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SUMMARY:Virtual: German Leadership at Home and Abroad
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As geopolitical tensions rise\, the transatlantic relationship faces new challenges\, and domestic political uncertainty grows on both sides of the Atlantic\, Germany faces critical questions about its role and responsibilities in Europe and the world. How can German leaders navigate domestic political pressures while strengthening Germany’s capacity to shape international affairs? \nJoin the ACG on Thursday\, October 29 at 11:00 am ET for a virtual discussion with political scientist and author Dr. Stefan Fröhlich about Germany’s evolving leadership role\, its foreign policy priorities\, and the prospects for a constructive transatlantic partnership in an increasingly unpredictable world.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1917926833046%2FWN_x-4ygXdMSqSZ5sG8Cbkb1A” css=”.vc_custom_1792683371198{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Stefan Fröhlich is Professor of International Politics and Political Economy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is currently also a guest professor at the College of Europe (in Brugge and Natolin) at Oxford University\, and at the Universities of Bonn and Zurich. His fields of research include EU foreign\, economic\, and security policy; transatlantic relations; German foreign\, economic\, and security policy; and international political economy. He is a frequent commentator on international affairs for German and international media. \nDr. Fröhlich was Director of the postgraduate European Studies Program at the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn from 1998 to 2002 and spent time in Washington\, DC\, as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins (2002-03); the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2007); and the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy (2016-17). \nHe is a board member of the German Atlantic Council (Berlin)\, Center for European Integration Studies (Bonn)\, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin)\, German Society for Political Science\, Association for European Integration (Berlin)\, and the Institute for European Politics (Berlin). He is the author of numerous books and more than 200 articles on German and European foreign policy and transatlantic relations. \nHe studied Political Science\, Economics\, as well as American and Spanish Literature in Bonn\, Paris\, and Washington (MA 1985; Ph.D. 1989; “Habilitation” (Dr.phil.habil.) 1996).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-german-leadership-at-home-and-abroad/
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Meet a Bundestag Member: German Politics Today
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany (ACG)\, the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)\, and the German Studies Association (GSA) have launched a new virtual series\, Meet a Bundestag Member: German Politics Today. The series offers students of German language and culture the chance to engage directly with members of the German Bundestag on timely political issues while practicing their German language skills. \nThe fourth session will take place on November 16 at 11:00 AM ET and will feature Jürgen Hardt (CDU)\, who will join ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol for a 60-minute moderated discussion — held in German — incorporating questions posed by the audience. \nFollowing each event\, the conversations will also be released as podcasts\, making them easily accessible for members\, students\, and educators to use in the classroom.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aatg.org%2Fevents%2Fmeet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today—juergen-hardt” css=”.vc_custom_1793204772876{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Jürgen Hardt is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)\, serving as the foreign policy spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag and chairing its Foreign Affairs Working Group. \nMr. Hardt began his political career within the CDU after studying economics and serving as Chairman of the Association of CDU Students from 1987 to 1989. Following nearly a decade working for the party\, he moved into the private sector in the media industry while remaining active in local politics in Wuppertal. He served on the Wuppertal City Council from 2004 until his election to the German Bundestag in 2009. \nFrom 2014 to 2018\, Mr. Hardt served as the German Government’s Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation under Chancellor Angela Merkel\, where he worked to strengthen relations between Germany\, the United States\, and Canada. In the Bundestag\, he continues to focus on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations. He also serves as an alternate member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Defence Committee. \nMr. Hardt previously served four years in the German Navy\, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-meet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today/
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