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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Berlin on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, March 2\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Aaron Wiener\, former Berlin Bureau Chief for the Washington Post.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1717724593894%2FWN_T8735kWiTR2SeWnuAgwhaQ” css=”.vc_custom_1772459417377{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Aaron Wiener was The Washington Post‘s Berlin Bureau Chief until February 2026\, covering Germany\, Austria\, Poland\, and Hungary\, as well as broader news out of Europe. He was previously a Housing Reporter and the editor of Retropolis\, The Post’s history section. Earlier\, he was a Senior Editor at Mother Jones\, a reporter at Washington City Paper\, a Berlin correspondent for the Los Angeles Times\, and the editor of the Washington Independent. He has been the recipient of several awards\, including a 2011 Arthur F Burns Prize for reporting\, a 2013 Society of Professional Journalists Dateline Award for news reporting\, 20214 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Award for best blog\, 2015 Street Sense Award for commentary\, 2015 Association of Alternative Newsmedia Award for beat reporting\, and he was a Pulitzer Prize finalist for illustrated reporting in 2024.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-7/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Takeaways from Friedrich Merz's Trip to China
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s visit to China has reignited debate over Germany’s long-term strategy toward Beijing. With German industry deeply intertwined with the Chinese market\, and political leaders under pressure to reduce strategic dependencies\, the trip highlights the tension between economic interests and security concerns. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion on March 2\, 2026\, with ACG Board member Tara Hariharan and China expert Dr. Mareike Ohlberg to examine what the trip reveals about China’s place on the world stage and Germany’s strategic thinking. How is the next generation of political leadership navigating economic interdependence and geopolitical rivalry? What does this mean for Europe’s broader China policy – and for transatlantic coordination at a time of growing global fragmentation?[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8617723904448%2FWN_ngDTY6_2SbKUOO6qevwj7Q” css=”.vc_custom_1772390479381{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Tara Hariharan is Managing Director of Global Macro Research and Head of Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based emerging markets-focused hedge fund. She regularly presents her assessments of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) economy and U.S.-China relations to senior U.S. policymakers and International Monetary Fund representatives. Ms. Hariharan is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Millennium Leadership fellow at the Atlantic Council. She was a 2014 German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial fellow\, a 2016 American Council on Germany (ACG) young leader\, and a 2022 Economic Club of New York fellow. In 2022\, she was elected to ACG’s board. She is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economists’ Committee. Elected to the Inter-American Dialogue in 2021\, she regularly contributes to its publications on trade flows and the PRC’s influence on Latin America. Ms. Hariharan holds a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in anthropology from Princeton University. \nDr. Mareike Ohlberg is a Senior Fellow in the Indo-Pacific Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and leads the Stockholm China Forum. She is based at GMF’s Berlin Office. Before joining GMF\, Dr. Ohlberg 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 doctorate 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/virtual-event-takeaways-from-friedrich-merzs-trip-to-china/
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Berlin on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, March 9\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Editor at Die Zeit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8917727290319%2FWN_JElDecFlTUaumhZIP4H26w” css=”.vc_custom_1772729070985{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Anna Sauerbrey is the Foreign Editor at the German largest weekly newspaper\, Die Zeit. Before assuming this position\, she was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Der Tagesspiegel\, a daily newspaper based in Berlin. She has written about German politics in The New York Times and comments on German and international politics on public German radio and television programs. She has also appeared on German television and on CNN and the BBC world service. She is the author of Machtwechsel. Wie eine neue Politikergeneration das Land verändert (Rowohlt Berlin\, 2022) a book on the generation of German policymakers succeeding Angela Merkel.  Dr. Sauerbrey received a Ph.D. in History from the University of Mainz in 2009. She has also studied Political Science and Journalism. She was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow with the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2013 and has extensively written about transatlantic relations and U.S. domestic politics since. She was a ACG Kellen Fellow in 2018.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-8/
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