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SUMMARY:China’s Influence in Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]China’s rapid global rise has created new challenges for the United States\, the European Union\, and individual European countries. As China’s economic and political footprint has expanded\, Beijing appears to provide an alternative to the West and offers opportunities for rapid economic development. But\, China also takes advantage of local vulnerabilities and weaknesses to exert influence. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) is just one example of how Beijing is seeking greater economic\, political\, and soft power in Southeastern\, Central\, and Eastern Europe – where more favorable regulatory and economic conditions exist than in Western Europe. \nWhile China’s expanding footprint can bring socioeconomic opportunities\, it can also exacerbate governance shortfalls\, undermine political and economic stability\, and complicate the EU’s ability to reach consensus on key issues. Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion about China’s growing influence in Europe with independent journalist Melissa Chan and Dr. Mareike Ohlberg\, Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8416383716482%2FWN_FDsJiuzdT2OgEhOSM1F6Xw” css=”.vc_custom_1638371741911{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Melissa Chan is an Emmy-nominated journalist based between Los Angeles and Berlin. She has reported everywhere from Cuba to Canada\, Mongolia to Moscow\, North and South Korea. These days she focuses on transnational issues\, often involving China’s influence beyond its borders. She has written for The New York Times where she was nominated for a Loeb Award — business journalism’s highest honor — and for The Atlantic\, The Washington Post\, Time\, The Guardian\, Foreign Policy\, and more. As a contributor to the Vancouver-based Global Reporting Centre\, she investigates the complexities of global trade and its costs on ordinary people. \nAs a television journalist\, Ms. Chan takes viewers on investigative journeys through long-format news documentaries\, including the award-winning Fault Lines series. She has reported from Europe as a correspondent for VICE News Tonight\, and also presents European broadcaster DW’s news program on Asia. With Al Jazeera English\, she served as China correspondent before her expulsion from the country for the channel’s reports. Her work there received awards\, including two Human Rights Press Awards from Amnesty International and a citation from the Overseas Press Club. She was listed in Foreign Policy’s Pacific Power Index\, a list of 25 people shaping the future of US-China relations. \nDr. Mareike Ohlberg is a senior fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and leads the Stockholm China Forum. Before joining GMF\, she worked as an analyst at the Mercator Institute for China Studies\, where she focused on China’s media and digital policies as well as the Chinese Communist Party’s influence campaigns in Europe. Prior to that\, she was an An Wang postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University’s Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and a postdoctoral fellow at Shih-Hsin University in Taipei. She spent several years living and working in Greater China. She is co-author of the book Hidden Hand: How the Communist Party of China is Reshaping the World (2020). Dr. Ohlberg has a doctoral degree in Chinese studies from the University of Heidelberg and a master’s degree in East Asian regional studies from Columbia University. She is a frequent commentator in the media on the global implications of China’s rise.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/chinas-influence-in-europe/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211206T100000
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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\, December 6 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion on the latest developments in Berlin with Tom Nuttall\, Berlin Bureau Chief for The Economist.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4116383794970%2FWN_cHWu_G8iS6ap6ACML5qzbg” css=”.vc_custom_1638379564002{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Tom Nuttall has been The Economist‘s Berlin bureau chief since November 2018. Before that\, he spent four years based in Brussels writing the Charlemagne column. He has also worked as US west coast correspondent in Los Angeles\, and as an editor on the Europe desk in London. Before joining The Economist he worked as an editor at the European Council on Foreign Relations\, a think-tank\, and spent several years as a senior editor at Prospect magazine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-25/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211209T110000
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SUMMARY:Measuring the Pulse: German-American Relations on the Mend?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In late November\, a new survey on the German-American relationship conducted by the Pew Research Center and the Körber Stiftung was released. After elections in both countries and a transfer of power in the U.S. earlier this year\, the bilateral relationship appears to be on the mend. Large majorities in the U.S. and Germany believe that the relationship between their two countries is good. In a marked change from 2020\, Germans are now much more likely to name the U.S. as an important partner on a number of key issues – including the environment and trade. However\, despite an improvement in opinions about the relationship\, few Americans name Germany as their most important foreign policy partner. \nIn addition to focusing on the bilateral relationship\, the survey looks at German and American attitudes on how to best address the challenges posed by China\, Russia\, and Afghanistan; the impact of digitalization; and\, the use of military force. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion of the survey results with Julia Ganter\, the Editor of the Körber-Stiftung’s The Berlin Pulse\, and the Associate Director of Global Attitudes Research at the Pew Research Center Jacob Poushter – which will be moderated by ACG Board member Dr. Charles Kupchan\, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7616384550086%2FWN_TJUhToPGT9eaWZg3kCfjbQ” css=”.vc_custom_1638455072936{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Julia Ganter is Program Manager for International Affairs at the Körber-Stiftung\, and the Editor of The Berlin Pulse\, the foundation’s annual foreign policy publication. \nPrior to joining the Körber-Stiftung\, she coordinated the Task Force for Protecting Europe from Economic Coercion at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). She gained previous work experience in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin\, the GIZ in Brasília\, the German Institute for Foreign Cultural Relations (ifa)\, from NGO-work in Brazil and as editor of the monthly magazine Lateinamerika Nachrichten. \nMs. Ganter holds a Master’s degree in International Relations from the Free University of Berlin\, Humboldt University Berlin\, and the University of Potsdam. \nJacob Poushter is an associate director at Pew Research Center. He is an expert in international survey research and writes about international public opinion on a variety of topics\, including the international image of the United States and perceptions of global threats. He is also responsible for designing survey questionnaires\, managing survey projects\, analyzing data\, and developing topics for the annual Global Attitudes Survey. \nMr. Poushter received a master’s degree in international affairs from American University and a bachelor’s degree in history from Williams College. He is also an author of studies on global attitudes of cultural change\, views of the American-German relationship\, and contrasting opinions among elites and the American public. He regularly talks about the Center’s findings in print and broadcast media and has been featured on Bloomberg TV and CTV\, as well as in other international media outlets. He has also traveled to Canada\, Europe\, and Asia to explain the Center’s work and has participated in numerous presentations and panels in Washington\, DC. \nModerator: ACG Board Member Dr. Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government. From 2014 to 2017\, he served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) in the Barack Obama administration. He was also the director for European affairs on the NSC during the first Bill Clinton administration.  Before joining the Clinton NSC\, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the policy planning staff.  Previously\, he was an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University. \nDr. Kupchan is the author of Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020)\, No One’s World: The West\, the Rising Rest\, and the Coming Global Turn (2012)\, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010)\, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (2002)\, Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001)\, Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999)\, Atlantic Security: Contending Visions (1998)\, Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe (1995)\, The Vulnerability of Empire (1994)\, The Persian Gulf and the West (1987)\, and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/measuring-the-pulse-german-american-relations-on-the-mend/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211210T110000
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SUMMARY:Beyond Biden’s ‘Democracy Summit’: Internal and External Challenges to Democracy at Home and Abroad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Later this week\, President Joe Biden will convene more than 100 world leaders as well as representatives from civil society and the private sector for the highly anticipated virtual “Summit for Democracy.” This online event is the first of two proposed gatherings and focuses on “renewing democracy in the United States and around the world.” Holding the summit is a major step in meeting one of Biden’s main campaign promises\, but it is not free of controversy. How much can such a meeting actually achieve? \nJoin the American Council on Germany on Friday\, December 10 at 11 am ET (5 pm CET)\, for a discussion about the internal and external challenges to democracy in Europe\, the United States\, and around the world with Dr. Frances Brown\, Co-Director and Senior Fellow in the Democracy\, Conflict\, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, and Ralf Fücks\, Managing Director of the Center for Liberal Modernity in Berlin. We’ll also hear what they hope comes out of the “Democracy Summit.” \nThis 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%2F2816388230436%2FWN_Y2uPgdOrRBmiOWK8YV5anA” css=”.vc_custom_1638823080256{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Frances Z. Brown is a senior fellow and co-director of the Carnegie Endowment’s Democracy\, Conflict\, and Governance Program. She previously worked at the White House\, USAID\, and in non-governmental organizations\, and writes extensively on conflict\, governance\, and U.S. foreign policy. \nIn her last role before leaving government\, Dr. Brown served as director for democracy and fragile states on the White House National Security Council (NSC) staff\, where she helped manage policy processes on democracy support\, key political transitions\, and post-conflict stabilization efforts. Serving in both the Obama and Trump administrations\, she also convened a fragile states interagency committee\, aimed at elevating comparative insights on conflict into policy deliberations. \nPrior to the NSC\, Dr. Brown served at the U.S. Agency for International Development’s Office of Transition Initiatives\, managing stabilization and political transition programs in Afghanistan\, the Middle East\, and Africa from the field and Washington. Previous research roles include fellowships with the Council on Foreign Relations\, Columbia University’s Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies\, the U.S. Institute of Peace\, as well as her doctoral work at Oxford\, which examined donors’ bottom-up state-building and stabilization programs in conflict-affected states. Other experience outside of government includes two years in Beirut\, Lebanon; a year at the Kabul-based Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit; consulting for the Quadrennial Defense Review; shorter project-management roles in Iraq\, Jordan\, Kuwait\, and Pakistan; and political risk forecasting. \nShe has published field research projects on Afghanistan stabilization and subnational governance with the U.S. Institute of Peace\, on Syria stabilization with Carnegie\, and shorter analyses in the American Interest\, Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, the Washington Post\, the Los Angeles Times\, the Christian Science Monitor\, the International Herald Tribune\, and elsewhere. On television\, Brown has commented on U.S. foreign policy for BBC World News\, ABC News (Australia)\, Al-Jazeera\, and elsewhere. She is a security fellow with the Truman National Security Project and a prior term member of the Council on Foreign Relations. \nRalf Fücks is Man­ag­ing Direc­tor of the Center for Liberal Moder­nity\, fol­low­ing 21 years as Pres­i­dent of the Hein­rich-Böll-Stiftung\, the polit­i­cal foun­da­tion asso­ci­ated with the Greens. At the center of his work were green eco­nom­ics and eco­log­i­cal inno­va­tion\, migra­tion\, the future of Europe\, and inter­na­tional pol­i­tics. Before that\, he was co-chair of the German Green Party (1989/​​90) and Senator of Envi­ron­ment and City Devel­op­ment in Bremen. \nMr. Fücks is con­sid­ered to be an innovative thinker\, seeking cross-party dis­course. He is an advo­cate for liberal ecology pol­i­tics\, focus­ing on inno­va­tion rather than pro­hi­bi­tion. He is a regular con­trib­u­tor to national and inter­na­tional media and co-author to numer­ous books. In 1991\, he was editor of the book “Sind die Grünen noch zu retten?” (Is There a Future for the Green Party?). In 2013 his book “Intel­li­gent Wachsen – Die grüne Rev­o­lu­tion” (Smart Growth – The Green Rev­o­lu­tion) was pub­lished in German\, fol­lowed by English\, Polish and Russian edi­tions. His second book\, “Frei­heit vertei­di­gen – wie wir den Kampf um die offene Gesellschaft gewin­nen” (Defend­ing Freedom – How We Can Win the Fight For An Open Society) is dealing with the chal­lenge liberal democ­racy is facing at home and glob­ally. In Sep­tem­ber 2019\, the anthol­ogy “Soziale Mark­twirtschaft ökol­o­gisch erneuern” (“Green­ing the Social Market Economy”) was pub­lished by Fücks together with Thomas Köhler at the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/beyond-bidens-democracy-summit-internal-and-external-challenges-to-democracy-at-home-and-abroad/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211213T090000
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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\, December 13 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion on the latest developments in Berlin with Matthew Karnitschnig\, Chief European Correspondent for Politico.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1716389882899%2FWN_hfVE7W6-RAOITyL7GOIGWA” css=”.vc_custom_1638988332624{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent\, based in Berlin. He joined the publication in 2015 from the Wall Street Journal\, where he spent 15 years in a variety of positions as a reporter and editor in the U.S. and Europe. \nIn a career spanning two decades\, Mr. Karnitschnig has been on the front lines of some of the defining political and economic stories of our time. In 2008\, he covered the fall of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that ensued. He was part of a team of Journal reporters that won a Gerald Loeb Award and was named a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting in 2009. \nHe subsequently spearheaded the WSJ’s coverage of the eurozone debt crisis as the paper’s Germany bureau chief and European economics editor. He led the team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2011 and won an Overseas Press Club award in 2012. \nMr. Karnitschnig previously worked as a journalist for Business Week\, Reuters\, and Bloomberg. \nThe son of an Austrian father and American mother\, he grew up in Arizona\, where he got his start reporting as a stringer for the Phoenix Gazette during high school.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-26/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211217T120000
DTSTAMP:20260610T180121
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SUMMARY:Germany’s New Government is in Place: What will it do now?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Merkel era is over. Last week a new government led by the center-left Social Democrats – together with the Greens and the pro-business Free Democrats – took office. How much of a break will this be from the conservative-led governments over the past 16 years under the leadership of Angela Merkel? \nThe new government made up of three parties exemplifies continuity and change. As the coalition agreement shows\, we can expect consensus and stability – but this government also wants to go in new directions and address important challenges facing the country. This government is likely to be more progressive and future-oriented than its predecessor. \nJoin us on December 17 at 11:00 am ET for an online discussion about the new German government with the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, Stefan Kornelius.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6916395003331%2FWN_1DY0sIE7Tm-DMreovCZuaw” css=”.vc_custom_1639500373811{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stefan Kornelius is the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Previously he served as Foreign Editor of the paper for nearly 20 years. In his reporting career\, he has covered Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU)\, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl\, and defense issues in Europe. He served as Berlin Bureau Chief\, and from 1996 to 1999 he was the paper’s Washington correspondent. Prior to that he was a correspondent in Bonn. \nHis biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel\, entitled Angela Merkel\, the Chancellor and her World\, has been translated into 13 languages. Mr. Kornelius is a graduate of the Henri-Nannen-Journalistenschule and studied in Bonn and at the London School of Economics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-new-government-is-in-place-what-will-it-do-now/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211220T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211220T100000
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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\, December 20 at 9:00 am ET for the last kaffeepause of the year with ACG Young Leader alumnus Matthias Deiß\, Deputy Director of ARD’s television studio in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here ” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4816395782411%2FWN_u6qXUGEiQjmzfmOPhd_24w” css=”.vc_custom_1639578333851{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthias Deiß is the Deputy Director of ARD’s Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin and deputy editor-in-chief of television. From 2018 to 2021\, he served as the editorial director for ARD’s political magazine Kontraste. Prior to this\, he worked from 2012 to 2017 as a TV correspondent with ARD. He studied communications and political science at the University of Munich and at the German School of Journalism in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-27/
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