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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170203T113000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Rise of Populism and the European Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In Germany\, 2017 has been dubbed the “Superwahljahr\,” or “super election year” – with major elections across Europe in Austria\, France\, Holland\, Germany\, and Norway. Join us on February 3 at 11:30 am (EST) for a Hot Topics Call on rising populism\, growing political polarization\, and elections in Europe – and specifically Germany. We will be joined by Dr. Sergey Lagodinsky\, Head of the EU/North America Department at the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-rise-of-populism-and-the-european-elections/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170918T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170918T113000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20170907T132946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170907T134916Z
UID:10000110-1505730600-1505734200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call on German Elections with Christopher Cermak
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call on the upcoming German elections with Christopher Cermak\, Editor of Handelsblatt Global.  \nTo register\, please fill in the form below. Dial-in information will be emailed to you closer to the date of the phone call.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-on-german-elections/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170925T103000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20170918T145222Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170918T201800Z
UID:10000119-1506333600-1506335400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call on the German Election Results
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call on the German Election results with Rüdiger Lentz\, Executive Director of the Aspen Institute in Germany.   \nTo register\, please fill in the form below. Dial-in information will be emailed to you closer to the date of the phone call.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-on-the-german-election-results/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171016T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20171009T193425Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171122T151914Z
UID:10000133-1508151600-1508155200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call German Politics on with Andreas Kluth
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Andreas Kluth\, Editor-in-Chief of Handelsblatt Global\, on the election results in Lower Saxony and what means for the Germany. \nRegistration for this discussion has past.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-german-politics-on-with-andreas-kluth/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171122T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171122T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20171120T142327Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171121T143041Z
UID:10000091-1511348400-1511352000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Coalition Talks with Dr. Christoph von Marschall
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Dr. Christoph von Marschall\, Managing Editor for Der Tagesspiegel\, on the breakdown of coalition talks in the German Bundestag. \nDue to overwhelming response\, the ACG is no longer accepting registrations for this Hot Topics Call. We apologize for the inconvenience.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-coalition-talks-with-dr-christoph-von-marschall/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171214T120000
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CREATED:20171211T194432Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171211T200705Z
UID:10000168-1513249200-1513252800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: How Americans and Germans View Their Countries' Relationship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Jacob Poushter\, Senior Research Focusing on Global Attitudes at Pew Research Center\, on the results of a survey on German-American relations.  \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-how-americans-and-germans-view-their-countries-relationship/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20171221T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20171221T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20171219T203910Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20171219T203910Z
UID:10000169-1513854000-1513857600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: What the U.S. National Security Strategy Means for Transatlantic Relations.
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Constanze Stelzenmüller\, Robert Bosch Senior Fellow – Foreign Policy\, Center for the United States and Europe at Brookings. \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-what-the-u-s-national-security-strategy-means-for-transatlantic-relations/
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180205T120000
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CREATED:20180130T163433Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180130T163433Z
UID:10000178-1517828400-1517832000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Germany After the Fall of the Berlin Wall
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will hold a Hot Topics Call with Consul General David Gill\, who will reflect on growing up behind the Wall\, the experiences he had immediately after the fall of the Wall\, and how Germany has changed in nearly 30 years since November 1989. \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-germany-after-the-fall-of-the-berlin-wall/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180213T120000
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CREATED:20180209T194238Z
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UID:10000201-1518523200-1518526800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call with Malte Lehming
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Matle Lehming\, Managing Editor of Der Tagesspiegel\, on the state of the Social Democrats (SPD).  \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-with-malte-lehming/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180516T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180516T120000
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CREATED:20180516T074755Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180516T074755Z
UID:10000231-1526468400-1526472000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Impact of the Trump Administration’s Decision to Pull out of the JCPOA on EU-US Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Hot Topics Call with Cornelius Adebahr\, Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe\, who will discuss the impact of the Trump Administration’s decision to pull out of the JCPOA on EU-US relations and how Europe is likely to proceed. Mr. Adebahr is the author of the book “Europe and Iran: The Nuclear Deal and Beyond.” He is an Associate Fellow at the Research Institute of the German Council on Foreign Relations as well as a member of Team Europe\, an experts’ network of the European Commission. In 2012 and 2013\, Adebahr taught political science at the University of Tehran in Iran.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-impact-of-the-trump-administrations-decision-to-pull-out-of-the-jcpoa-on-eu-us-relations/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20180621T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20180621T120000
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CREATED:20180618T172430Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180618T172641Z
UID:10000137-1529578800-1529582400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call With Stefan Kornelius
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To register for the Hot Topics Call with Stefan Kornelius\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-with-stefan-kornelius/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181102T120000
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CREATED:20181031T194906Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20181031T194906Z
UID:10000287-1541156400-1541160000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Election in Hesse and Merkel's Future
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]To register for the Hot Topics Call with Christoph von Marschall\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-election-in-hesse-and-merkels-future/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190301T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190301T160000
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UID:10000191-1551452400-1551456000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The State of the Transatlantic Relationship
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Bundestag Member Metin Hakverdi (SPD). \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-future-of-work/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190403T223000
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UID:10000323-1554285600-1554330600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Relevance of NATO with Amb. Nicholas Burns
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Ambassador Nicholas Burns.  \nRegistration for this discussion has ended.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-relevance-of-nato-with-amb-nicholas-burns/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190417T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20190412T140332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190412T140332Z
UID:10000331-1555498800-1555502400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Huawei and 5G: What You Need to Know
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Roger Entner\, Founder and Lead Analyst of Recon Analytics.  \nTo register for the call\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-huawei-and-5g-what-you-need-to-know/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190605T110000
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CREATED:20190603T163254Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190603T163254Z
UID:10000362-1559728800-1559732400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The State of the German Government
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Juliane Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent for Der Tagesspiegel.  \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-state-of-the-german-government/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T103000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190709T113000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20190703T185312Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190703T185312Z
UID:10000368-1562668200-1562671800@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Rise of the Greens
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Tobias Lindner\, Member of the German Bundestag (The Greens). \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-rise-of-the-greens/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190930T140000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20190917T150210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20190917T150210Z
UID:10000393-1569844800-1569852000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:NYC: The End of the German-American Affair?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Matthew Karnitschnig\, Chief Europe Correspondent for Politico.  \nBased in Berlin\, Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent. 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. In a career spanning two decades\, he 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. He 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. Mr. Karnitschnig previously worked as a journalist for BusinessWeek\, Reuters\, and Bloomberg. The 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/nyc-the-end-of-the-german-american-affair/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191106T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20191104T140756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20191104T140756Z
UID:10000442-1573038000-1573041600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:HTC: After the Berlin Wall: Memory and the Making of the New Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Dr. Hope Harrison\, Associate Professor of History and International Affairs at The George Washington University. \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/htc-after-the-berlin-wall-memory-and-the-making-of-the-new-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200114T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200114T110000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20200110T151627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200110T151627Z
UID:10000297-1578996000-1578999600@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Rise of Tensions with Iran
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Dr. Cornelius Adebahr\, Political Analyst and Nonresident Fellow at Carnegie Europe. \nTo register\, please fill in the form below. Dial-in information will be sent prior to call.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-rise-of-tensions-with-iran/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20200128T154921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200128T154921Z
UID:10000310-1580295600-1580299200@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Brexit and What It Means for Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a Hot Topics Call with Nicolai von Ondarza\, Deputy Head of Research Division at the Stiftung für Wissenschaft und Politik.  \nTo register\, please fill in the form below.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-brexit-and-what-it-means-for-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200210T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200210T110000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20200207T154722Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200207T154722Z
UID:10000457-1581328800-1581332400@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Developments in Thuringia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This week the German political landscape has been roiled by dramatic developments in the small eastern state of Thuringia. \nAlthough Bodo Ramelow\, Thuringia’s Minister President\, had enough votes to continue as the head of a minority coalition made up of the Left Party\, the Social Democrats\, and the Greens\, after three months of gridlock he was ousted from the position by FDP politician Thomas Kemmerich. In a vote on Wednesday\, Kemmerich beat Ramelow by one vote\, with support of the Christian Democrats – and the far-right Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The CDU – and its Bavarian sister party the CSU – have ruled out all forms of cooperation with the AfD and party leaders have demanded new elections. Within the FDP\, many are reeling from Kemmerich’s decision to accept support from the AfD. These events triggered a national outcry. In the meantime\, Kemmerich has stepped down\, paving the way for new state elections. But\, German party politics are in chaos. \nJoin us for a Hot Topics Call on February 10 at 10:00 am (EST) with Dr. Christian Martin\, Max Weber Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at NYU\, who will reflect on what these developments mean for Thuringia – and for German politics writ large.  \nDr. Martin is a professor of political science at the University of Kiel\, Germany. He currently holds the Max Weber Chair in German and European Studies at New York University. He has studied political science at the University of Konstanz and holds a doctorate from there (2002). Martin was a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Konstanz and at the Max-Planck-Institute in Jena (2003-2004). He was an assistant professor at the University of Hamburg (2004-2008) and a Visiting Assistant Professor at Northwestern University (2008-2011). \nTo register for this call\, please click here[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-developments-in-thuringia/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200311T120000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20200312T151705Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T151705Z
UID:10000463-1583924400-1583928000@www.acgusa.org
SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Future of the CDU and the Evolving Political Landscape in Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2018\, Chancellor Angela Merkel announced she would not run for reelection in 2021. This set the stage for the selection of a new Chairperson of the CDU. In a contested race between three candidates\, Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer was elected as party Chair in December of 2018 and presumptive candidate for Chancellor. However\, last month she decided to step down as party Chair\, reopening the question of who will become the successor to Merkel.  \n Join us for a Hot Topics Call on Wednesday\, March 11 at 11:00am (EST) with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger\, Foreign Editor for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, who will discuss the future of the CDU and the evolving political landscape in Germany. \nKlaus-Dieter Frankenberger is Foreign Editor at the FAZ\, where he writes about international politics. Before joining the newspaper’s editorial staff in 1986\, Mr. Frankenberger gained deep insight into the U.S. political decision-making process when he worked as an assistant to a U.S. member of Congress. He was a Bosch Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, DC\, in 2011 and a Marshall Fellow at Harvard University in 1990. He serves on the Board of various institutions dealing with foreign and defense policy issues. Mr. Frankenberger holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science\, Economics\, and American Studies from Frankfurt University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-future-of-the-cdu-and-the-evolving-political-landscape-in-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200313T110000
DTSTAMP:20260408T202453
CREATED:20200312T150813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200312T150813Z
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: How New Social and Economic Cleavages are Shaping German Politics
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With the drop in support of the center-right and center-left Volksparteien (catch-all parties) it seems as though Germany’s political middle is hollowing out. Different forces and trends are at play. Join us for a Hot Topics Call on Friday\, March 13\, at 10:00 am (EST) with Thomas Krüger\, Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education\, who will discuss how new social and economic cleavages are shaping German politics.  \nTo register for this call\, please click here. \nThomas Krüger has been Director of the Federal Agency for Civic Education since 2000\, President of the Deutsche Kinderhilfswerk since 1995\, and Second Deputy Chairman of the Commission for the Protection of Minors in the Media (KJM) since 2012. His career began in 1976 in the then-German Democratic Republic (GDR) with an apprenticeship as a plastics processing worker. Mr. Krüger studied theology in Berlin and Eisenach before becoming a pastor. He started his political career in 1989 as one of the founding members of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) in the GDR and served as the party’s Secretary and as a member of the East German Parliament until 1990. Mr. Krüger was then appointed the first Acting Representative of the Lord Mayor of East Berlin in addition to his function as a City Council member for internal affairs in the joint Berlin city and state government between 1990 and 1991. From 1990 to 1992\, he was Deputy State Chairman of the Berlin SPD for the entire city. From 1991 to 1994\, Mr. Krüger also served as Senator for Youth and Family in Berlin\, after which he was elected to the German Bundestag for four years.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-how-new-social-and-economic-cleavages-are-shaping-german-politics/
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: The Economic Implications of the Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn late February\, William Boston and Tom Fairless published the attached article in the Wall Street Journal. The article focuses on the economic implications of the spread of the coronavirus on the German economy. Since then\, markets have dropped\, borders have closed\, and factories have suspended production. Just days ago\, Volkswagen\, the world’s biggest car maker by sales\, announced it will temporarily shut down most of its European and German plants in the face of the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 24\, at 10 am ET for a Hot Topics Call with William Boston\, Senior Reporter for the Wall Street Journal. He will provide an update on the economic implications of the coronavirus. \nTo register for the call\, please click here. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-the-economic-implications-of-the-coronavirus/
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Spread and Management of Coronavirus in Europe and Asia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe spread of COVID-19 has been stealing news headlines for weeks – if not months. With over 300\,000 confirmed cases worldwide\, it is still to hard to tell how many people will contract the virus. Although Italy is one of the hardest hit countries\, Germany’s rate of infection remains relatively low. \n\n\nJoin us for a Hot Topics Call on Thursday\, March 26\, at 11:00 am (ET) with German journalist Martina Merten (and 2013 ACG Kellen Fellow) who will discuss the impact of the coronavirus in Asia and Europe. \n\n\nTo register for this call\, please click here. \n\n\nMartina Merten has been working as an international consultant and journalist focusing on healthcare in developing countries and emerging nations since 2004. She also teaches courses on global health and comparative healthcare systems at various national and international universities. \nFrom 2005 until 2009\, she was with the German Medical Journal – the largest specialized medical journal in Germany – as an editor for social and health policy in Berlin. She still publishes for trade and consumer publications\, including the British Medical Journal\, the German Medical Journal\, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. In 2013\, she was awarded an Anna-Marie and Stephen Kellen Fellowship by the ACG to conduct research on the U.S. healthcare system. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-spread-and-management-of-coronavirus-in-europe-and-asia/
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: How Germany Is Combatting Coronavirus
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nMore than 160 nations worldwide have confirmed cases of the coronavirus. The following have the highest number as of 4 a.m. ET*: \n\nChina 81\,591 (+0.04%)\nItaly 69\,176 (+8.21%)\nUS 55\,225 (+18.89%)\nSpain 42\,058 (+19.44%)\nGermany 32\,991 (+13.54%)\nIran 24\,811 (+7.64%)\nFrance 22\,635 (+12.38%)\nSwitzerland 9\,877  (+12.30%)\nSouth Korea 9\,137 (+1.11%)\nUK 8\,164 (+21.38%)\n\nSource: Johns Hopkins University \n*Percentages change over 24 hours \nDespite the number of cases in Germany\, only 0.4 percent of those have been tested have died from COVID-19. According to infectious disease experts\, the reason for the low death rate is Germany’s work in the early days of the outbreak to track\, test\, and contain infection clusters. That means Germany has a truer picture of the size of its outbreak than places that test only the obviously symptomatic\, most seriously ill or highest-risk patients. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 31\, at 10 am ET for a Hot Topics Call with NPR’s Rob Schmitz to learn more about the measures Germany has introduced to combat the spread of the coronavirus. \nTo register for this call\, please click here.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-how-germany-is-combatting-coronavirus/
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SUMMARY:The Transatlantic Economy 2020
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The strong economic ties between Europe and the United States are essential for promoting shared prosperity and competitiveness. Each year\, the Foreign Policy Institute of the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) at Johns Hopkins University\, the American Chamber of Commerce to the EU\, and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce release U.S.-European economic connections – including jobs\, trade\, services\, and investment. \nJoin us for a webinar on April 2 at 9:00 am (ET) with one of the authors of the report\, Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton\, Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor at SAIS. He will discuss the findings of the Transatlantic Economy 2020 Survey which was released on March 20. The study can be read online here. \nTo register for this call\, please click here. \nDr. Hamilton is a true transatlantictist\, previously holding positions as Richard von Weizsäcker Professor at SAIS\, fellow of the Robert Bosch Academy in Berlin\, senior diplomatic fellow in the German Foreign Office\, executive director of the American Consortium on European Union Studies\, US deputy assistant secretary of State for European Affairs\, US special coordinator for Southeast European stabilization and associate director of the Policy Planning Staff for two secretaries of State\, senior associate with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and deputy director of the Aspen Institute Berlin; consultant to Microsoft\, RAND\, National Geographic Society\, Business Roundtable and Transatlantic Business Dialogue. \n\nDr. Hamilton is a member and former chair of the selection committee for the Robert Bosch Foundation fellows program bringing young American professionals to Germany. He has been a member of the academic and advisory boards for a variety of US and European foundations\, research institutes and business associations. He testifies regularly before the US Congress and European parliaments\, and is a regular commentator for US and international media. Dr. Hamilton has also taught graduate courses in US foreign policy and US-European relations at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin\, the University of Innsbruck and the Free University of Berlin. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-transatlantic-economy-2020/
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics Call: Germany's Response to Coronavirus and its Political Implications
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nIn recent weeks\, Germany has been praised for its quick and aggressive response to the spread of COVID-19. Although Italy has a death rate of 11% of those who tested positive for the virus\, Germany has had a rate of just under 1%. This has been credited to early testing of a large portion of the population\, but as numbers of cases increase\, the worst may be yet to come. Fatality numbers always have a lag-time. \n\n\nJoin us for a Hot Topics Call on Monday\, April 6 at 11:00 am (ET) with Bundestag Member Prof. Dr. Andrew Ullmann (FDP). A physician by training who specialized in infective diseases\, he will discuss Germany’s response to COVID-19 – and the political implications of the current crisis.  \n\n\nTo register for this call\, please click here. \n\n\nProf. Dr. Andrew Ullmann was born in 1963 in Los Angeles\, CA\, and is a Member of the German Bundestag. He attended medical school at the Ruhr University in Bochum\, and completed medical school in 1987. During his residency at the University Hospital\, St. Josef Hospital in Bochum\, he was a visiting physician at St. Clare’s Hospital/Spellman Center in New York City\, where he specialized in HIV/AIDS. He was later qualified as a specialist in infectious diseases after participating in the combined clinical fellowship program at the Harvard Medical School. He completed his habilitation and was qualified as an assistant professor in 2008 at the University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. In 2012 he became a full professor at the University Hospital in Würzburg. \nAndrew Ullmann joined the Free Democratic Party (FDP) in 2003 and was a board member of the FDP`s district organization in Mainz-Bingen from 2003 to 20012. From 2004 until 2012\, he was a member of the municipal council of Ober-Olm and from 2009 until 2011 a member of the municipal council in Nieder-Olm. Since 2013\, he is member of the Bavarian FDP Committee on Research and Culture\, the Bavarian FDP Committee on Health\, as well as the FDP federal Health Committee. Prof. Dr. Ullmann was deputy chairman of the FDP in Würzburg from 2013 until 2015 and has served as its chairman since 2015. In the German federal elections of 2017\, he was the FDP’s direct candidate in the Würzburg district and was elected to the German Bundestag through the national list of the FDP. He is a member of the Committee on Health and serves there as the chairman of the FDP. He is deputy chairman of the Subcommittee on Global Health\, deputy member of the Committee on Education\, Research and Technology Assessment and deputy chairman of the German-US Parliamentary Friendship Group. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-call-germanys-response-to-coronavirus-and-its-political-implications/
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SUMMARY:In Conversation: Ambassador John B. Emerson and Sigmar Gabriel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke will host a video discussion with the Chairmen of the two organizations – Ambassador John B. Emerson and Sigmar Gabriel. In conversation\, they will discuss the national and international responses to COVID-19\, the future of multilateralism and globalization\, as well as domestic politics in this unprecedented and uncertain time. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/in-conversation-ambassador-john-b-emerson-and-sigmar-gabriel/
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