foreign Office in Berlin. \nStefan Schlüter just completed a speaking tour to North Carolina\, Texas\, Arizona\, Washington\, and Minnesota with the ACG. He met with a range of people\, and will reflect on his trip. Mr. Schlüter served in the German Foreign Office until the summer of 2017 and is now a Program Director at the Diplomatic Academy in Berlin. After studying political science at the University of Hamburg\, Mr. Schlüter joined the German Foreign Office in 1979. His first foreign assignments brought him to Buenos Aires and Algiers. From 1986 to 1990 he served as the spokesman of the German Embassy in Tel Aviv before returning to the Foreign Office in Bonn as desk officer for the Maghreb countries. From 1992 to 1995 he served as Deputy Consul General in Los Angeles before returning to Bonn as Deputy Director for the southern part of Latin America. From 2000 to 2004\, he was posted to the United States a second time and served as Deputy Consul General in New York City before moving to Buenos Aires as Deputy Chief of Mission. In 2007 he returned to the Foreign Office in Berlin to assume the position of Director for Conflict Prevention\, Peace-Building\, Democracy Promotion and State-Building\, promoting German projects in this field world-wide. In 2010 he was appointed Ambassador to the Eastern Caribbean Region\, residing in Port of Spain\, Trinidad and Tobago before moving on to his last assignment as Consul General in San Francisco in 2014.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-how-its-being-viewed-in-different-regions-of-the-u-s/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
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SUMMARY:Fake News\, Cybersecurity\, and Election Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 2\, the ACG and the Hasso Plattner Insitute will host a breakfast briefing with Professor Dr. Christoph Meinel\, Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute and Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at Potsdam University. \nProfessor Dr. Christoph Meinel is Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering (HPI) as well as the Founding Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at the University of Potsdam. He is the Chair of Internet Technologies and Systems and teaches courses on IT Systems Engineering on HPI’s MOOC platform openHPI\, and at the HPI School of Design Thinking. His research currently focuses on security engineering\, knowledge engineering\, and Web 3.0–Semantic\, Social\, Service Web. He is also scientifically active in Design Thinking research. Dr. Meinel is the author or coauthor of more than 25 books\, anthologies\, and numerous conference proceedings. He has had more than 550 (peer-reviewed) papers published in scientific journals and at international conferences and holds a number of international patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)\, Director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program\, Honorary Professor at the TU Beijing and Dalian University of Technology\, Visiting Professor at Shanghai University\, Concurrent Professor at the University of Nanjing\, and a member of numerous scientific committees and Supervisory Boards.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/fake-news-cybersecurity-and-election-manipulation/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T073000
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SUMMARY:Navigating Troubled Water:  The Transatlantic Partnership in the Face of Multiple Crises
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 4\, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Sigmar Gabriel\, former Foreign Minister\, former Vice Chancellor\, and Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke. \nSigmar Gabriel has been Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. since June 2019. He was the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017\, which made him the party’s longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt. Before leaving politics in 2018\, he held three respective positions at the level of Federal Minister: In addition to serving as Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013-2018)\, Sigmar Gabriel was Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2018)\, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2013-2017)\, and Minister for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (2005-2009). \nIn 2005\, he was first elected to the Bundestag representing Salzgitter-Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony – and remained a member of Parliament until 2018. Earlier in his career\, he served as Minister-President of Lower Saxony from 1999 to 2003. In the 1990s\, he was Chairman of the Environmental Committee in Lower Saxony’s Parliament and a member of the SPD Executive Committee. In the 1980s\, Sigmar Gabriel\, who is certified as a high school teacher\, assumed various responsibilities in adult education and was elected to Lower Saxony’s Parliament. He has been active in politics since 1976\, when he joined a socialist youth organization.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/avigating-troubled-water-the-transatlantic-partnership-in-the-face-of-multiple-crises/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T120000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende: A New Chapter for Transatlantic Relations”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 14\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office and Member of the Bundestag (FDP). \nMichael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, now in his fourth legislative term. He represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. Mr. Link is the Spokesperson on Europe of the FDP Parliamentary Group\, and since March 2022 he has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office. \nMr. Link is a member of the party council of the European Liberals (ALDE) and a member of the FDP national executive board in his capacity as party Treasurer. He is also a Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly\, where he collaborates closely with the U.S. Helsinki Commission. As a member of Heilbronn’s city council\, he has remained politically active at the local level. In 2020\, he was the Head OSCE observer at the U.S. general elections. From 2012 to 2013\, he was Minister of State at the Federal Foreign responsible for relations with the United Nations\, the European Union\, the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, and NATO\, as well as bilateral relations with the United States and Canada. After his military service\, Mr. Link studied Russian and French at the universities of Augsburg\, Lausanne\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-a-new-chapter-for-transatlantic-relations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T083000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s G7 Presidency in a Period of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 15\, the ACG and the German Consulate General will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Florian Toncar\, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \n  \nDr. Florian Toncar has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance since December 2021. Since 2017\, he has also been Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag. In 2009\, he became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Chair of the FDP’s Expert Committee for Home Affairs and Law in Baden-Württemberg\, positions he continues to hold. From 2009 to 2013\, he was Chair of the Financial Markets Advisory Committee\, and he served as Deputy Leader of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag from 2011 to 2013. \nDr. Toncar studied law in Regensburg\, Cambridge\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-g7-presidency-in-a-period-of-crisis/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T140000
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SUMMARY:Recalibrating German Foreign Policy After the Zeitenwende
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 16\, the ACG and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will host a discussion and luncheon with Lars Klingbeil\, Party Leader of the  Social Democratic Party of Germany. \nLars Klingbeil is a German politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 2021. Mr. Klingbeil first joined the SPD in 1996\, and in 2009\, he was elected to represent the Rotenburg I – Heidekreis district in the German Bundestag. Since 2017\, he has been a directly elected representative. From 2017 to 2021\, Mr. Klingbeil was Secretary General of the SPD\, and from 2009 to 2017\, he was digital policy spokesman for the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the Defense Committee. He is a founding member of D64 – Center for Digital Progress and a member of AWO\, a national workers’ welfare association\, and IG BCE\, a trade union for the mining\, chemistry\, and energy industries. Mr. Klingbeil was born in Soltau in 1978 and grew up in Munster in the Lüneburg Heath.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/recalibrating-german-foreign-policy-after-the-zeitenwende/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230223T193000
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SUMMARY:One Year Later: Russia’s War in Ukraine\, Germany’s  Policy Pivot\, and Implications for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany\, Deutsches Haus at NYU\, and NYU’s The Center for European and Mediterranean will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSezx6auVul-WfOURWufSKj8INcpH-wIPKBivKtJOO37Vtbeig%2Fviewform” css=”.vc_custom_1676043819282{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and the Budget Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group member in the German Bundestag. Before being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. \nMr. Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was a distinguished visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in 2019 and a 2020 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (CES). He is a member of Atlantik-Brücke e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/one-year-later-russias-war-in-ukraine-germanys-policy-pivot-and-implications-for-transatlantic-relations-2/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230315T133000
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SUMMARY:China is more than Xi Jinping: Perspectives on Chinese Society and Implications for the Transatlantic Relationship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer\, Professor of Sinology at the University of Trier and 2022 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends. \nDr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer is a Professor of Sinology at the University of Trier and a Senior Associate Fellow at MERICS. She is an expert on China’s digital politics\, media policy\, civil society\, and human rights. \nFrom 2013 until September 2020\, Kristin headed MERICS’ Public Policy and Society research area. She previously worked as a research associate at the University of Freiburg’s Institute for Sinology. She earned her Ph.D. from Ruhr University Bochum with a thesis on spiritual and religious groups in China after 1978. From 2007 to 2011\, she was based in Beijing\, covering China for various German-speaking media like the Austrian magazine Profil\, the German Protestant Press Agency epd\, and Deutsche Welle. \nSince 2019\, she has been a member of the Sino-German Working Group on Digital Business Models initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. In 2022\, she was awarded a McCloy Fellow on Global Trends from the American Council on Germany to conduct research on Chinese influence on the transatlantic relationship.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/china-is-more-than-xi-jinping-perspectives-on-chinese-society-and-implications-for-the-transatlantic-relationship/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230328T213000
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SUMMARY:Heimat Is a Space in Time
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn Heimat Is a Space in Time (Germany\, 2019)\, German filmmaker Thomas Heise shares the stories of three generations of his family\, in their own words. \nHeise sets the tone early\, reading an anti-war essay written in 1912 by his grandfather Wilhelm\, when he was a schoolboy. The director uses the same matter-of-fact\, uninflected tone throughout the film – as he reads letters and notes from relatives who lived through the horrors of the First World War\, Nazi Germany\, and then life in Communist East Germany and the fall of the Berlin Wall. \nHeimat is a Space in Time defies easy description. Heise offers no context\, no talking heads\, no analysis. Yet this unadorned approach\, coupled with the potent imagery accompanying the words\, is one of the documentary’s greatest strengths. One particularly memorable sequence involves Heise’s grandparents\, a “mixed” Jewish-Gentile couple living in Vienna during the Nazi era. Their letters capture the increasing measures taken against Jews: banned from buses\, losing access to coal ration cards\, and lastly being forced to a concentration camp in Poland. All the while\, as Heise reads\, lists with the names of Jews slated for deportation scroll by on the screen for nearly half an hour. \nClearly influenced by his own previous work (much of it banned in the former East Germany\, where he lived until the fall of the Berlin Wall)\, Heimat is the culmination of Heise’s career. It is an understated epic that brilliantly marries the written word\, image\, and sound design. The unspoken message is that the past\, even as those who remember it slip away\, remains with us. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lbi.org%2Fevents%2Fheimat-is-a-space-in-time%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1677701849012{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/heimat-is-a-space-in-time/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T140000
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SUMMARY:A New Global Policy for the Transatlantic Community
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador Christoph Heusgen\, Chairman of the Munich Security Conference. \nAmbassador Christoph Heusgen (ACG Board member) has been the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference since 2022. Before taking on that role\, Ambassador Heusgen was the Permanent Representative of Germany to the United Nations from 2017 to 2021 and Germany’s representative on the Security Council in 2019 and 2020. Before coming to New York\, Ambassador Heusgen served for 12 years as Foreign and Security Policy Advisor to Chancellor Angela Merkel. His career in the Foreign Service also included terms as Deputy Head in charge of European affairs in the private office of Foreign Minister Klaus Kinkel from 1993 to 1997 and Director of the Policy Unit of High Representative Javier Solana in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union in Brussels from 1999 to 2005.\nWith special[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-new-global-policy-for-the-transatlantic-community/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230414T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende:  The War in Ukraine and the New German Defense Posture
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Lieutenant General Kai Rohrschneider\, Director General for Forces Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defense. \nLieutenant General Kai Ronald Rohrschneider (1998 Young Leader) joined the Federal Armed Forces in 1983 as an officer candidate in the Armor Branch. He completed his basic military education in Armor Battalion 63 in Arolsen and joined the University of the Federal Armed Forces in 1984. He finished his academic education in 1988 with a degree in economics\, organization and business administration. After assignments as a platoon leader and company commander in Munster and Cuxhaven\, he was selected for the national General/Admiral Staff Officer Course at the Command and Staff College in Hamburg which he completed in 1998. After being assigned as the G3 Planning and Operations Officer at the Army Forces Command in Koblenz\, General Rohrschneider joined the Advanced Command and Staff Course at the Joint Service Command and Staff College in Shrivenham in the United Kingdom in 2000. After assignments in the Germany Ministry of Defense and as Chief of Staff of the 37th Light Infantry Brigade in Frankenberg\, General Rohrschneider assumed command over Armor Battalion 393 in Bad Salzungen in 2005. Following this command position\, he was appointed as senior personnel officer at the Bundeswehr Personnel Office. General Rohrschneider was appointed Chief of G3 Division of the 13th Mechanized Infantry Division in Leipzig in 2008. Having attended the National Security Program at the Canadian Forces College in Toronto in 2011 and being appointed as the Branch-Chief for Security Policy Aspects of Bundeswehr Participation in Operations and Missions at the German Ministry of Defense in 2012\, General Rohschneider assumed command over the 21st Armor Brigade “Lipperland” in Augustdorf in 2014. Leaving this position in 2016\, he was assigned as the Chief of Staff of the US Army Europe in Wiesbaden\, followed by an assignment as the Chief of Staff of the Multinational Joint Headquarters in Ulm in 2018\, and in 2019\, additionally\, as Deputy Commander NATO Joint Support and Enabling Command. Lieutenant General Rohrschneider was appointed Director General for Forces Policy at the Federal Ministry of Defense in 2020.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-the-war-in-ukraine-and-the-new-german-defense-posture/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230418T140000
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SUMMARY:Postwar Reconstruction in Ukraine:  A New Marshall Plan?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn recent months there has been much discussion about post-war reconstruction in Ukraine after the conflict there comes to an end. Some politicians\, analysts\, and pundits on both sides of the Atlantic have called for a “Marshall Plan for Ukraine.” Following the Second World War\, the Marshall Plan was an ambitious and innovative strategy to rebuild Europe. It provided more than $15 billion in aid to 17 war-ravaged European countries – and was successful in rebuilding cities\, infrastructure\, and industry across the continent\, including Germany. But\, is the Marshall Plan the right model for rebuilding Ukraine? What lessons can be drawn from the implementation of the Marshall Plan 75 years ago? \nJoin 1014 and the American Council on Germany for a discussion with Dr. Benn Steil\, Senior Fellow and Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations\, and Bruce Stokes\, non-resident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, about the Marshall Plan\, the current situation in Ukraine\, and whether or not a Marshall Plan for Ukraine makes sense. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fpost-war-reconstruction-in-ukraine-a-new-marshall-plan-tickets-601527784797″ css=”.vc_custom_1680094184176{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nDr. Benn Steil is senior fellow and director of international economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is the lead writer of the Council’s Geo-Graphics economics blog\, and the creator of eight web-based interactives tracking Global Monetary Policy\, Global Imbalances\, Global Trade\, Global Growth\, Global Energy\, Sovereign Risk\, China’s Belt and Road\, and Central Bank Currency Swaps. Prior to joining the Council in 1999\, he was director of the International Economics Programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs in London. He came to the Institute in 1992 from a Lloyd’s of London Tercentenary Research Fellowship at Nuffield College\, Oxford\, where he received his MPhil and DPhil (PhD) in economics. He also holds a BSc in economics summa cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. \nDr. Steil has written and spoken widely on international finance\, monetary policy\, financial markets\, and economic and diplomatic history. He has testified before the U.S. House\, Senate\, and CFTC\, and is a regular op-ed writer and commentator on CNBC. His most recent book\, The Marshall Plan: Dawn of the Cold War\, won the New-York Historical Society’s 2019 Barbara and David Zalaznick Prize for best work on American history\, won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s 2018 Douglas Dillon Prize\, won the Honorable Mention (runner-up) for the 2019 ASEEES Marshall D. Shulman Prize\, was shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize\, and is ranked number 3 among BookAuthority’s Best Diplomacy Books of All Time. Paul Kennedy in the Wall Street Journal called the book “brilliant\,” the New York Times called it “trenchant and timely\,” the Financial Times called it “elegant in style and impressive in insights\,” and the Christian Science Monitor called it a “gripping\, complex\, and critically important story that is told with clarity and precision.” \nBruce Stokes is a non-resident Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and has served as the Executive Director of the GMFs “Transatlantic Task Force: Together or Alone? Choices and Strategies for Transatlantic Relations for 2021 and Beyond.” He is also a co-author of “Designing Ukraine’s Recovery in the Spirit of the Marshall Plan.” Previously\, he was the Director of Global Economic Attitudes at the Pew Research Center in Washington\, DC\, and is a former international economics columnist for the National Journal\, a Washington-based public policy magazine. \nFrom 2010-2012\, Mr. Stokes was a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund. He was the author of the 2009 Transatlantic Trends survey\, and two task force reports: The Case for Renewing Transatlantic Capitalism\, and A New Era for Transatlantic Trade Leadership. In 1987 and again in 1989\, he was a Japan Society Fellow\, living in and reporting from Japan. In 1997\, he was a member of President Clinton’s Commission on United States-Pacific Trade and Investment Policy and he wrote its final report\, “Building American Prosperity in the 21st Century.” \nHe is co-author of the book America Against the World: How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked (Times Books\, 2006)\, and co-author of numerous Pew Global Attitudes Surveys. Mr. Stokes is a graduate of the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University\, the School for Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University\, and attended the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/postwar-reconstruction-in-ukraine-a-new-marshall-plan/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230426T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230418T202516Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230423T193903Z
UID:10000649-1682514000-1682521200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Cancelled - German Defense Policy and the Zeitenwende: Perspectives on European and Transatlantic Security
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with H.E. Boris Pistorius\, German Federal Minister of Defense. \nThis event is by invitation only. \n  \nH.E. Boris Pistorius is the German Federal Minister of Defense\, a position he has held since January 2023. In this capacity\, he serves as the Commander in Chief of the armed forces in peacetime and heads the Bundeswehr administration\, where he is responsible for the entire civilian staff of the Bundeswehr and the Defense Ministry. In the decade before his appointment\, he was Minister for Domestic Policy and Sports in Lower Saxony. From 2006 to 2013\, he was Mayor of the City of Osnabrück. He completed his military service before studying law at the University of Osnabrück and Münster.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-defense-policy-and-the-zeitenwende-perspectives-on-european-and-transatlantic-security/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230504T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230430T232218Z
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting of the Members
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will hold the Annual Meeting of its Members on May 4\, followed by a discussion and reception in connection with the ACG’s Annual Meeting with special guest speaker Ambassador Emily Haber\, German Ambassador to the United States[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/annual-meeting-of-the-members-2/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230509T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230504T135847Z
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SUMMARY:Geopolitics and the Future of Transatlantic Relations:  A View from the Free State of Saxony
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with H.E. Michael Kretschmer\, Minister-President (CDU) of the Free State of Saxony \nMichael Kretschmer (CDU) has been the Minister-President of the Free State of Saxony since 2017. Mr. Kretschmer began his political career as a City Councilor in his hometown of Görlitz from 1994 to 1999. From 1993 to 2002\, he was on the Regional Executive Committee of the Young Union (Junge Union) of Saxony and Lower Silesia. In 2005\, Mr. Kretschmer was elected Secretary General of Saxony’s CDU Party and was re-elected several times thereafter. He has been the leader of Saxony’s CDU Regional Association since December 2017. He was first elected to Germany’s Bundestag in 2002 as a direct candidate to represent the Görlitz district and remained a member until 2017. From 2005 to 2009\, he was the Deputy Chair of the CDU/CSU Education and Research Working Group in the Bundestag. Mr. Kretschmer was Deputy Party Leader\, with portfolios in education and research\, art\, culture\, and media from 2009 to 2017. From 2013 to September 2017\, Mr. Kretschmer was also the leader of the Saxony Regional Group within the CDU/CSU Party in the Bundestag. In August 2017\, he was elected President of the Sächsischer Volkshochschulverband e.V. He is also involved with the Fürst-Pückler-Park Bad Muskau development association.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/geopolitics-and-the-future-of-transatlantic-relations-a-view-from-the-free-state-of-saxony/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230523T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230511T133104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230511T133104Z
UID:10000873-1684828800-1684834200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:The Transatlantic Economy 2023: U.S.-EU Trade and Investments Are Number One
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the American Business Forum on Europe will host a breakfast briefing with Joseph P. Quinlan\, Senior Fellow on Foreign Policy Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies. \nJoseph Quinlan is Managing Director and Head of Market & Thematic Strategy for the Global Wealth & Investment Management (GWIM) division of Bank of America\, which includes Merrill Lynch Wealth Management and U.S. Trust\, Bank of America Private Wealth Management. He serves as Chief Market Strategist providing economic and market insights and guiding overall investment strategy\, both domestically and globally. In this role\, Mr. Quinlan leads a team responsible for global market analysis and thematic research in support of asset allocation and portfolio construction among portfolio managers and other investment associates. \nMr. Quinlan began his career with Merrill Lynch and served as a Senior Global Economist/Strategist for Morgan Stanley. He lectures on finance and global economics at Fordham University and regularly lectures at various universities around the world\, including Wuhan University in China\, where he is a Visiting Professor. In 1998\, he was nominated as an Eisenhower Fellow. He is a Senior Fellow at the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies of Johns Hopkins University in Washington\, DC\, and a Senior Fellow at the German Marshall Fund in Brussels\, Belgium. In 2006\, the American Chamber of Commerce to the European Union awarded Mr. Quinlan the 2006 Transatlantic Business Award for his research on U.S.-Europe economic ties. In 2007\, he was a recipient of the European-American Business Council Leadership Award for his research on the transatlantic partnership and global economy. \nMr. Quinlan regularly debriefs policymakers and legislators on Capitol Hill on global trade and economic issues. He has testified before the European Parliament. He is the author\, co-author\, or contributor to over 20 books. He has published over 125 articles on economics\, trade\, and finance that have appeared in such venues as Foreign Affairs\, the Financial Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and Barron’s. He regularly appears on CNBC\, as well as Bloomberg television\, PBS\, and other media venues. He earned his B.A. in Political Science/International Affairs from Niagara University and his M.A. in International Political Economics and Development from Fordham University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-transatlantic-economy-2023-u-s-eu-trade-and-investments-are-number-one/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230530T173000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230530T193000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230605T175157Z
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UID:10000882-1685467800-1685475000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Common Challenges: What Is Necessary to Protect and Defend Democracy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG\, 1014\, and the Heinrich-Boell-Stiftung will host a discussion and reception with Ricarda Lang Co-Chair of Alliance 90/The Green Party and Member of the Bundestag. \nRicarda Lang became Co-Chair of the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) in February 2022. In September 2021\, she was elected as a Member of the German Bundestag\, where she sits on the Committee for Family Policy and is Vice-Chair of the Committee for Labor and Social Policy.\nMs. Lang joined the youth wing of the Green Party at 18. From 2015 to 2017\, she served as Member of the Board and from 2017 to 2019 as Speaker of the Board of the Green Youth. She co-led the successful campaign for the European Parliamentary elections for the German Green Party in 2019 and went on to serve as Vice-Chair and Speaker for Women’s Policy of the Party.\nAt 29\, Ms. Lang is the youngest chair in the German Green Party’s history.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/common-challenges-what-is-necessary-to-protect-and-defend-democracy/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230601T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230515T152104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T152104Z
UID:10000875-1685606400-1685613600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Germany’s Role in Europe in Times of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Hann-Seidel-Stiftung will host a Breakfast Briefing with Florian Hahn\, Member of the Bundestag (CSU) and Defense Policy Spokesperson for the CDU/CSU. \nFlorian Hahn was elected as a member of the Bundestag in the 2009 German federal election. He serves as the Defense Policy Spokesperson for the CDU/CSU and sits on the Bundestag’s Defense Committee and the Committee on European Union Affairs. \nSince 2019\, Mr. Hahn has served as the Deputy Secretary General of the CSU under the leadership of chairman Markus Söder. That year\, he co-chaired the CSU’s party convention in Munich alongside Markus Blume and Thomas Silberhorn. In addition to his roles in the Bundestag and within the CDU/CSU faction\, Mr. Hahn is the Vice Chair of the International Democrat Union – a global alliance of center-right political parties under the leadership of former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper – and represents the CSU in external affairs as its International Secretary.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-role-in-europe-in-times-of-crisis/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230608T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230605T165643Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T173839Z
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SUMMARY:AI: Transatlantic Business and Policy Implications
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Harry Rubin\, Partner and Chair\, Technology and IP Transactions\, Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP; and Oliver Süme\, Partner at Fieldfisher and Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry. \nHarry Rubin is a globally recognized authority in his field and former Chair of the Technology Committee of the International Bar Association. He represents leading companies and private equity funds in Technology and IP-centric transactions\, global IP protection and commercialization. Mr. Rubin’s experience includes software\, fintech\, trading platforms\, e-commerce analytics\, big data\, and artificial intelligence. He has published and lectured extensively on international business transactions\, technology and intellectual property. From 1978 to 1980\, Mr. Rubin served as Staff Sergeant\, Assistant Chief of Operations\, in the External Relations Department of the Israel Defense Forces Military Intelligence. Mr. Rubin is fluent in German\, French\, and Hebrew and is routinely involved in cross-border matters with Europe\, Asia\, and the Middles East. He is a graduate of Harvard University and Columbia law School. \nOliver Süme is a Partner and Technology Lawyer at Fieldfisher\, and advises his clients on all legal issues in the areas of IT and digitalization\, especially IT contract law\, data protection law\, and legal issues relating to IT security and e-commerce. In addition\, he advises companies from a wide range of industries in connection with digitalization processes and the use of new technologies such as blockchain\, data analytics\, artificial intelligence\, and the establishment of data spaces. He most recently spent more than 18 months advising the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) on the establishment of Gaia-X\, working with a international team of more than 17 lawyers on legal issues relating to corporate law\, antitrust law\, data protection law\, and IP law. Mr. Süme is also Chair of the Board of eco – Association of the Internet Industry and heads the data protection working group of EuroISPA\, the European umbrella organization of internet service providers.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fjune-8-in-nyc-ai-transatlantic-business-and-policy-implications-tickets-643088213157″ css=”.vc_custom_1685984093768{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/ai-transatlantic-business-and-policy-implications/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230609T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230605T165115Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230605T165115Z
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SUMMARY:Business Cycles\, Inflation\, and Economic Developments in Germany and Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Burkhard Balz\, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank\, Former Member of the European Parliament. \nBurkhard Balz has been a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank since September 2018. Prior to this\, he was a member of the European Parliament (CDU) and served as the EPP Group’s Coordinator on the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs starting in 2014. Before his time in the European Parliament\, Mr. Balz was Head of the Department for Institutional Clients at Commerzbank AG from 2004 to 2009. He has also held the positions of Corporate Customer Advisor at Commerzbank AG (2002-2004) and Desk Officer at the Commerzbank AG Liaison Office to the European Union in Brussels (2001-2002). Mr. Balz graduated from the University of Göttingen with a degree in Law and Political Science[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/business-cycles-inflation-and-economic-developments-in-germany-and-europe/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230622T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230612T155147Z
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SUMMARY:German-American Young Professionals Networking Reception
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe American Council on Germany is delighted to partner with Alston & Bird LLP to host an evening of networking and drinks for young professionals. \nJoin us on the evening of June 22. \nParticipation is free; however\, you must register to attend. \n [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fjune-22-german-american-young-professionals-networking-reception-tickets-650821824597″ css=”.vc_custom_1686585098691{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-american-young-professionals-networking-reception/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230626T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230621T133652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T133652Z
UID:10000885-1687780800-1687786200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Transatlantic Military and Security Cooperation  in Times of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Based on recent public opinion polls\, most Americans and Germans continue to see each other as partners in protecting their respective national security interests. The general public in both countries appear to be willing to support using military action to protect themselves and their allies – as we are seeing play out in the war in Ukraine. But what does this look like in practice – especially in times of crisis? \nOne tangible form of cooperation is Air Defender 2023 – which will take place from June 12 to 23 and is billed as the biggest air deployment exercise in NATO’s history. Planned well before Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, the exercise is hosted by Germany with strong support from the United States. Some 250 aircraft from 25 nations will respond to a simulated attack on a NATO member. The United States alone is sending 100 aircraft and some 2000 U.S. National Guard personnel. \nJoin 1014 and the American Council on Germany (ACG) on June 26 for a discussion and lunch with Colonel Jörg Dronia\, Commander of the German Armed Forces Command in Reston\, Virginia\, about military cooperation in times of crisis. \nColonel Jörg Dronia assumed command of the German Armed Forces Command\, United States and Canada on 18 November 2021. From November 2016 until recently\, Colonel (GS) Jörg Dronia served as Branch Chief of Pol II 3 (Political Directorate) at the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin\, where he was responsible for capacity building in support of security and development in the Near/Middle East and Sahel-Region in Africa. Between 2013 and 2016\, Colonel (GS) Dronia served at the Ministry of Defense as Branch Chief of Plg I 4 (Strategic Management of Planning)\, where he oversaw capability development for air\, space and cyberspace for the German Armed Forces. As Branch Chief of Pol II 5 (Political Directorate)\, he was in charge of space and cyber policy and hybrid conflicts for the German Armed Forces. His previous roles include Joint Branch Head at the NATO Standardization Agency in Brussels\, Deputy Senior Military Representative and Chief of Staff at NHQ Skopje in North Macedonia\, and two assignments at the Bundeswehr Command and Staff College in Hamburg\, where he served as Professor and Tutor focusing on aerospace warfare. After joining the German Air Force in 1979\, Colonel (GS) Dronia was trained and deployed as an Air Surveillance and Control Officer at the tactical\, operational and strategic level between 1981 and 2005. Colonel (GS) Dronia graduated from the German General Staff Officers Course in 1994 and he is a 2005 alumni of the NATO Defense College in Rome \n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Ftransatlantic-military-and-security-cooperation-in-times-of-crisis-tickets-657623959967″ css=”.vc_custom_1687354515022{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-military-and-security-cooperation-in-times-of-crisis/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230711T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230621T140636Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230709T220426Z
UID:10000886-1689062400-1689067800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Breakfast Briefing with Bundestag Members
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG for a breakfast briefing with members of the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs on Germany\, Europe\, and the USA.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/breakfast-briefing-with-bundestag-members/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230823T203000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230811T122947Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T122947Z
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SUMMARY:Education and Workforce Preparedness:  Keys to Strengthening Transatlantic Relations and  Meeting 21st Century Challenges
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On August 23\, the ACG will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Jens Brandenburg\, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Education and Research and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org. \nDr. Jens Brandenburg (2019 ACG Young Leader) has been Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Education and Research since December 2021. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag representing the constituency of Rhein-Neckar since 2017. In the 19th legislative term\, he was spokesperson of the Free Democratic Party’s Parliamentary Group for vocational training\, lifelong learning\, and LGBTI rights. He also served as spokesperson of his parliamentary group on the Committee on Education\, Research and Technology Assessment and on the Study Commission “Vocational Training in the Digital Work Environment.” \n  \nDr. Brandenburg has volunteered for better educational opportunities and diversity in society\, including on the Board of Trustees of the Deutsche AIDS-Stiftung (since 2019)\, on the Board of Trustees of the Bundesstiftung Magnus Hirschfeld (since 2018)\, as chairman of the Baden-Württemberg branch of the Young Liberals (2010-2013)\, in the Free Democratic Party (since 2006)\, with the Liberal Students Groups from 2005 to 2009\, and in the SchLAu information campaign on gender diversity and identity issues at schools in North-Rhine Westphalia (2001-2005). He also spent a year in Little Rock\, AR as a high school student. \n  \nDr. Brandenburg has a B.A. in Political Science and Economics from the University of Mannheim and an M.A. in Political Science. He finished his Doctorate in 2015 at the Graduate School of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Mannheim. During his studies he worked at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES) and in various departments at the University of Mannheim. Prior to becoming a member of the German Bundestag\, he worked for a global management consulting firm (2014-2017). \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/education-and-workforce-preparedness-keys-to-strengthening-transatlantic-relations-and-meeting-21st-century-challenges/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230825T140000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230811T123239Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T123239Z
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende and Defense Spending
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On August 25\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Thomas Hitschler\, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense and Member of the German Bundestag (SPD). \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org. \nThomas Hitschler has been Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense since December 2021. He has been a Member of the German Bundestag (SPD) since 2013\, representing the Südpfalz in Rhineland-Palatinate.  \n  \nIn the run up to the 2021 election\, Mr. Hitschler was elected to lead the SPD’s campaign in Rhineland-Palatinate. During the negotiations to form the “traffic light” coalition of Social Democrats\, Greens\, and Free Democrats\, he was a member of his party’s delegation in the working group on homeland security\, civil rights\, and consumer protection.  \n  \nFrom 2014 to 2021\, Mr. Hitschler served on the Bundestag’s Defense Committee\, where he was the SPD parliamentary groups rapporteur on the infrastructure of the Bundeswehr. From 2018 to 2021\, he was also a member of the Committee on Home Affairs. In 2020\, he joined the Parliamentary Oversight Panel (PKGr)\, which provides parliamentary oversight of Germany’s intelligence services BND\, BvF\, and MAD. In addition to his committee assignments\, Mr. Hitschler has been a member of the German delegation to the Franco-German Parliamentary Assembly since 2019.  \n  \nMr. Hitschler began his career in local politics\, serving as a senior staff member to the Mayor of Landau. He studied Political Science\, Public Law\, and History in Mannheim and Würzburg. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-and-defense-spending/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T210000
DTSTAMP:20260403T190126
CREATED:20230801T152636Z
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SUMMARY:Europe’s New Disorder and Germany’s Zeitenwende
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the evening of September 13\, the ACG will host the inaugural Dr. Richard M. Hunt Memorial Lecture with Dr. Josef Joffe\, Professor of International Politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. \nDr. Josef Joffe teaches international politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he taught at Stanford and Harvard\, where he earned his Ph.D. in Government. A renowned journalist and author\, Dr. Joffe has served as Editorial Page Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and Executive Editor and Co-Publisher of Die Zeit. His essays have appeared in the New York Review of Books\, New York Times Book Review\, Times Literary Supplement\, Commentary\, New York Times Magazine\, New Republic\, Politico\, and Prospect (London). His op-ed pieces have appeared in The New York Times\, Financial Times\, the Times of London\, The Guardian\, and The Wall Street Journal. He has authored and co-authored ten books in English and German. His scholarly articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs\, The National Interest\, International Security\, The American Interest\, American Purpose\, and Foreign Policy. Dr. Joffe is a Founding Member of the American Academy in Berlin. He serves on the Boards of Ben Gurion University\, Bard College Berlin\, the Hamburg Symphony\, Youth for Understanding\, the Leo Baeck Institute\, and the Editorial Boards of American Interest (Washington) and International Security (MIT). Dr. Joffe holds Honorary Degrees from Swarthmore College (2002) and Lewis and Clark College (2005) and was awarded the German Federal Order of Merit in 1996. \nThe Dr. Richard M. Hunt Memorial Lecture Series honors late ACG Vice Chairman Dr. Richard M. Hunt\, who was deeply committed to strengthening ties between Germany and the United States and gave exceptional support to the ACG for 50 years. He was the first and longest-serving President in the organization’s history\, from 1972 to 1988\, and subsequently served as Vice Chairman until his passing on April 10\, 2020. During his tenure\, Rick Hunt worked tirelessly behind the scenes to help create the American-German Young Leaders Conference\, launched in 1973\, and the McCloy Fellowship program\, launched in 1975 – both of which remain central to our work today. He also helped shape the biennial German-American Conference. These programs are just a fraction of his lasting legacies to the Council. His wise counsel\, keen knowledge of German-American relations\, faith in younger generations\, and warm\, unassuming manner are sorely missed. We will be joined for this special evening by Rick and Pricilla Hunt’s three children\, Dr. Helen Hunt Bouscaren\, Susan Hunt Hollingsworth\, and William (Bill) Edwards Hunt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/europes-new-disorder-and-germanys-zeitenwende/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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SUMMARY:Germany’s New Security Outlook: Key Elements of the National Security Strategy and the China Strategy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Minister of State Tobias Lindner of the Federal Foreign Office. \n\nDr. Tobias Lindner has been a State Minister at the German Federal Foreign Office since 2021 and a member of the Bundestag since 2011. Dr. Lindner has dedicated his career to issues of defense\, security\, and foreign affairs. He has served as a member of the German Green Party (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen) since 1998 and has been actively involved in shaping defense policy and promoting transparency within the armed forces. From 2018 to 2021\, he was the speaker for the Green Party’s positions on defense policy\, Chairman of the Parliament’s Defense Committee\, as well as a member of the Budget Committee.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-new-security-outlook-key-elements-of-the-national-security-strategy-and-the-china-strategy/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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SUMMARY:The Implications of the EU’s AI Act:  A View from Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Paula Cipierre\, Head of Privacy and Public Policy for Palantir Technologies and 2023 ACG McCloy Fellow on Global Trends. \n\nPaula Cipierre is the Head of Privacy and Public Policy at Palantir Technologies. She advises the company and its customers on strategic and ethical questions about developing and deploying Palantir software. She has researched and worked at the intersection of data protection\, data ethics\, and the digital world for over a decade. A vocal proponent of interdisciplinary thinking and lifelong learning\, she holds several humanities and social sciences degrees from universities in Europe and the United States\, including an LLM in Information Technology Law from the University of Edinburgh. She recently co-wrote a book about what we can learn from art to shape the future with software.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-implications-of-the-eus-ai-act-a-view-from-germany/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231005T080000
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SUMMARY:Science Diplomacy\, Academic Freedom\, and the New Role of Universities
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 5\, the ACG\, the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, and the German Center for Research and Innovation will host a breakfast briefing with Prof. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal\, President of the Humboldt Universität zu Berlin. \n\nProf. Dr. Julia von Blumenthal has been the President of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since October 1\, 2022. From 1989 to 1996\, she studied Political Sciences\, Law\, and Slavonic Studies (Russian Studies) in Heidelberg and Hamburg. She received her Doctorate in 2001 and her Habilitation in Political Sciences in 2007 from the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg (today the Helmut Schmidt University). \nAfter a visiting fellowship in Canberra and a deputy professorship at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg\, she held a fixed-term professorship for German and comparative politics at the Justus Liebig University Giessen. Prof. Dr. von Blumenthal has been a Professor of German Politics at the Department of Social Sciences of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2009. She has served as Dean of Studies and afterwards as Dean of the Faculty of Arts III. In 2014\, she became the Founding Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. From October 2018 to October 2022\, she was President of the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder). As a political scientist\, she has researched German politics\, especially on federalism and parliaments and on the role of higher education institutions in integrating refugees.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/science-diplomacy-academic-freedom-and-the-new-role-of-universities/
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