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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - 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\, June 3 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Claudia Kade\, Head of Politics\, WELT/WELT AM SONNTAG.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6617170006618%2FWN_Uevzlk3vTjeDfFBDh-NpTQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717000879524{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Claudia Kade has been the Head of the Politics Department at WELT / WELT AM SONNTAG since 2017. Before this role\, she was an Editor in the Politics Department. From 2008 to 2010\, she was Editor of the Financial Times Deutschland. She also was an Editor at Reuters and a Freelancer at ZDF. Ms. Kade studied Journalism and Economics in Dortmund and completed a traineeship at ZDF.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-97/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T130000
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SUMMARY:Bridging Divides: The Role of Subnational Ties in Strengthening Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The transatlantic relationship is a cornerstone of the international order and ties at the subnational level are essential for effectively addressing the common challenges facing communities on both sides of the Atlantic\, now and in the future. Complex global and local issues like climate change\, promoting sustainable development\, and supporting workforce preparedness can be tackled by working together. As we edge into an increasingly polarized global system\, strengthening subnational ties across the Atlantic is key to maintaining the transatlantic partnership. \nThe American Council on Germany (ACG) and the Association of German-American Centers (Verbund Deutsch-Amerikanischer Zentren\, VDAZ) are excited to launch a series of digital events aimed at exploring the challenges confronting local communities and the importance of subnational diplomacy. In the coming months\, we will delve into specific aspects of transnational diplomacy and how people-to-people connections help strengthening transatlantic relations for the future. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, June 5 at 1:00 pm ET for the opening discussion with Ambassador Nina Hachigian (ret)\, Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State\, and Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Ministry and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). They will make the case for subnational diplomacy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9817170004600%2FWN_Va_aNPKWQIK8A7EBHIo7NQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717000520449{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Nina Hachigian (ret) is the first U.S. Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. Previously she served as the first Deputy Mayor for International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles. From 2014 to 2017\, Ambassador Hachigian served as the second U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). She was awarded the State Department’s Superior Honor Award for her service. Earlier\, Ambassador Hachigian was a Senior Fellow and a Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress focused on Asia policy and U.S.-China relations. Prior to that\, she was the director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy for four years. Ambassador Hachigian served on the staff of the National Security Council in the Clinton White House from 1998-1999. She is the editor of Debating China: The U.S. – China Relationship in Ten Conversations (Oxford University Press\, 2014) and co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise (Simon & Schuster\, 2008). She writes frequently about city and state diplomacy. \nMichael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, where\, in his fourth term\, he represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He has served as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office since March 2022. He is also Deputy Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag\, responsible for international policy. In addition\, Mr. 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. Previously\, Mr. Link was Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)\, based in Warsaw\, from 2014 to 2017\, and served as Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation from 2012 to 2013. In 2020\, he was the Head OSCE observer of the US general elections.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/bridging-divides-the-role-of-subnational-ties-in-strengthening-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240610T090000
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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\, June 10 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with award-winning journalist and ACG fellow Vladimir Balzer[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3317176816176%2FWN_Pleg-lorTnWvff6sn9RwRw” css=”.vc_custom_1717681785412{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, art history\, and journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He studied abroad in Italy and the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-98/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T110000
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SUMMARY:Legal Battles\, Coup Fantasies\, and Foreign Agents: What’s Happening on Germany’s Far Right?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last month\, one of the largest legal proceedings in German history began with the start of the first trials against a group of far-right conspiracists who planned the violent overthrow of the Bundestag. According to federal prosecutors\, the group – known as the Reichsbürger\, or citizens of the Reich\, a disparate group that denies the legitimacy of the modern German state – planned to enter the Reichstag with armed support to arrest members of parliament with the intention of “overthrowing the system.” Due to the complexity of the case and a variety of logistical and security reasons\, there will be three separate trails in Frankfurt\, Stuttgart\, and Munich. \nNew York Times reporter Christopher F. Schuetze has been following this emerging story – and right-wing populist movements. Join us just days before the European Union’s Parliamentary election on June 9 for a virtual discussion about developments on Germany’s far right. The event will take place on Tuesday\, June 11 at 11:00 am ET / 5:00 pm CET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7917170957683%2FWN_J0BE5XSSRaKZ9YifL_UbUQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717095807722{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Christopher F. Schuetze is a reporter for The New York Times based in Berlin\, covering politics\, society\, and culture in Germany\, Austria\, and Switzerland. His recent stories have focused on the rise of populism and the far-right – as well as Germany’s multiple simultaneous transformations. In addition to its vaunted green-energy transformation\, the country is becoming more ethnically and culturally diverse. \nRaised in Germany and Canada and trained in the United States and France\, Mr. Schuetze has reported from a dozen countries\, mostly in Europe. He got his start at The Times as an intern for the paper’s international edition in Paris (which was then called The International Herald Tribune)\, where he covered sustainability and higher education. Before moving to Berlin in 2018\, he reported from the Netherlands.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/legal-battles-coup-fantasies-and-foreign-agents-whats-happening-on-germanys-far-right/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe 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\, June 17 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Daniela Vates\, Chief Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_gcMlVcI2R_WKCyyNrEHv3Q%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1718635014829{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Daniela Vates is Chief Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (a Hannover-based corporate newsroom that provides journalistic content to more than 60 daily newspapers across the country – including Frankfurter Rundschau\, Leipziger Volkszeitung\, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger\, and Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung – and reaches nearly seven million readers daily). Before joining RND\, she was a political correspondent for the Berliner Zeitung and Reuters. Ms. Vates has reported from Berlin since 1999 – and from the then German capital Bonn for a couple of years before that. She covers German domestic politics and foreign policy. She studied Journalism and Political Science in Munich and the United States and is a graduate of the Deutsche Journalistenschule (DJS) in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-99/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T120000
DTSTAMP:20260512T171256
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SUMMARY:Combatting Antisemitism and Information Manipulation in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disinformation has fueled antisemitism for centuries\, but the war in Gaza has exacerbated the spread of false information and conspiracy theories – particularly through social media platforms and online forums. This has contributed to the reinforcement of negative stereotypes and prejudices against Jewish people. The manipulation of information targeting Jewish individuals and organizations often intersects with other forms of hate speech and discrimination\, amplifying its impact and fostering an environment conducive to antisemitic attitudes and actions. What can be done to address the challenge of disinformation? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York on Monday\, June 17\, at 11 am ET for the next installment of the virtual series “Dealing with Disinformation.” Josephine Ballon\, the CEO of HateAid (a non-profit organization advocating for human rights in the digital space)\, and Aaron Keyak\, Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Department of State\, will discuss the intersection of disinformation and antisemitism – and measures that can be taken to address them.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1017186351261%2FWN_ShfDh6AbTZOHuwQx_jmSJg” css=”.vc_custom_1718635167180{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Josephine Ballon has been the CEO of HateAid since September 2023. She joined the organization in November 2019 as the head of Legal. She is an advocate for improving the legal framework and access to justice for those affected by online violence\, who are left largely unprotected against violations of their rights. Ms. Ballon has given expert testimony before the German Federal Parliament and European Parliament regarding law enforcement of online hate crimes\, gender-based online violence\, and platform regulation. \nAfter studying law and completing her legal clerkship\, Ms. Ballon was admitted as a lawyer in 2018\, working in the field of consumer rights and legal tech. \nAaron Keyak currently serves as the Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Department of State. In helping lead this office\, he works to advance U.S. foreign policy to counter antisemitism throughout the world. Deputy Special Envoy Keyak is an experienced leader and interfaith coalition builder who has previously held senior roles advising members of Congress\, the Obama Administration\, and the Biden-Harris Administration transition team. \nAs an accomplished foreign policy hand and publicist\, he has counseled various members of Congress and served as the top Middle East adviser and Communications Director for Representatives Jerry Nadler and Steve Rothman. Deputy Special Envoy Keyak serves as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and was selected as a Truman National Security Project scholar. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with honors from Washington University in St. Louis.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/combatting-antisemitism-and-information-manipulation-in-the-21st-century/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T140000
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SUMMARY:Exit Interview: Reflecting on Seven Years in New York
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By popular demand\, the ACG is delighted to make today’s discussion with Consul General David Gill a hybrid event. Mr. Gill will join us in person in our New York office to reflect on his seven years in NYC and his preparation for his next posting in Ireland. \nDavid Gill grew up in a Protestant minister’s family in Herrnhut\, Saxony\, in former East Germany. He was denied a higher education by the Communist regime for political reasons. Instead\, he trained and worked as a plumber before joining a preparatory protestant school and later the theological seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. In 1990\, he initially was the chairman of the Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee\, which oversaw the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security at the Stasi headquarters and served as the secretary of the Special Committee for the dissolution of the Stasi of the East German Parliament. After reunification\, Mr. Gill became spokesman and head of the research division of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi-Files before studying Law in Berlin and Philadelphia. \nAfter holding positions in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and at the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin\, he served as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. During Federal President Joachim Gauck’s term from 2012–2017\, he was state secretary and chief of staff of the President. Since August 2017\, Mr. Gill has been the German Consul General in New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/exit-interview-reflecting-on-seven-years-in-new-york/
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