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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]he ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, April 3\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Journalist Miriam Hollstein\, Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin and 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7816800134125%2FWN_BayXuLBLTrmQI-a9xaPM_Q” css=”.vc_custom_1680013453737{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Miriam Hollstein serves as the Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin. Prior to this position\, she served as the Chief Political Reporter for FUNKE Zentralredaktion from November 2020 to December 2021. She wrote for the Berliner Zeitung while still a student and worked as an editor for Internationale Politik. She worked as a foreign reporter for the Welt am Sonntag\, and from 2006-2014 was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015-2020 she worked for the Bild am Sonntag\, first as domestic policy and then from 2018 as chief reporter of politics. Her reporting brought her into regular contact with the office of the German Chancellor. Since March 2020 she works as a freelance writer and moderator. \nIn 2009 she published the first graphic biography of Angela Merkel\, entitled “Miss Tschörmanie\,” together with illustrator Heiko Sakurai. She appears regularly on the German news program “Phoenix\,” where she speaks on political and societal issues. She regularly travels internationally for reporting assignments. In addition\, she was a 2005 Marshall Memorial Fellow\, a 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow\, and was recognized in 2015 by the DEFA Stiftung (German Film Corporation Foundation) for her contribution to the preservation of German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-64/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T110000
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SUMMARY:Iran in a Revolutionary Process and the Role of the West
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent years\, there have been numerous waves of protests in Iran against the country’s corrupt theocracy. The death of Mahsa Amini on September 16\, 2022\, while in police custody for wearing an “improper” hijab\, has triggered what has become the most severe and sustained political upheaval ever faced by the Islamist regime in Tehran. Waves of protests\, led primarily by women\, broke out immediately\, sending some two-million people into the streets of 160 cities and small towns across the country. Hundreds of people have died\, and thousands are in prison. The regime’s suppression and the opponents’ exhaustion have slowed the protests\, but some analysts believe Iran has embarked on an uncharted and irreversible course. \nHow do we make sense of this extraordinary political happening? How close are the protesters to really dethroning Iran’s leaders? Is Iran on the verge of another revolution? To answer these questions\, join the ACG for a virtual discussion with 2022 McCloy Global Trends Fellow Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad\, Founder & Director\, Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9616795861141%2FWN_3HHCmboJSyujzOSiOBTxhw” css=”.vc_custom_1679586160005{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German–Iranian political scientist focusing on Iran\, the Middle East\, and the post-unipolar world order. He is a 2022 ACG McCloy Fellow on Global Trends\, exploring how transatlantic foreign policy toward authoritarian states could reconcile interests and values. Also\, he is an Associate Fellow with the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (AUB-IFI)\, where he publishes a monthly brief entitled »Iran in Focus« (previously published as »Iran 1400 Brief«). He is the author of the much-acclaimed book Iran in an Emerging New World Order: From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani (2021)\, as well as initiator and co-host of the Berlin Mideast Podcast (Konrad Adenauer Foundation). He is also an affiliated researcher with the Centre d’Études de la Coopération Internationale et du Développement (CECID) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Freie Universität (FU) Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics. \nDr. Fathollah Nejad has taught globalization and development in the Middle East\, contemporary Iran\, the Arab Revolts\, and great-power politics at the University of Tübingen (as Senior Lecturer in Middle East and Comparative Politics)\, in the Ph.D. program of Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center\, at FU Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics\, the University of Westminster\, SOAS\, etc. Due to COVID-19\, his Visiting Professorship at the Centre for International Studies of the University of Economics in Prague is postponed. \nDr. Fathollah Nejad is the former Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in Doha (BDC\, 2017–20) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP\, 2015–18). In 2020\, he published two monographs: The Islamic Republic of Iran Four Decades On: The 2017/18 Protests Amid a Triple Crisis\, where he suggested the start of a long-term revolutionary process in Iran\, and The Politics of Culture in Times of Rapprochement: European Cultural and Academic Exchange with Iran (2015–16). \nHe holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London) and was the winner of 2016/17 post-doctoral fellowship of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Iran Project. His about 300 analytical pieces in English\, German\, and French have been translated into a dozen languages. A frequent speaker at academic conferences and political forums\, he regularly contributes to leading international media outlets in English\, German\, and French – and is fluent in German\, French\, English\, and Persian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/iran-in-a-revolutionary-process-and-the-role-of-the-west/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T110000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation 2.0: The Future of Globalization
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the launch of our virtual transatlantic discussion series “Resilience and Adaptation” with 24 episodes covering a range of social\, political\, and economic implications\, 1014 and the American Council on Germany are launching a new virtual discussion series to revisit some of the same themes and examine how much has (or has not) changed as the result of the pandemic. Which lessons have been learned? Have any changes proven to be sustainable? \nGlobal supply chains suffered a major disruption as a result of the pandemic – which has been exacerbated with the war in Ukraine. Economic interdependence (in areas such as semi-conductors and more recently energy) has been called into question as there are calls for on-shoring and “friend-shoring” for critical sectors. With most factories and production back on-line at pre-pandemic levels\, is global manufacturing back on track? What are the implications of the disruptions of recent years on trade? To answer these questions\, join 1014 and the American Council on Germany for a virtual discussion with globalization experts Thorsten Benner and Dr. Shannon O’Neil.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7916804698617%2FWN_68s6rDXyRAWsFPi0de5GOg” css=”.vc_custom_1680469928803{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Thorsten Benner is Co-Founder and Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His areas of interest include the interplay of the US\, Europe and non-Western powers in the making of global (dis)order\, German and European policy vis-à-vis China and Asia-Pacific\, peace and security as well as data and technology politics. Prior to co-founding GPPi in 2003\, he worked with the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin\, the UNDevelopment Programme in New York\, and the Global Public Policy Project in Washington\, DC. \nHis commentary has appeared in DIE ZEIT\, International New York Times\, Financial Times\, Foreign Affairs\, Handelsblatt\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, among others. His publications include The New World of UN Peace Operations: Learning to Build Peace? (Oxford University Press\, 2011) and Critical Choices. The United Nations\, Networks\, and the Future of Global Governance (Ottawa\, 2000). \nMr. Thorsten is an adjunct faculty member at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin\, where he has been involved since its founding in 2003. From 2011 to 2015\, he worked with the founding team of the School of Public Policy at Central European University. He is a member of the Global Board of Directors of More in Common. \nHe studied political science\, history\, and sociology at the University of Siegen (Germany)\, the University of York (UK)\, and the University of California at Berkeley. \nFrom 2001 to 2003\, he was a McCloy Scholar at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government\, where he received a master’s degree in public administration. He received scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation\, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)\, and the German National Academic Foundation. \nDr. Shannon K. O’Neil is the Vice President\, Deputy Director of Studies\, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an expert on global trade\, supply chains\, Mexico\, Latin America\, and democracy. \nDr. O’Neil is the author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter (Yale University Press\, October 2022)\, which chronicles the rise of three main global manufacturing and supply chain hubs and what they mean for U.S. economic competitiveness. She also wrote Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico\, the United States\, and the Road Ahead (Oxford University Press\, 2013)\, which analyzes the political\, economic\, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last three decades and why they matter for the United States. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion\, and a frequent guest on national broadcast news and radio programs. Dr. O’Neil has often testified before Congress\, and regularly speaks at global academic\, business\, and policy conferences. \nDr. O’Neil has lived and worked in Mexico and Argentina. She was a Fulbright scholar and a Justice\, Welfare\, and Economics fellow at Harvard University\, and has taught Latin American politics at Columbia University. \nBefore turning to policy\, Dr. O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She holds a BA from Yale University\, an MA in international relations from Yale University\, and a PhD in government from Harvard University. She is a member of the board of directors of the Tinker Foundation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-2-0-the-future-of-globalization/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230417T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, April 17 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Karina Mößbauer\, Chief Reporter of the Politics Department/ Parliament Office for BILD[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9316814012942%2FWN_ED7oHvN6R6qHRnzVxOhpXA” css=”.vc_custom_1681401325957{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Karina Mößbauer has been the Chief Reporter for the Politics Department and Parliament Office for BILD since 2015. In this role\, she reports on the  CDU/CSU and FDP and is also responsible for defense and security policy. In 2020\, she produced and hosted BILD’s flagship weekly political debate show\, “Die richtigen Fragen” (The Right Questions). In 2017 and 2018\, she developed\, produced\, and hosted BILD’s “Fahrt ins Wochenende” (Driving into the Weekend)\, during which she would interview politicians on their last commute before the weekend. In 2017\, she served as the U.S. Correspondent. She holds a master’s degree in International Journalism from Westminster University in London and a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Politics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-65/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.\nJoin us on Monday\, April 24 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Henrike Roßbach\, Deputy Head and Correspondent for the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4516819923037%2FWN_D_Vnh9BARZeyTRIDV79p-Q” css=”.vc_custom_1681992344100{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Henrike Roßbach is the Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. She has been a correspondent in the parliamentary office since the beginning of 2018. She reports on the FDP and the federal government’s financial and tax policies\, and (together with her colleagues) observes and describes the political landscape. Prior to this\, she was an economics correspondent in the parliamentary editorial department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for eight years\, as well as the economics editor of the FAZ in Frankfurt. She studied economics at the University of Cologne and is also a graduate of the Cologne School of Journalism. During her studies\, she spent a year in the United States as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Colorado in Boulder\, CO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-66/
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