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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday\, November 15 at 9:00 am ET\, for a discussion about German politics with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming. .[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5016365739644%2FWN_-lq6n7sBTuaj3RQWJvil0A” css=”.vc_custom_1636574042700{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Malte Lehming works as a writer for the Tagesspiegel\, where he heads the opinion page. From late 2000 to 2005\, he was the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy\, transatlantic relations\, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991\, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwriter for former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Mr. Lehming studied philosophy\, German literature\, and European history in Hamburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-23/
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SUMMARY:Progress or Status Quo on Climate Change? Takeaways from COP26
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks\, representatives from nearly 200 countries convened in Glasgow for COP26 to discuss new plans to tackle climate change. The conference was regarded as the best – and last – chance to save the earth from the catastrophic consequences of global warming. However\, many attendees\, analysts\, and observers believe it fell short. Although the countries agreed there is a problem\, few actionable solutions were hammered out. \nJoin us on November 18 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Bundestag Member Lisa Badum (The Greens)\, who attended COP26 as part of the German delegation. She will reflect on the climate deal which was reached and what it means for the future of climate change policy. This event is supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2016370744426%2FWN_WsaCov_eQPWftl1TBwJRow” css=”.vc_custom_1637074475478{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lisa Badum has been a Member of the German Bundestag since the autumn of 2017 for the constituency of Bamberg and for the whole of Upper Franconia. She is the spokeswoman for climate policy in the green parliamentary group. She is a member of the Environment Committee and Deputy Member of the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs. From 2012 to 2017\, she worked in the civil energy department at NATURSTROM AG. She served as a research assistant and advisor to Bundestag Member Uwe Kekeritz (Alliance 90 / The Greens) from 2010-2013. She has a background in political science and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Bamberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/progress-or-status-quo-on-climate-change-takeaways-from-cop26/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T120000
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SUMMARY:Plundered Treasure – And The Nazi Art Thief Who Stole It
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Between 1933 and 1945\, the Nazis developed and operated an elaborate procurement system for art which they had looted from Jews and other victims of persecution during the Third Reich. Works of art were confiscated\, and many art collectors were forced to sell below value. In 2000\, a report to the U.S. Congress by historian and Holocaust researcher Dr. Jonathan Petropoulos revealed the full extent of the theft: Some 600\,000 works of art were taken by the Nazis within the sphere of influence of the Germans – a third in Germany and Austria alone. Many still have not been recovered. \nIn his latest book\, Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World\, Dr. Petropoulos tells the story of Bruno Lohse\, one of the key art experts who helped the Nazis loot European Jews. Join the American Council on Germany for a conversation with Young Leader alumnus Jonathan Petropulos\, which will be led by Dr. Ronald J. Granieri\, Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and Templeton Education Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute\, who is also a Young Leader alumnus.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1016370745713%2FWN_mb56i3hcSDmcGTF–HsccA” css=”.vc_custom_1637074605643{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jonathan Petropoulos is an American historian who writes about National Socialism and the fate of art looted during World War II. Dr. Petropoulos is John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont\, California. \nHe began working on the subject of Nazi art looting and restitution in 1983 when he started his graduate work in history and art history at Harvard as a student of the late Richard M. Hunt\, Vice Chairman of the ACG. He is the author of several books on the subject. His most recent book is Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World. \nFrom 1998 to 2000\, Dr. Petropoulos served as Research Director for Art and Cultural Property on the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States\, where he helped draft the report\, Restitution and Plunder: The U.S. and Holocaust Victims’ Assets. In this capacity\, he supervised a staff of researchers who combed archives in the United States and Europe in order to understand better how representatives of the U.S. government (including the Armed Forces) handled the assets of Holocaust victims both during and after the war. As Research Director\, he provided expert testimony to the Select Committee on Culture\, Media and Sport in the U.K. House of Commons and to the Banking and Finance Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. \nDr. Ronald J. Granieri is Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and Templeton Education Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). \nA graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago and a former Federal Chancellor Scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung\, Dr. Granieri is the author of The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer\, the CDU/CSU\, and the West\, 1949-1966 as well as articles on German history\, European-American relations\, the Cold War\, and contemporary politics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/plundered-treasure-and-the-nazi-art-thief-who-stole-it/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211122T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. \nJoin us on Monday\, November 22 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion on the latest developments in coalition negotiations\, the fight against COVID\, and more with Sumi Somoskanda\, Senior News Anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7016373495519%2FWN_GJiNOKtPQf2ZsmdrUYWXvg” css=”.vc_custom_1637349611490{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sumi Somoskanda is currently a senior news anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle)\, Germany’s international broadcaster. Sumi reports on Germany for various international publications\, including The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, Washington Post\, Al Jazeera\, Global Post\, Newsweek\, PRI\, and USA Today. She served as an editor at the Berlin Policy Journal\, Germany’s premiere English-language foreign affairs magazine. \nShe regularly moderates panels and conferences both in Germany and the US and lectures American university students at the CIEE Global Institute in Berlin. Sumi is an alumna of the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship program and part of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. In addition to her native English\, she speaks fluent German and Spanish\, and conversational Tamil.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-24/
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SUMMARY:The Evolving Humanitarian Crisis at Europe’s Door
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent months\, there has been an increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the border from Belarus into Poland – and with that the European Union. As the waves of people from Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Syria\, and other countries has spiked and winter weather has become more severe\, the situation is becoming more dire. European leaders have accused the government of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenko of facilitating illegal border crossing into Poland – as well as Latvia and Lithuania – in retaliation for EU sanctions. Although Lukashenko denies these accusations\, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the 3\,000 to 4\,000 migrants stranded at the border are creating the most dramatic challenge to the EU’s borders since 2015\, when hundreds of thousands of migrants gathered in Turkey to enter Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion about the crisis on the border with Belarus and how the EU and the transatlantic community can best respond with Dr. Jörg Forbrig\, Senior Fellow and Director for Central and Eastern Europe at The German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and Katsiaryna Shmatsina\, Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9416373490367%2FWN_jHfrZXTAQCi2L8TpXXnyLg” css=”.vc_custom_1637349099278{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jörg Forbrig is a Senior Fellow and the Director for Central and Eastern Europe in the German Marshall Fund’s Berlin office. His work focuses on Europe’s East broadly\, including the Eastern-most member countries of the European Union and NATO\, the EU’s Eastern neighborhood\, and Russia. In addition\, he leads GMF efforts to assist civil society in Belarus\, and he works closely with the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation to bolster democracy assistance to Central and Eastern Europe at large. Prior to joining GMF in 2002\, Dr. Forbrig worked as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow at the Center for International Relations in Warsaw\, Poland. \nHe has been published widely on democracy\, civil society\, and Central and Eastern European affairs\, including the books Reclaiming Democracy (2007)\, Prospects for Democracy in Belarus (2006)\, and Revisiting Youth Political Participation (2005). He is also a regular contributor to major international media. Dr. Forbrig studied political science\, sociology\, and Eastern European affairs at universities in Germany\, Poland\, and Hungary. He holds a Ph.D. in social and political sciences from the European University Institute in Florence and a master’s in political science from Central European University in Budapest. He speaks English\, Russian\, Polish\, and Slovak in addition to his native German.\nKatsiaryna Shmatsina is a Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies\, where she focuses on foreign and security policy\, international risk\, Russia\, Eurasia\, and NATO. Previously\, she worked for the American Bar Association where she was involved with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, especially in projects on good governance and rule of law in UNDP in-country offices. She also served as a pro bono local expert on Belarus for the World Bank’s Doing Business and Women\, Business\, and the Law reports. \nIn the summer of 2019\, she was a research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw. In 2018\, she was awarded a fellowship at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security\, Washington DC. In 2016\, she received a Civil Society Leadership Award from the Open Society Foundations. Ms. Shmatsina holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University\, New York (2016) and a degree in law from Belarusian State University (2013). Apart from mother-tongue Belarusian\, she commands Russian\, English\, German\, and French[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-evolving-humanitarian-crisis-at-europes-door/
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