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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\, February 2\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Nette Nöstlinger\, Reporter for Politico.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8817696222975%2FWN_b4srbIhCTh-0LV6HK5i9aA” css=”.vc_custom_1769622346763{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Nette Nöstlinger is a Politics Reporter for Politico Europe in Berlin\, where she keeps an eye on all things relevant to an international audience interested in the EU’s biggest economy. Her coverage has ranged from the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to Germany’s fiscal and military U-turn in the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. She was trained at Reuters with stints in Berlin\, Frankfurt\, and Brussels. She grew up in Antwerp with a Belgian father and an Austrian mother.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-5/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260209T090000
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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\, February 9\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with ACG Fellowship alumna Miriam Hollstein\, Chief Political Reporter for Stern.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6017703872992%2FWN_PCYZDEnjSZK2W9GMhpi6uA” css=”.vc_custom_1770387479814{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 Political Reporter for Stern. Before this\, she was the Chief Reporter from January 2022 to September 23 at 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 correspondent for Welt am Sonntag\, and from 2006-2014 was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015 to 2020\, she worked for Bild am Sonntag\, first as a 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. \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 preserving German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-6/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260210T120000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event: Special Edition Kaffeepause with NYT's Steven Erlanger
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on Tuesday\, February 10\, at 11:00 am ET for a “Special Edition” of our regular Kaffeepause with Steven Erlanger\, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times\, to discuss the new era of great power politics\, the dilemma of the middle states\, and what to expect at this year’s Munich Security Conference.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9517703881603%2FWN_81r1mhxfQCmZzKF38nIqvQ”][vc_column_text]Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times\, a position he assumed in 2017. He is based in Berlin. \nIn over 40 years of career as a journalist\, he has covered news in over 120 countries\, from the war in Kosovo to Brexit. In 2002\, Mr. Erlanger shared the Pulitzer Prize for reporting on his work on Al Qaeda and again received the prize in 2017 for a series on Russia. \nBetween 1975 and 1983\, he was a Teaching Fellow at Harvard University. Beginning in 1976\, he also worked as an Editor and Correspondent at the Boston Globe. From 1983 through 1987\, he was the Globe’s European Correspondent in London. Beginning in 1988\, he served as Bureau Chief for the New York Times in London\, Paris\, Jerusalem\, Berlin\, Prague\, Moscow\, and Bangkok. \nIn addition to the Pulitzer Prize\, Mr. Erlanger has received numerous awards and recognitions\, including the Robert Livingston Award for international reporting for a series of articles about Eastern Europe in 1981\, the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize for excellence and originality in reporting and analyzing European and transatlantic affairs in 2000\, and the Karl Klasen Journalists Prize for coverage of Germany and Europe and promoting trans-Atlantic understanding in 2017. \nMr. Erlanger’s writing has been featured in many publications such as The Economist\, The Spectator\, The New Statesman\, The New Republic\, The Financial Times\, Foreign Policy\, The National Interest\, and the Columbia Journalism Review.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-special-edition-kaffeepause-with-nyts-steven-erlanger/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260217T090000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Events - Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Berlin on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Tuesday\, February 17\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Daniel Brössler\, Senior Editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Berlin Bureau.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1817708269365%2FWN_syLrg_yMToeAZ1tym7K95A” css=”.vc_custom_1770826972850{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Daniel Brössler is Senior Editor at the Süddeutsche Zeitung’s Berlin bureau\, where he covers the Chancellery and the Foreign Office. Mr. Brössler studied journalism in Munich and Washington and is a graduate of the German School of Journalism. In 1993\, he reported for the German Press Agency from Bratislava. In 1996\, he took over as head of the dpa office in Warsaw\, before moving to the foreign affairs editorial department of the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Munich in 1999. There\, he was responsible for reporting from Central and Eastern Europe. This was followed by stints as a correspondent in Moscow\, Berlin\, and Brussels. In 2023\, he was awarded the Theodor Wolff Prize.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-events-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260220T120000
DTSTAMP:20260412T145800
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - The Evolving Situation in Iran: A View from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent months\, Iran has faced its most sustained wave of domestic protest in years\, as economic collapse and political frustration have driven thousands into the streets. Iranian security forces have responded with a harsh crackdown\, and the human toll continues to mount amid widespread reports of arrests and deadly force used against demonstrators. \nAt the same time\, rhetoric between Tehran and Washington\, D.C. has intensified. President Donald Trump has publicly urged Iranians to persist in protest and signaled that “help is on the way” for demonstrators\, while warning that Tehran must “show humanity” or risk U.S. action. Washington has also deployed significant naval assets to the region amid concerns over potential escalation. \nJoin us on February 20 at 11:00 am ET for a virtual discussion on the rapidly evolving situation in Iran\, featuring Dr. Cornelius Adebahr\, who brings a European perspective. The discussion will assess how Iranian leadership is navigating these internal pressures\, what the evolving U.S.–Iran dynamic means for Europe – especially Berlin and Brussels – and the implications for the transatlantic relationship\, from sanctions coordination to shared regional strategy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9317712798732%2FWN_s3QN4OJLR9Oqs7mbiECLVA” css=”.vc_custom_1771279908667{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Cornelius Adebahr has been working as an independent consultant and analyst based in Berlin\, where he works on European and global issues and promotes citizen dialogue on foreign policy. He has worked at the DGAP Research Institute since early 2006 and lived first in Tehran between 2011 and 2016\, then in Washington\, DC\, and from 2021 to 2024 in Rome. He is the author of ‘Learning and Change in European Foreign Policy: The Case of the EU Special Representatives’ (Nomos 2009) and ‘Europe and Iran: The Nuclear Deal and Beyond’ (Routledge 2017). \nDr. Adebahr is also Adjunct Faculty at the Hertie School in Berlin and Associate Researcher at the Istituto Affari Internazionali in Rome as well as a member of Team Europe Direct\, an expert network of the European Commission. Since 2005\, he has taught as a lecturer at international universities\, including the Willy Brandt School of Public Policy in Erfurt\, the Faculty of World Studies at the University of Tehran \,and the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University. From 2014 to 2024\, he worked for the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington\, DC and Brussels. \nDr. Adebahr studied Political Science\, Philosophy\, Public Law\, and International Economics in Tübingen\, Paris\, and at the Free University of Berlin. His academic\, post-graduate and research work was supported by scholarships from the German National Academic Foundation\, the Volkswagen Foundation\, the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom\, and the Fulbright Program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-the-evolving-situation-in-iran-a-view-from-berlin/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260223T100000
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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\, February 23\, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Columnist for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4117715080963%2FWN_0SgTf6NCT8qFGG1xG7M42Q” css=”.vc_custom_1771508145986{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Malte Lehming works as a columnist for the Tagesspiegel. From late 2000 to 2005\, he was the newspaper’s Washington Bureau Chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy\, transatlantic relations\, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991\, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwriter for former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Mr. Lehming studied philosophy\, German literature\, and European history in Hamburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T090000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260302T120000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260309T100000
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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/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260401T130000
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SUMMARY:Virtual Event - Let's Talk Democracy: How to Explain America to Germans
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the next installment of the Let’s Talk Democracy series\, journalist and commentator Alexander Görlach will talk with Ines Pohl\, Chief Correspondent of Deutsche Welle in Washington\, D.C. about her experiences covering the news in the United States. She has traveled extensively throughout the country\, seeing firsthand the many different experiences of people living in the United States.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus06web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_k_KrYFV3Rm-Wd3-bHHnUNQ%3Fmc_cid%3D2dbd47d282%26mc_eid%3DUNIQID%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1773346004743{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nInes Pohl has been based in the United States since 2020\, serving as the Bureau Chief of Deutsche Welle — with a focus on the pressures facing contemporary democracies. Her reporting examines why growing numbers of voters in established democratic systems are drawn to authoritarian leaders and what this shift reveals about deeper political\, social\, and cultural transformations. As Bureau Chief\, she oversees reporting from across the United States\, consistently placing people at the center of her storytelling. Ms. Pohl has covered the Trump presidency closely as a member of the White House Foreign Press pool\, while deliberately spending time reporting outside Washington in order to capture perspectives that are often absent from national political debates. \nMs. Pohl brings a distinctly German and European perspective to her reporting from the United States. Her work frequently reflects on how American political developments resonate beyond national borders and what lessons they may hold for Europe’s own democratic debates. Rather than treating U.S. politics as an isolated phenomenon\, she places it in a transatlantic context\, examining similarities\, differences\, and mutual blind spots. \nBefore returning to the United States\, Ms. Pohl spent six years as Editor‑in‑Chief of the German daily taz. She later covered the 2016 U.S. presidential election for Deutsche Welle before becoming DW’s Editor‑in‑Chief in Berlin and Bonn. During her three years in that role\, she worked closely with colleagues to sharpen the editorial profiles of Deutsche Welle’s 30 language services and to strengthen the organization’s social media strategy in response to a rapidly evolving media landscape. \nDr. Alexander Görlach is an Adjunct Professor to NYU Gallatin School where he teaches democratic theory. Prior to that he had various positions as visiting scholar and as fellow at Harvard University in the United States\, and Cambridge University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom. He is a Senior Fellow to the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a Senior Advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. Dr. Görlach holds a ThD in Comparative Religion and a PhD in Linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory\, politics and religion\, and theories of secularism\, pluralism and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18\, he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hongkong. Since then Dr. Görlach has had a special interest in the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. \nDr. Görlach is an Honorary Professor of Ethics and Theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg\, Germany. He is also the founder of the debate-magazine The European\, that he also ran as its Editor-in-Chief from 2009 to 2015. He is a contributor to the New York Times\, Neue Zürcher Zeitung\, and the South China Morning Post\, and a columnist for the business magazine Wirtschaftswoche\, Deutsche Welle\, and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German television.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-event-lets-talk-democracy-how-to-explain-america-to-germans/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260423T114500
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SUMMARY:Virtual Discussion—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 third session will take place on April 23 at 11:00 AM ET and will feature Deborah Düring (German Alliance 90/The Greens)\, who will join ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol for a 45-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. \n______________________________________________________________________________________________________ \nDeborah Düring has been a member of the German Bundestag since October 2021. Since January 2024 she has served as the foreign policy spokesperson for the Green parliamentary group. She previously served as spokesperson for development policy. She holds a bachelor’s degree (B.A.) in Social Sciences. She completed the master’s program “International Studies / Peace and Conflict Research” in 2025 at Goethe University Frankfurt and the Technical University of Darmstadt\, in cooperation with the Hessian Foundation for Peace and Conflict Research (HSFK). Alongside her studies\, she worked at the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau (KfW) in the field of development cooperation and with the non governmental organization Survival International. Deborah Düring spent several years living and studying in Latin America\, including during a voluntary social year in an indigenous community in Costa Rica and during a semester abroad in Peru. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aatg.org%2Fevents%2Fmeet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today—deborah-dring-%2Fregister%3Fmc_cid%3D8cbecac94b%26mc_eid%3D1c45133e9d”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-discussion-meet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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