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SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: One Year Later
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When Russian troops invaded Ukraine on February 24\, 2022\, President Vladimir Putin thought his forces would take Kyiv and bring down the government within days. A year later\, the war rages on. Ukraine has courageously defended itself against the Russian onslaught\, but there is no end in sight. \nThe American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council are continuing their series of virtual events titled In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine to provide continued updates on the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that has rocked the world order. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, March 14 for a discussion with Dr. Liana Fix\, a Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations\, and Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3716782900103%2FWN_Xm7JWS6hQA2JWwmgc784Yg” css=”.vc_custom_1678290049471{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Liana Fix is a Fellow for Europe at the Council on Foreign Relations\, based in Washington\, DC. Previously\, she served in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. She will be focusing on transatlantic policy toward Russia while at GMF. Dr. Fix has been published widely in academia\, think tanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate degree from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nAmbassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, particularly in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/in-focus-russias-war-in-ukraine-russias-invasion-of-ukraine-one-year-later/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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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\, March 20\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Editor for the weekly DIE ZEIT and 2018 ACG Kellen Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1016788179875%2FWN_O6Dp67NVQ9eHmxarap2y8w” css=”.vc_custom_1678818021692{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 weekly DIE ZEIT. Previously\, she headed the opinion pages of Der Tagesspiegel and Tagesspiegel Causa\, the paper’s online magazine. \nShe studied History\, Political Science\, and Journalism in Mainz and Bordeaux. From 2005 to 2009\, she was a research assistant in the History Department at the University of Mainz. She worked as an intern at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and ZDF\, among others\, and as a freelancer for the Mainzer Rhein-Zeitung for several years. In 2009\, Dr. Sauerbrey completed a traineeship at Der Tagesspiegel and became a staff member of its opinion/editorial department. In 2013\, she was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow at the Philadelphia Inquirer. In 2018\, she was awarded an Anna-Marie and Stephen M. Kellen Fellowship for Berlin-based journalists by the ACG to research religion’s role in American politics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-63/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230329T110000
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SUMMARY:The EU-China Investment Agreement: A Window Into The German Debate On China
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In December 2020\, at the end of her tenure as German Chancellor Angela Merkel pushed through the EU-China Comprehensive Agreement on Investment (CAI) – which had been negotiated in 35 meetings over a seven year period and was intended to replace individual bilateral treaties between EU member states and China. This move caused some consternation to the incoming Biden Administration\, which signaled its desire to work with Europe to address common concerns regarding China’s economic practices even before entering office. However\, due to actions taken by Beijing in the spring of 2021\, there was a sudden spike in mistrust of China in Brussels and EU member states – and in May 2021 the European Parliament voted to freeze the ratification of the agreement. \nAlthough CAI was short-lived\, it offers an interesting window into the debate in Germany about German and European economic relations with China. Join the ACG for a discussion about the evolving debate in Germany about China with 2021 ACG DZ Bank Fellow Dr. Lily McElwee\, who currently is a Fellow at the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington\, D.C.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5816800126987%2FWN_ax4nkBS6TPCRtISVqSNIvg” css=”.vc_custom_1680012735762{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Lily McElwee serves as a fellow in the Freeman Chair in China Studies at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). Her research interests include U.S.-China relations\, EU-China relations\, and global governance. She is also a DZ bank fellow in transatlantic business and finance with the American Council on Germany and a CSIS-USC U.S.-Korea NextGen scholar. Her work has appeared in International Affairs\, The Diplomat\, St Antony’s International Review\, and E-International Relations. She holds a DPhil in China studies and an MSc from the University of Oxford and a BA with honors in political science from Stanford University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-eu-china-investment-agreement-a-window-into-the-german-debate-on-china/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230403T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]he 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\, April 3\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Journalist Miriam Hollstein\, Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin and 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7816800134125%2FWN_BayXuLBLTrmQI-a9xaPM_Q” css=”.vc_custom_1680013453737{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 Reporter for 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 reporter for the Welt am Sonntag\, and from 2006-2014 was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015-2020 she worked for the Bild am Sonntag\, first as 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. Since March 2020 she works as a freelance writer and moderator. \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 the preservation of German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-64/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230404T120000
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SUMMARY:Iran in a Revolutionary Process and the Role of the West
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent years\, there have been numerous waves of protests in Iran against the country’s corrupt theocracy. The death of Mahsa Amini on September 16\, 2022\, while in police custody for wearing an “improper” hijab\, has triggered what has become the most severe and sustained political upheaval ever faced by the Islamist regime in Tehran. Waves of protests\, led primarily by women\, broke out immediately\, sending some two-million people into the streets of 160 cities and small towns across the country. Hundreds of people have died\, and thousands are in prison. The regime’s suppression and the opponents’ exhaustion have slowed the protests\, but some analysts believe Iran has embarked on an uncharted and irreversible course. \nHow do we make sense of this extraordinary political happening? How close are the protesters to really dethroning Iran’s leaders? Is Iran on the verge of another revolution? To answer these questions\, join the ACG for a virtual discussion with 2022 McCloy Global Trends Fellow Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad\, Founder & Director\, Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9616795861141%2FWN_3HHCmboJSyujzOSiOBTxhw” css=”.vc_custom_1679586160005{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German–Iranian political scientist focusing on Iran\, the Middle East\, and the post-unipolar world order. He is a 2022 ACG McCloy Fellow on Global Trends\, exploring how transatlantic foreign policy toward authoritarian states could reconcile interests and values. Also\, he is an Associate Fellow with the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (AUB-IFI)\, where he publishes a monthly brief entitled »Iran in Focus« (previously published as »Iran 1400 Brief«). He is the author of the much-acclaimed book Iran in an Emerging New World Order: From Ahmadinejad to Rouhani (2021)\, as well as initiator and co-host of the Berlin Mideast Podcast (Konrad Adenauer Foundation). He is also an affiliated researcher with the Centre d’Études de la Coopération Internationale et du Développement (CECID) at Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Freie Universität (FU) Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics. \nDr. Fathollah Nejad has taught globalization and development in the Middle East\, contemporary Iran\, the Arab Revolts\, and great-power politics at the University of Tübingen (as Senior Lecturer in Middle East and Comparative Politics)\, in the Ph.D. program of Qatar University’s Gulf Studies Center\, at FU Berlin’s Center for Middle Eastern and North African Politics\, the University of Westminster\, SOAS\, etc. Due to COVID-19\, his Visiting Professorship at the Centre for International Studies of the University of Economics in Prague is postponed. \nDr. Fathollah Nejad is the former Iran expert at the Brookings Institution in Doha (BDC\, 2017–20) and the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP\, 2015–18). In 2020\, he published two monographs: The Islamic Republic of Iran Four Decades On: The 2017/18 Protests Amid a Triple Crisis\, where he suggested the start of a long-term revolutionary process in Iran\, and The Politics of Culture in Times of Rapprochement: European Cultural and Academic Exchange with Iran (2015–16). \nHe holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London) and was the winner of 2016/17 post-doctoral fellowship of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Iran Project. His about 300 analytical pieces in English\, German\, and French have been translated into a dozen languages. A frequent speaker at academic conferences and political forums\, he regularly contributes to leading international media outlets in English\, German\, and French – and is fluent in German\, French\, English\, and Persian.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/iran-in-a-revolutionary-process-and-the-role-of-the-west/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230405T120000
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SUMMARY:Resilience and Adaptation 2.0: The Future of Globalization
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Three years after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic and the launch of our virtual transatlantic discussion series “Resilience and Adaptation” with 24 episodes covering a range of social\, political\, and economic implications\, 1014 and the American Council on Germany are launching a new virtual discussion series to revisit some of the same themes and examine how much has (or has not) changed as the result of the pandemic. Which lessons have been learned? Have any changes proven to be sustainable? \nGlobal supply chains suffered a major disruption as a result of the pandemic – which has been exacerbated with the war in Ukraine. Economic interdependence (in areas such as semi-conductors and more recently energy) has been called into question as there are calls for on-shoring and “friend-shoring” for critical sectors. With most factories and production back on-line at pre-pandemic levels\, is global manufacturing back on track? What are the implications of the disruptions of recent years on trade? To answer these questions\, join 1014 and the American Council on Germany for a virtual discussion with globalization experts Thorsten Benner and Dr. Shannon O’Neil.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7916804698617%2FWN_68s6rDXyRAWsFPi0de5GOg” css=”.vc_custom_1680469928803{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Thorsten Benner is Co-Founder and Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi) in Berlin. His areas of interest include the interplay of the US\, Europe and non-Western powers in the making of global (dis)order\, German and European policy vis-à-vis China and Asia-Pacific\, peace and security as well as data and technology politics. Prior to co-founding GPPi in 2003\, he worked with the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin\, the UNDevelopment Programme in New York\, and the Global Public Policy Project in Washington\, DC. \nHis commentary has appeared in DIE ZEIT\, International New York Times\, Financial Times\, Foreign Affairs\, Handelsblatt\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, and Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, among others. His publications include The New World of UN Peace Operations: Learning to Build Peace? (Oxford University Press\, 2011) and Critical Choices. The United Nations\, Networks\, and the Future of Global Governance (Ottawa\, 2000). \nMr. Thorsten is an adjunct faculty member at the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin\, where he has been involved since its founding in 2003. From 2011 to 2015\, he worked with the founding team of the School of Public Policy at Central European University. He is a member of the Global Board of Directors of More in Common. \nHe studied political science\, history\, and sociology at the University of Siegen (Germany)\, the University of York (UK)\, and the University of California at Berkeley. \nFrom 2001 to 2003\, he was a McCloy Scholar at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government\, where he received a master’s degree in public administration. He received scholarships from the Friedrich Ebert Foundation\, the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)\, and the German National Academic Foundation. \nDr. Shannon K. O’Neil is the Vice President\, Deputy Director of Studies\, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is an expert on global trade\, supply chains\, Mexico\, Latin America\, and democracy. \nDr. O’Neil is the author of The Globalization Myth: Why Regions Matter (Yale University Press\, October 2022)\, which chronicles the rise of three main global manufacturing and supply chain hubs and what they mean for U.S. economic competitiveness. She also wrote Two Nations Indivisible: Mexico\, the United States\, and the Road Ahead (Oxford University Press\, 2013)\, which analyzes the political\, economic\, and social transformations Mexico has undergone over the last three decades and why they matter for the United States. She is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion\, and a frequent guest on national broadcast news and radio programs. Dr. O’Neil has often testified before Congress\, and regularly speaks at global academic\, business\, and policy conferences. \nDr. O’Neil has lived and worked in Mexico and Argentina. She was a Fulbright scholar and a Justice\, Welfare\, and Economics fellow at Harvard University\, and has taught Latin American politics at Columbia University. \nBefore turning to policy\, Dr. O’Neil worked in the private sector as an equity analyst at Indosuez Capital and Credit Lyonnais Securities. She holds a BA from Yale University\, an MA in international relations from Yale University\, and a PhD in government from Harvard University. She is a member of the board of directors of the Tinker Foundation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/resilience-and-adaptation-2-0-the-future-of-globalization/
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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\, April 17 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Karina Mößbauer\, Chief Reporter of the Politics Department/ Parliament Office for BILD[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9316814012942%2FWN_ED7oHvN6R6qHRnzVxOhpXA” css=”.vc_custom_1681401325957{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Karina Mößbauer has been the Chief Reporter for the Politics Department and Parliament Office for BILD since 2015. In this role\, she reports on the  CDU/CSU and FDP and is also responsible for defense and security policy. In 2020\, she produced and hosted BILD’s flagship weekly political debate show\, “Die richtigen Fragen” (The Right Questions). In 2017 and 2018\, she developed\, produced\, and hosted BILD’s “Fahrt ins Wochenende” (Driving into the Weekend)\, during which she would interview politicians on their last commute before the weekend. In 2017\, she served as the U.S. Correspondent. She holds a master’s degree in International Journalism from Westminster University in London and a bachelor’s degree in Communication and Politics from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-65/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230424T090000
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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.\nJoin us on Monday\, April 24 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Henrike Roßbach\, Deputy Head and Correspondent for the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4516819923037%2FWN_D_Vnh9BARZeyTRIDV79p-Q” css=”.vc_custom_1681992344100{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Henrike Roßbach is the Deputy Head of the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung. She has been a correspondent in the parliamentary office since the beginning of 2018. She reports on the FDP and the federal government’s financial and tax policies\, and (together with her colleagues) observes and describes the political landscape. Prior to this\, she was an economics correspondent in the parliamentary editorial department of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung for eight years\, as well as the economics editor of the FAZ in Frankfurt. She studied economics at the University of Cologne and is also a graduate of the Cologne School of Journalism. During her studies\, she spent a year in the United States as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Colorado in Boulder\, CO.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-66/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230501T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230501T100000
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SUMMARY:A Russian Plot to Build an Antiwar Coalition in Germany?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Germany’s far-left Die Linke and the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could not be further apart on the political spectrum. But\, they share some common ground: For months\, figures in both parties have been described as Russlandversteher who are sympathetic to Moscow. At demonstrations across Germany\, these political opposites have come together under the banner of peace in their opposition to providing heavy weapons to Ukraine. According to sensitive Russian documents obtained by European intelligence services and reviewed by The Washington Post\, it is a goal of the Kremlin to build an antiwar coalition in Germany by uniting these political extremes. \nJoin the ACG for a virtual discussion about Moscow’s efforts to bring Die Linke and the AfD together with Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3716828966346%2FWN_7fbiUgAtTySgVk7kVTUXPQ” css=”.vc_custom_1682896694837{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Catherine Belton reports on Russia for The Washington Post. She is the author of “Putin’s People\,” a New York Times Critics’ Book of 2020 and a book of the year for the Times\, the Economist\, and the Financial Times. Ms. Belton previously was an investigations correspondent for Reuters and a Moscow correspondent for the Financial Times.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-russian-plot-to-build-an-antiwar-coalition-in-germany/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230508T090000
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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.\nJoin us on Monday\, May 8 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with journalist Alfred Schmit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7716832084440%2FWN_1YbKwed_RZq_y5JYy2ZOMA” css=”.vc_custom_1683208476695{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Alfred Schmit works as a journalist in Berlin. Since December 2018\, he has been a radio correspondent in ARD’s capital studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as London correspondent for ARD radio\, for SWR Radio in the Economics department in Stuttgart and as newswriter for the German national TV news\, tagesschau\, in Hamburg. Mr. Schmit’s topics primarily include economics\, finance\, and consumer issues. Previously\, the radio journalist worked at DEUTSCHE WELLE as presenter for the English-language section and a correspondent’s deputy in Bonn. A political scientist by training\, he graduated from the Universität Heidelberg and completed journalism training at the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists in Munich (ifp). Mr. Schmit also spent a year studying in the United States at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-67/
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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\, May 15 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Bojan Pancevski\, Germany Correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9516836659088%2FWN_qD4pIWYzTz-XDBln4sU2gg” css=”.vc_custom_1683665943390{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Bojan Pancevski is The Wall Street Journal’s Germany correspondent\, covering all aspects of Europe’s largest economy and its influence on the rest of the continent and beyond. He also covers Europe at large across significant themes. \nBefore joining the WSJ\, he covered Europe for the Times and the Sunday Times of London from Brussels and Vienna\, focusing on a broad range of subjects\, including the war in eastern Ukraine\, the 2015 migration crisis\, the rise of the Islamic State in Europe\, Russian meddling in Europe\, and Britain’s departure from the European Union.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-68/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Germany: Not Such a Reluctant Ally After All?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This past weekend marked a major step in Germany’s commitment to supporting Kyiv in its battle against the Russian invasion. On Saturday\, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced an arms package to provide more tanks\, armored vehicles\, and air defense systems to Ukraine\, totaling 2.7 billion euros – or nearly $3 billion. The announcement came just before talks between Chancellor Scholz and President Volodymir Zelinsky – and is seen as an attempt to “reset” the relationship between the two countries after Germany’s hesitancy to provide weapons. On Sunday\, President Zelinsky was presented the prestigious Charlemagne Prize in the City of Aachen. The award is bestowed on someone who has promoted German unity\, and past honorees have included Winston Churchill\, Angela Merkel\, and Bill Clinton. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, May 17\, at 10 am ET for a virtual discussion about Germany’s support of Ukraine with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger\, former Foreign Editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3016841634411%2FWN_-9VWus1uTnqyhu2VLyQYuw” css=”.vc_custom_1684163542910{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger (1985 ACG Legislative Aide Fellow) is a German journalist and political scientist. He is the former Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, where he wrote 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 earned 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/germany-not-such-a-reluctant-ally-after-all/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230522T090000
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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\, May 22 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Melanie Amann\, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Der Spiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4316843388569%2FWN_wPr3Yv7ZR9mnlX21Bl2OzQ” css=”.vc_custom_1684338917981{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Melanie Amann is a German journalist and lawyer. She is Co-Editor-in-Chief of the leading German weekly newspaper\, Der Spiegel\, and heads the publication’s Berlin office. She was born in Bonn and raised in Siegburg. She studied law at the University of Trier\, Aix-Marseille III\, and at the Humboldt University of Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-69/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230531T110000
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SUMMARY:Addressing Educator Shortages and Pandemic-Related Learning Loss
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While global challenges are addressed by national governments\, increasingly subnational actors such as states\, communities\, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlocks. This trend has also characterized transatlantic relations and the German-American partnership. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue draws on this notion\, focusing on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common transatlantic challenges. \nIn both Germany and the United States\, the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated the challenges facing the education field. Teacher shortages\, which were already apparent before the pandemic\, have become an overwhelming challenge for educational systems. Extended school closures\, hybrid learning arrangements\, student disengagement\, and mental health challenges have contributed to historic learning loss. These challenges are closely interlinked and require urgent action. What approaches have state legislators in Germany and the United States taken to support\, train and retain educators? How might subnational governments identify innovative solutions to mitigate learning loss? How might effective policies on one side of the Atlantic be implemented or mirrored on the other? In this conversation with state legislators on both sides of the Atlantic\, we will discuss the impact of the pandemic on education and opportunities for ensuring that all students have access to quality education in the wake of COVID-19. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany for our next State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue for a discussion with German and American state legislators\, including Senator Raumesh Akbari (D)\, Tennessee State Senate; Representative Edward DeLaney (D)\, Indiana House of Representatives; Jochen Ott (SPD)\, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia; Andreas Sturm (CDU)\, State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg; and Representative Steven Ultrino (D)\, Massachusetts General Court.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4516845120292%2FWN_Ivvc_19JTv6SMpgFc68nqw” css=”.vc_custom_1684512060515{background-color: #1e73be !important;}”][vc_column_text]Raumesh Akbari\, a proud Memphian and passionate advocate for justice and equality\, serves in the Tennessee State Senate representing downtown Memphis and parts of Shelby County. Akbari\, an attorney for her family’s small business\, was elected to the State Senate in 2018 after serving three terms in the State House of Representatives. Currently the Senate Democratic Leader\, Senator Akbari’s policy focus aims to improve student outcomes\, reform outdated criminal justice rules\, and expand middle-class security and opportunities to more Tennessee families while striving to represent the city of Memphis and her people with dignity and purpose. \nEdward DeLaney has been a member of the Indiana House of Representatives since 2008. He currently serves as a member of the Education Committee as well as the Ways and Means Committee. He is also an alternate member of the Budget Committee and serves as the Assistant Democratic Caucus Chair. Representative DeLaney recently retired as a partner in the law firm of DeLaney and DeLaney. \nJochen Ott has been active in local politics for many years and previously served as Chairman of the Köln SPD before becoming a full-time politician as a member of the Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia in 2010. Since then\, he has focused on education policy as a member of the Education Committee. As Deputy Chairman of the Parliamentary Group of Social Democrats\, he is in charge of all questions and political initiatives concerning equal opportunities in the area of education (early childcare\, school\, university\, lifelong learning)\, as well as child welfare. Ott worked previously as a teacher at a school near Cologne. \nAndreas Sturm has been a member of the State Parliament of Baden-Württemberg\, representing the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 2021. He serves on the Committee for Education\, Science\, and Art\, as well as the Committee on Social Affairs. Mr. Sturm previously worked as a secondary school teacher for English and religious education. \nSteven Ultrino became State Representative for the 33rd Middlesex District after being elected to the Massachusetts General Court in November of 2014. A committed educator\, he currently serves as Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Education. He previously served on the Malden School Committee and as Ward 2 Malden City Councilor. Representative Ultrino is currently an instructor at both Salem State University and his alma mater\, Suffolk University\, where he teaches courses on education and communication. His previous professional experience includes working as Director of Education for the Middlesex Sheriff’s Office\, teaching at Malden Catholic High School\, and serving as a school principal and business manager at St. Mary’s Parish in Winchester.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/addressing-educator-shortages-and-pandemic-related-learning-loss/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230606T110000
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SUMMARY:The Biggest Science Scam Ever? Fake Scientific Papers Are More Prevalent Than You Might Think
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disinformation and fake news are a cause for serious concern. This is true for the natural sciences as well – despite the abundance of peer-reviewed publications. A recent study indicates that nearly a third of the scientific papers that are published by the scientific and research community each year are fake. That could mean that there are as many as half a million bogus papers in circulation. From engineering and construction to the biomedical sector and beyond this abundance of fakes can have significant consequences for the scientific community and policy-makers alike. \nHow can one discern what is fake and what is not in the sciences? Who benefits from the falsehoods? What are the implications of a prevalence of falsified scientific papers – for academics\, scientists\, policy-makers\, and the business community? For answers to these questions\, join the American Council on Germany and the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation on Tuesday\, June 6\, at 11 am ET for a virtual discussion about fake scientific papers with neuropsychologist Prof. Dr. Bernhard Sabel\, Director of the Institute for Medical Psychology at the Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg. We will also be joined by Dr. Elisabeth Malsch\, a leader in the forensics practice at Thornton Tomasetti in New York..[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2016859746675%2FWN_WC9_c3wySMqfbVBFyBqZjA” css=”.vc_custom_1685974702570{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Elisabeth Malsch is a leader in the forensics practice at Thornton Tomasetti in New York. She has decades of experience in modeling the mechanical behavior of structures. For the past 13 years\, she has focused on structural analysis and design\, specializing in investigative projects and restoration and repair of a wide variety of structures. After completing her studies at Columbia University — where she earned a bachelor’s degree\, two master’s degrees\, and a doctorate in civil engineering and engineering mechanics — Dr. Malsch received a postdoctoral fellowship from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation to conduct research at the Braunschweig University of Technology in Germany (2004-2005). She serves as an adjunct professor at Columbia University in the Civil Engineering and Engineering Mechanics Department and is the author of numerous technical papers and articles. In 2012\, Dr. Malsch was named to Building Design + Construction magazine’s 40 Under 40 list and Engineering News-Record New York’s New York Top 20 Under 40. In 2013\, she was included in Civil + Structural Engineer’s list of Rising Stars in Structural Engineering. \nProf. Dr. Bernard Sabel has been conducting research at the Institute for Medical Psychology at the Otto von Guericke University of Magdeburg since 1992. His areas of research include neuroplasticity and the brain’s regenerative properties\, especially with regard to vision recovery after damage to the visual cortex or damage due to strokes or glaucoma. Dr. Sabel has been the Editor-in-Chief of the scientific journal Restorative Neurology and Neuroscience since 1997\, and his works have appeared in over 200 publications. He is also the lead author of a new report about fake studies. Dr. Sabel has been a Member of the Board of Governors of the U.S. International Brain Injury Association since 2008. He holds a Master’s in Psychobiology from the University of Düsseldorf and a Ph.D. from Clark University (Worcester\, MA).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-biggest-science-scam-ever-fake-scientific-papers-are-more-prevalent-than-you-might-think/
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SUMMARY:After Turkey’s Run-off Election: What Lies Ahead?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 28\, voters in Turkey returned to the polls to cast the deciding vote in the second round of presidential elections\, the first run-off election in the country’s history. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan defeated opposition leader Kemal Kilicdaroglu and stretched his rule into a third decade. Two weeks earlier\, on May 14\, tens of millions of Turkish voters delivered President Erdogan’s People’s Alliance a victory in parliament\, where they will continue to hold a majority\, albeit with a smaller margin. \nTurkey’s elections have been described as the most important elections of 2023 in recognition of Turkey’s growing influence in regional and global affairs\, from Ukraine to the Mediterranean and throughout the Middle East and North Africa. Join us on Friday\, June 9\, for a virtual discussion with Turkey expert Dr. Sinem Adar from the Center for Applied Turkey Studies at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP). We’ll talk about the election results and what they mean domestically and for the future of Turkish foreign policy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4016859740191%2FWN_6LwAjmC4Q2WLLkkT47B5HQ” css=”.vc_custom_1685974518634{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sinem Adar is with the Center for Applied Turkey Studies of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). She focuses on Turkish domestic politics and foreign policy\, and EU-Turkey relations. Before joining SWP\, Dr. Adar was an Einstein Fellow at Humboldt University. She holds a Doctorate degree in Sociology from Brown University and a Master of Science in Development Studies from the London School of Economics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/after-turkeys-run-off-election-what-lies-ahead/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230612T090000
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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 12 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Loveday Morris\, The Washington Post’s Berlin bureau chief.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3016861545398%2FWN_pd0EvQGsSQmfYxR1iqh-Rw” css=”.vc_custom_1686154607077{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Loveday Morris is The Washington Post’s Berlin bureau chief. Before moving to Germany in 2019\, she spent a decade reporting in the Middle East\, most recently in Jerusalem. She previously spent three years in Iraq as Baghdad bureau chief covering the country’s battles against the Islamic State\, from Fallujah to Ramadi and Mosul. She started with The Post as a Beirut correspondent in 2013\, largely covering Syria’s civil war. Before that\, she freelanced from the region for publications\, including the United Kingdom’s Independent newspaper. She began her career at Bloomberg News\, covering financial news in London\, before moving to the Middle East for the National newspaper in Abu Dhabi.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-70/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230627T110000
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SUMMARY:What to Expect from Ukraine’s Counteroffensive
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After months of planning\, Ukraine’s long-awaited counteroffensive to reclaim wide swaths of land occupied by Russian forces is progressing “slower than desired\,” according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Intense battles are taking place in eastern and southern Ukraine\, and some Western analysts have observed that Ukraine’s efforts are “not meeting expectations” on the battlefield because of the fortification of Russian lines of defense. The West has provided substantial military assistance for Kyiv’s counteroffensive – and appears committed to providing support for the long haul. With the counteroffensive still in its early stages\, what can we expect? \nJoin us for a virtual discussion about the ongoing war in Ukraine on Tuesday\, June 27\, at 11:00 am ET with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and Retired Commanding General of United States Army Europe.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2316878207770%2FWN_7vpNdG8zQjinXmbUsxBiCA” css=”.vc_custom_1687820803904{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of the United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. Based in Frankfurt\, he is currently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First and a NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions\, including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division\, in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). \nAfter his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, General Hodges commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South\, in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). General Hodges is co-author of the book Future War and the Defence of Europe\, published by Oxford University Press.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-to-expect-from-ukraines-counteroffensive/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230710T090000
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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\, July 10 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8116885712211%2FWN_rqFe2KqpTX6D-ZIBokZ3CQ” css=”.vc_custom_1688571286890{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 writer for the Tagesspiegel\, where he heads the opinion page. 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/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-71/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:R&A 2.0: Rethinking the Future of Work
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The pandemic was an inflection point for commerce and business. Companies had to adapt to new ways of working to stay afloat during the economic slowdown. Using artificial intelligence\, diversifying employment models from full-time jobs to gig workers and crowd-sourcing\, and moving to flex-work and hybrid workplaces were all part of what has become the new normal. As we have emerged from the pandemic\, what are the lasting changes to how we work? How will AI continue to change the work environment? Do the current geopolitical changes and high inflation impact the way we work? How do unions react? Is there a new global labor movement? \nOn July 10\, the American Council on Germany and 1014 will host a virtual discussion on the future of work with Thorben Albrecht\, Policy Director of IG Metall and former State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs\, and Dr. Annelise Orleck\, Professor of History at Dartmouth College.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7016885715171%2FWN_KaAcPCMrTvClVkE8_myCpw” css=”.vc_custom_1688571551659{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Thorben Albrecht currently serves as Policy Director of IG Metall\, the German metalworkers’ trade union. He is an internationally recognized expert on the future of work. His expertise includes automation and artificial intelligence\, new forms of work\, and managing transitions\, including skills development\, flexibility arrangements\, and social dialogue. \nFrom 2017 to 2019\, Mr. Albrecht was a member of the Global Commission on the Future of Work established by the International Labor Organization (ILO). He also served as Permanent State Secretary at the German Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs (2014-2018). From 2008 to 2013\, he was Head of Office for Andrea Nahles and of the policy department of the Executive Board of the German Social Democratic Party (SPD). Prior to that\, he worked for the National Executive Board of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) as Head of the Division responsible for the coordination of European affairs. \nDr. Annelise Orleck is a professor at Dartmouth College\, where she focuses on history\, politics\, activism\, American radicalism\, race studies\, and women’s\, gender\, and sexuality studies. She is the author of several books\, including Rethinking American Women’s Activism\, Storming Caesars Palace: How Black Mothers Fought Their Own War on Poverty\, and Common Sense and a Little Fire: Women and Working Class Politics in the U.S.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/ra-2-0-rethinking-the-future-of-work/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230808T110000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s New China Strategy: De-Risking not Decoupling
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Last month\, Germany’s government presented a new strategy for dealing with China. This comes on the heels of the release of Germany’s first National Security Strategy in mid-June. The long-awaited China Strategy – a draft of which was leaked in November – takes into account that the relationship between China and Germany (and the European Union writ large) has changed\, and that Berlin’s economic and security policy vis-à-vis Beijing has to evolve accordingly. The China Strategy and comments from German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock have indicated that Berlin believes that China is capable of infringing on Germany’s economic and security interests. While the strategy does not call for decoupling\, it suggests that Germany should diversify its trade and investment ties with China. \nJoin us on Tuesday\, August 8 at 11 am to learn about the debate within the German government to develop a China Strategy and the contours of Berlin’s new approach to China with Dr. Janka Oertel\, the Director of the Asia Program and a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4316909913358%2FWN_YQLm2_EIRKW1VPkHLmF6cQ” css=”.vc_custom_1690991373852{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Janka Oertel directs the Asia Program and is a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations. Previously\, she was a Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund of the United States Berlin office\, where she focused on transatlantic China policy\, including on emerging technologies\, Chinese foreign policy\, and security in East Asia. Prior to joining the GMF\, she served as a Program Director at the Körber Foundation’s Berlin office. She was also a Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) and worked at United Nations Headquarters\, New York\, as a Carlo-Schmid fellow. \nDr. Oertel has published widely on topics related to EU-China relations\, US-China relations\, security in the Asia-Pacific region\, Chinese foreign policy\, 5G and emerging technologies\, and climate cooperation. She has testified before the U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the German Bundestag and is frequently quoted in leading media outlets such as the Financial Times\, the New York Times\, The Economist\, Süddeutsche Zeitung\, El Confidencial\, Berlingske\, and many more. Her new book “Ende der China-Illusion. Wie wir mit Pekings Machtanspruch umgehen müssen” will be published in August 2023 with Piper in Germany. \nDr. Oertel holds a Ph.D. from the University of Jena. Her dissertation focused on Chinese policies within the United Nations. \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-new-china-strategy-de-risking-not-decoupling/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230821T090000
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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\, August 21 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Simon Book\, Editor for Der Spiegel and 2016 ACG Kellen Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8616921192584%2FWN_V04LcF6ISZu0JA_AKxsLLQ” css=”.vc_custom_1692119308383{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Simon Book serves as an Editor in the Economics Department for Der Spiegel. He joined Spiegel in July 2020 and is responsible for the topics of trade and consumer goods. Before that\, he was a reporter for Handelsblatt from 2013 to 2016 and WirtschaftsWoche from 2016 to 2020. He studied in Passau and was trained at the German School of Journalism. In 2016\, he received a Kellen Fellowship from the American Council on Germany\, during which time he researched transatlantic trade policy.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-72/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230911T090000
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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\, September 11 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Steven Erlanger\, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5416935577563%2FWN_69rdQZVZQjiLZCs2Rblp2A” css=”.vc_custom_1693557804379{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][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. As of earlier this year\, 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/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-73/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230913T110000
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SUMMARY:Structural Change and Revitalization in Post-Industrial Regions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While global challenges are addressed by national governments\, increasingly subnational actors such as states\, communities\, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlocks. This trend has also characterized transatlantic relations and the German-American partnership. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue was initiated to focus on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common challenges. \nThe decline of certain industrial sectors poses particular challenges at the state level in both Germany and the United States. The effects of structural transformation – brought on by geopolitical and geo-economic developments\, digitalization\, and the increasing focus on decarbonization – are notable in regions such as the Ruhr area (Ruhrgebiet) in Germany and the Rust Belt in the United States. As entire industries have folded\, a lack of labor opportunities has led to an exodus of skilled workers and young people. This has accelerated an overall decline in public infrastructure and threatens social cohesion. Policymakers on both sides of the Atlantic have taken varied approaches to an overarching economic restructuring\, offering an instructive comparative learning opportunity. In this panel discussion with state legislators from both countries\, we will discuss the myriad consequences for affected regions\, highlight various measures being taken to sustain regions hit hard by post-industrialization\, and explore ways to ensure that such transformations can be successfully managed in the future. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany for our next State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue for a discussion with German and American state legislators\, including Senator Dave Argall (R)\, Pennsylvania State Senate; Wibke Brems (Alliance 90/Die Grünen)\, Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia; and Romina Plonsker (CDU)\, Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3516923023245%2FWN_nsNYyyEjTUSkSksPYJuzQQ” css=”.vc_custom_1692303168149{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Senator Dave Argall represents the 29th District\, which includes 102 municipalities in northeastern Pennsylvania. As a member of the Senate’s majority leadership team and the proud grandson of Cornish\, Welsh\, and German farmers\, coal miners\, and factory workers\, Senator Argall’s top legislative priority is revitalizing our downtowns and older industrial neighborhoods. In the Senate\, he chairs the Education Committee\, one of the most active legislative committees at the Capitol. Senator Argall earned a bachelor’s degree from Lycoming College and a Ph.D. in public administration from Penn State. His studies included an Eisenhower Fellowship to review the economic and political transformations in Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. His doctoral dissertation reviewed the benefits and drawbacks of Pennsylvania’s tax-free “Keystone Opportunity Zones” for economic development. Senator Argall has served as a part-time public policy instructor for more than 30 years at Lycoming College\, Penn State\, and at Lehigh Carbon Community College. \nWibke Brems is the Chair of the Green Party in the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia. She is a qualified electrical engineer specializing in renewable energies. She has been a Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2010 and was the Spokesperson for Energy Policy and Climate Protection\, Mining Safety\, and Anti-nuclear Policy of the parliamentary group until her election as Chair of the Green Party. Wibke Brems has been a member of Bündnis 90/Die Grünen since 1998. Between 1999 and 2021\, she was active in various functions at the municipal level\, for example\, as a council member in Gütersloh. As an engineer\, she worked in the photovoltaic industry until her entry into the state parliament\, first independently and later as head of technical support at a medium-sized solar company. Wibke Brems was born in Bremerhaven in 1981 and has lived in Gütersloh since the age of 7. \nRomina Plonsker has been a Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2017 and has been the CDU Spokesperson for Europe and International Affairs since 2022. Additionally\, she has been a member of the State Executive Committee of the CDU North Rhine-Westphalia since 2016 and the district Chairwoman of the CDU Rhein-Erft since 2021. In 2020\, she was elected to the council of the Rhein-Erft district as well as Deputy Chairwoman of the CDU distict council faction. Romina Plonsker’s work on the Committee for Economic Affairs\, Industry\, Climate Protection and Energy is shaped by the guiding principle of making North Rhine-Westphalia a climate and environmentally-friendly industrial location. Additionally\, she serves on the Supervisory Boards of RWE Power AG\, Wirtschaftsförderung Rhein-Erft GmbH\, and the Zukunftsagentur Rheinisches Revier GmbH. Romina Plonsker completed both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Business Administration at the University of Cologne.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/structural-change-and-revitalization-in-post-industrial-regions/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230925T090000
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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\, September 25 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause Paul-Anton Krüger\, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9616953038759%2FWN_EoNhZuoaQCGpkGsjrwvQPw” css=”.vc_custom_1695303912662{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Paul-Anton Krüger has been the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since the 2021 federal election. Previously he reported on political affairs and served as Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department\, focusing on the Middle East and international security for three years. Before that\, he spent four years in Cairo and was a correspondent covering large parts of the Arab world and Iran. \nAfter graduating from the Alte Landesschule in Korbach\, he studied journalism in Berlin and Munich. In August 2005\, he joined the Süddeutsche Zeitung as a volunteer\, worked as an editor from 2008\, and as head of the foreign policy department from 2011. In the fall of 2007\, Mr. Krüger was a guest editor at the Chicago Tribune as part of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship\, the German-American journalism scholarship of the International Journalism Programs e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-74/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231002T090000
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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\, October 2 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Brent Goff\, Chief Anchor at DW News and Host of “The Day with Brent Goff.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6016958333813%2FWN_3HPS9X5yQDKJsw2X23rhiw” css=”.vc_custom_1695833422994{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Brent Goff is the Chief Anchor at DW News and Host of “The Day with Brent Goff.” He joined DW in 2000 and has become one of the most recognized on-air personalities. Prior to joining DW\, Brent worked as a producer for CNN. He was both a Fulbright Scholar and a Robert Bosch Foundation Fellow in Germany.  Brent grew up in rural North Carolina\, and his first job in TV journalism was at a small TV station in Missouri. He holds an MA in German and European Studies from Georgetown University and a Bachelor of Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-75/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231004T110000
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: Current Forms of Disinformation\, Actors\, and Spheres of Influence
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the last decade\, widespread disinformation – distributed through the internet\, over social media\, and especially through messengers – has influenced our political systems and societies in an unprecedented way. When it comes to disinformation\, what is the current state of affairs? What have we learned about the resiliency of our institutions? Are we ready for the impact AI will have on already fragile systems? The American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General of New York are launching a new online series to discuss these questions titled “Dealing with Disinformation.” \nOn October 4\, at 11:00 am ET\, the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General of New York will kick off the series with a virtual discussion on how actors use disinformation campaigns to influence public opinion\, divide societies\, and disrupt democratic processes. We will be joined by Lutz Güllner\, Head of Strategic Communications and Information Analysis at the European External Action Service\, and Nina Jankowicz\, Vice President at the Centre for Information Resilience and former Head of the Disinformation Governance Board of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8616954075359%2FWN_UGqWCUHxT2uG7lEparBZiA” css=”.vc_custom_1695407625039{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lutz Güllner is the Head of the Division for Strategic Communications and Information Analysis in the European External Action Service. He leads a team of about 40 persons dealing with issues related to disinformation and foreign manipulative interference. In his work\, he focuses on addressing disinformation threats for the EU and for the EU’s neighborhood region. Prior to his current position\, he served as Head of the EEAS’s foreign and security policy communication team (2017-2019) and as Head of the European Commission’s Directorate General for Trade’s communication team (2013-17). He was also Deputy Head of the Trade Strategy Unit and responsible for the coordination of EU-US trade and economic relations. In 2009 and 2010\, Mr. Güllner was spokesperson for the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy\, Catherine Ashton. He was also the Commission’s spokesperson for trade policy. In previous positions\, he was in charge of economic relations between the EU and Russia. Prior to joining the European Commission\, he worked as a public affairs consultant in Brussels. \nNina Jankowicz is an internationally recognized expert on disinformation and democratization and the author of two books: How to Lose the Information War (Bloomsbury 2020) and How to Be A Woman Online (Bloomsbury 2022)\, an examination of online abuse and disinformation and tips for fighting back. She currently serves as the Vice President at the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience\, a non-profit focused on countering disinformation. Ms. Jankowicz has advised governments\, international organizations\, and tech companies\, and testified before the U.S. Congress\, UK Parliament\, and European Parliament. \nIn 2022\, Ms. Jankowicz was appointed to lead the Disinformation Governance Board\, an intra-agency best practices and coordination entity at the Department of Homeland Security; she resigned from the position after a sustained disinformation campaign caused the Biden Administration to abandon the project. From 2017-2022\, she held fellowships at the Wilson Center\, where she was affiliated with the Kennan Institute and the Science and Technology Innovation Program and led accessible\, actionable research about the effects of disinformation on women\, minorities\, democratic activists\, and freedom of expression around the world. In 2016-17\, she advised the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on disinformation and strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Early in her career\, she managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-current-forms-of-disinformation-actors-and-spheres-of-influence/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231009T090000
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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.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 9 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause on the day after state elections in Bavaria and Hesse with Michael Watzke\, Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio. He’ll talk about the impact of the elections at the state and national level.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4916965321275%2FWN_QFcbOjZyRy2GOuO43VyhsQ” css=”.vc_custom_1696532187525{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Watzke has been the Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio since 2010. He first embarked on a career in journalism by working on the school paper (Die Waage) in Remscheid and later worked as a free-lancer for the Rheinischen Post and at WDR’s regional studio in Wuppertal. He studied Journalism at the German Journalist School in Munich and Political Science and Communications at the LMU Munich and at American University in Washington DC. After completing his studies\, Mr. Watzke worked as a journalist\, editor\, and moderator and\, from 2002 until 2010\, as Lead Reporter for Antenne Bayern. He was awarded an Arthur F. Burns Fellowship in 2014 and worked at WNYC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-76/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20231012T120000
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: How Is Disinformation Shifting Democratic Processes and International Relations?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disinformation is a cause for tremendous concern to countries around the world – including democracies. Information manipulation has become more common – and far more sophisticated – in recent years. There are domestic and foreign actors who engage in disinformation campaigns to disrupt democratic processes or otherwise make money by intentionally spreading false or misleading information. How resilient are nation-states and the international order? What can be done to address disinformation at the national and multilateral levels? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York for the second installment of the series on “Dealing with Disinformation.” German diplomat and former journalist Ralf Beste and Melissa Fleming\, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations\, will discuss the impact of disinformation on international relations during a webinar on Thursday\, October 12\, at 11:00 am ET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2516964545872%2FWN_Ixk5tyIPR_u65YqlhWXDpw” css=”.vc_custom_1696454617802{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ralf Beste is a German diplomat and former journalist. He currently serves as the Director-General for Culture and Society at the German Federal Foreign Office. From September 2019 until March 2022\, he was Germany’s Ambassador to Austria. Prior to that\, he was Deputy Director of the Policy Planning Staff in the Foreign Office\, where he was responsible for the 2014 “Review of German Foreign Policy.” He became the Director of the Policy Planning staff in 2017. \nFrom 1996 until 2000\, he was the Parliamentary Correspondent for the Berliner Zeitung – first in Bonn and then in Berlin. In 2001\, he moved to the Berlin Bureau of Der Spiegel\, where he reported on foreign and security policy and the Greens. \nMr. Beste studied History in Bochum\, Bielefeld\, and Baltimore and holds Master’s degrees from Bielefeld University and The Johns Hopkins University. \nMelissa Fleming is Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations\, having taken up her post in September 2019. \nMs. Fleming leads the UN’s Department of Global Communications\, which is responsible for informing global audiences about the state of the world and engaging them to build support for the Organization’s work and goals. \nIn this role\, Ms. Fleming oversees the UN’s strategic communications operations\, including its multilingual news and digital media services\, public outreach programmes\, and global campaigns. \nUnder her leadership\, the UN Department of Global Communications engages in far-reaching efforts to address misinformation\, disinformation\, and hate speech. She is leading on the development of a Code of Conduct for Information Integrity on Digital Platforms. \nPreviously\, Ms. Fleming served 10 years at the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) as Head of Global Communications. Prior to that\, she was the Spokesperson and Head of Media and Outreach at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). She also headed the Press and Public Information team at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE). \nMs. Fleming is a TED speaker\, the author of the book  A Hope More Powerful than the Sea\, and the host of the award-winning UN podcast Awake at Night. \nMs. Fleming holds a Master of Science in Journalism from the College of Communication\, Boston University and a Bachelor of Arts in German Studies from Oberlin College.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-how-is-disinformation-shifting-democratic-processes-and-international-relations/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20231016T090000
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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.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with journalist Alfred Schmit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9716972074397%2FWN_3pIJyxl0SKmf1Sq_SPASQw” css=”.vc_custom_1697207478505{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Alfred Schmit works as a journalist in Berlin. Since December 2018\, he has been a radio correspondent in ARD’s capital studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as London correspondent for ARD radio\, for SWR Radio in the Economics department in Stuttgart and as newswriter for the German national TV news\, tagesschau\, in Hamburg. Mr. Schmit’s topics primarily include economics\, finance\, and consumer issues. Previously\, the radio journalist worked at DEUTSCHE WELLE as presenter for the English-language section and a correspondent’s deputy in Bonn. A political scientist by training\, he graduated from the Universität Heidelberg and completed journalism training at the Institute for the Promotion of Young Journalists in Munich (ifp). Mr. Schmit also spent a year studying in the United States at Bucknell University in Pennsylvania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-77/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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