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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: Parsing the Electon in India
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]From April 19 to June 1\, general elections are being held in India to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha (the House of the People\, India’s lower house) and the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi is running for a third consecutive term. This is the biggest election in history – and lasts 44 days in a country where approximately 970 million people are eligible to vote (out of a population of 1.4 billion)\, including some 18 million first-time voters. \nIndia’s elections are massive in scale\, involving hundreds of millions of voters spread across diverse geographical\, cultural\, and linguistic regions. The country’s vast population and diverse demographics make it a unique electoral challenge. With the election in full swing\, Modi seems positioned to be reelected – but his campaign is divisive. Relatively low turnout so far has rattled his campaign\, raising questions whether his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its allies can achieve the landslide victory predicted by opinion polls just one month ago. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for the next event in the virtual series Superwahljahr 2024. We’ll be joined by the Süddeutsche Zeitung South-East Asia Correspondent\, David Pfeifer\, who is in India covering the elections.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1017146802016%2FWN_LzBIWHsQRAGqdLkJJQdjiQ” css=”.vc_custom_1714680233749{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]David Pfeifer\, born in 1970\, is a correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung in Southeast Asia and lives in Bangkok. In the 1990s and 2000s\, he was\, among other things\, chief of staff at Tempo magazine and head of the culture and digital department at Stern. He has written several non-fiction books and novels. He joined the Süddeutsche in 2014 to develop the new weekend edition. In 2020\, he moved to Thailand and reports from 14 countries\, from India to Indonesia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-parsing-the-electon-in-india/
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SUMMARY:Engaging Youth: Lessons from the German Dual System of Apprenticeships
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2022-2023 the American Council on Germany implemented a series of immersive study tours to Germany – three with America Works (an initiative of the MEP National Network) and another in collaboration with the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness and the State Economic Development Executive network – to learn about Germany’s dual vocational education system and to identify elements\, approaches\, and strategies that could contribute to the expansion of apprenticeship programs in communities in the United States. \nDuring the U.S. Department of Labor’s first National Youth Apprenticeship Week\, the ACG\, the Center for Regional Economic Competitiveness\, and Amerca Works invite you to join us on May 9 at 2:00 pm ET for a conversation with professionals who participated in these programs to hear the lessons learned and best practices in Germany and what they are now striving to implement as a result in their states and communities. We will be joined by Shonda Anderson\, Director of Internships and Apprenticeships for the Kansas Office of Apprenticeship; Matthew Fieldman\, Executive Director of America Works; Heather McKay\, Senior Vice President of Employer Engagement and Executive Director of the Strada Institute for the Future of Work; and Rahim Nichols\, Early College Early Career Director\, MAGNET Ohio.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2717145938855%2FWN_NcFfPDDJSrKXsaPqM0S27w” css=”.vc_custom_1714593921853{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthew Fieldman is the Executive Director of America Works\, a nationwide initiative to coordinate the American manufacturing industry’s training efforts\, generating a more capable\, skilled\, and diverse workforce. Based at MAGNET: The Manufacturing Advocacy and Growth Network\, headquartered in Cleveland\, Ohio\, Matt works across the nation’s Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) National Network to increase collaboration\, efficiency\, and impact of local and regional workforce development efforts. Previously\, he was Vice President of External Affairs for MAGNET\, a nonprofit that helps Northeast Ohio’s small- and medium-sized manufacturers grow locally while competing globally. In this role\, he launched the annual Ohio Manufacturing Survey; MSPIRE\, a regional startup pitch competition; manufacturing apprenticeships for inner-city youth; and oversaw the organization’s fundraising\, legislative relations\, media relations\, and more. In his volunteer work\, Originally from Orlando\, Florida\, Matt earned a Bachelor of Science in Psychology\, cum laude\, from the University of Florida\, a Master of Business Administration from The George Washington University\, and a Certificate in Nonprofit Management from Case Western Reserve University. He is a former Ariane de Rothschild and American Council on Germany Transatlantic Fellow and was also a Civil Society Fellow at the Aspen Institute. \nRahim Nichols\, the Director of the Early College Early Career Program at MAGNET Ohio\, raises awareness about life-changing manufacturing careers aimed at Northeast Ohio’s underserved populations. Rahim joined MAGNET in 2020\, bringing with him an enthusiasm for helping individuals with substance abuse\, mental health\, and educational challenges. A Cleveland State Graduate\, Rahim loves collaborating with his ECEC team on projects that can transform the fortunes of the region’s underrepresented youth. His passion has even taken him overseas\, where he worked among young leaders in the African nation of Zambia. Rahim has been fortunate to work for several non-profits in the city while also previously working in public service for Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court for eight years. \nShonda Anderson is the Director of Internships and Apprenticeships for the Kansas Department of Commerce. She grew up in Colorado\, earning an undergraduate degree in agriculture and resource economics and agricultural education from Colorado State University. Over 20 years ago\, life brought her to Kansas\, where she earned a master’s in agricultural economics from Kansas State University. Previously\, she was the director of the apprenticeship for Kansas City’s Metropolitan Community College.  She is a proud mother of two and will never forget she started her career driving dump trucks for her dad’s asphalt business. \nHeather A. McKay is the Senior Vice President of Employer Engagement and Executive Director of the Strada Institute for the Future of Work. Prior to joining the Strada Institute\, she served as the Executive Director of the Virginia Office of Education Economics (VOEE)\, a newly formed office in the Commonwealth housed at the Virginia Economic Development Partnership charged with examining linkages between education and the labor market.  Before coming to VOEE Heather was the founding director of the Education and Employment Research Center at the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers\, The State University of New Jersey. At Rutgers\, Heather researched and evaluated community college programs\, state and federal workforce development systems\, and education and workforce policies. Heather completed her bachelor’s degree at Bryn Mawr College. She has a master’s degree in history and a master’s degree in global affairs from Rutgers University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/engaging-youth-lessons-from-the-german-dual-system-of-apprenticeships/
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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 13 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%2F8917151752267%2FWN_Cvk0HLV2TZyInmanT85FgQ” css=”.vc_custom_1715175261413{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-94/
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe 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 20 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with ACG Alumna Sonja Gillert\, Head of Audio and Podcaster for Die Welt.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_QxwMt7PiQce89QU6fZ386g%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1716210515651{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sonja Gillert (2019 ACG Young Leader) is the head of audio for Welt. Previously\, she served as an editor in the paper’s foreign policy department in Berlin. In 2015\, she spent three months in China with the Media Ambassador China Germany Program. In 2017 she was selected to attend the two-month Arthur F. Burns Fellowship for Journalists to conduct research in the United States. In 2023\, she completed an ACG Kellen Fellowship during which researched the influence of school boards and politics. \nShe attended the journalist training program at Axel Springer Academy in Berlin and formerly worked as a freelance journalist at three of Germany’s major radio stations. She studied in Bonn and St. Andrews\, Scotland\, and earned her MA in Political Science and German Literature in 2009 at Bonn University. She currently sits on the Board of the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-95/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240522T110000
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SUMMARY:Dealing with Disinformation: Elections Under the Influence?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]This year elections are being held all around the world. In addition to concerns about free and fair elections\, disinformation spread by state and non-state actors via social media or messengers has become a threat to electoral integrity. For example\, compared to the last election cycle in Germany\, people are much more concerned about the deliberate dissemination of false information online. Many fear that mis- and disinformation is being used to destabilize democracies as a long-term goal. This is not unique. Disinformation poses a major challenge that politicians\, civil society\, and the media have to contend with. Is the extent of concern exaggerated? Are our institutions and tech companies prepared to fend off targeted attacks? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York on Wednesday\, May 22\, at 11 am ET for the next installment of the virtual series “Dealing with Disinformation.” In the run-up to European elections next month and U.S. elections in November\, experts Cathleen Berger and Dr. Claire Wardle will join us to talk about foreign and home-grown information manipulation and elections\, the role and responsibility of tech companies\, as well as the dangers posed by disinformation campaigns[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6817152616545%2FWN_UThQtsmrRbSFv-aQqO4Fbg” css=”.vc_custom_1715263123311{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cathleen Berger is a highly experienced strategist who has built up and managed multiple globally distributed\, environmental\, and social impact programs. Her professional experience spans across sectors: academia\, government\, non-profit\, advocacy\, corporate\, and early-stage startups. She currently works with the Bertelsmann Stiftung as Co-Team Lead for Upgrade Democracy and Research Director on future technologies and sustainability. In addition\, she occasionally advises and works with social purpose companies and organizations on their climate and social impact strategies. Previously\, she directed the B Corporation certification process of a pre-seed climate tech startup. Prior to taking on her current role\, she launched and headed up Mozilla’s environmental sustainability program. \nDr. Claire Wardle is Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Information Futures Lab and Professor of Practice at Brown University’s School of Public Health. She is considered a leader in the field of misinformation\, verification\, and user generated content\, and co-authored the foundational report Information Disorder: An Interdisciplinary Framework for Research and Policy for the Council of Europe. In 2015\, Dr. Wardle co-founded the non-profit First Draft\, a pioneer in innovation\, research\, and practice in the field of misinformation. Over the past decade\, she has developed an organization-wide training program for the BBC on eyewitness media\, verification\, and misinformation; led social media policy at UNHCR; been a Fellow at the Shorenstein Center for Media\, Politics\, and Public Policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School; and been the Research Director at the Tow Center for Digital Journalism at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. She holds a Ph.D. in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/dealing-with-disinformation-elections-under-the-influence/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240523T110000
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SUMMARY:Citizen Engagement and Building Trust in Government
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 not been able to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlock. In the next German-American State Legislator\, legislators will discuss the common challenge of waning public trust and citizen engagement. \nTrust in government is an essential element of a functioning democracy. In both the United States and Germany\, governments face declining trust in political institutions that have been influenced by perceived corruption\, lack of transparency\, ineffective governance\, partisan polarization\, media\, dis- and misinformation\, and overall feelings of voter disenfranchisement. Systemic inequalities can further contribute to widespread mistrust among marginalized communities or regions and economic instability can exacerbate doubts in the government’s ability to adequately address citizen’s needs. Moreover\, responses to recent crises\, such as the COVID-19 pandemic\, can either bolster or diminish trust\, depending on the perceived effectiveness and transparency of governmental actions. A climate of distrust in institutions can also lead to radicalization and the proliferation of conspiracy beliefs. With important elections on the horizon on both sides of the Atlantic\, these issues are of particular interest during this “Super Election Year.” How can legislators at the state level contribute to building trust in government? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany on May 23 for our next State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue for a discussion with German and American state legislators\, including State Senator Roger Niello (R)\, California State Senate; Marion Schiefer (CDU)\, State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein; and State Senator Cindy Winckler (D)\, Iowa State Senate.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8017162106169%2FWN_cN1TL8E-SuO7huUgR3BoGw” css=”.vc_custom_1716210648247{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Senator Roger Niello (R) was elected to represent portions of South Placer\, suburban Sacramento\, and Sutter and Yuba counties in the California State Senate in 2022. He first began his career as a Certified Public Accountant and then joined his family business\, the Niello Auto Group\, running retail automobile dealerships. Senator Niello has previously served as a Sacramento County Supervisor and a member of the California State Assembly. Following his time in the Assembly\, he accepted the appointment as President and CEO of the Sacramento Metro Chamber. \nIn the State Senate\, Senator Niello is the Vice Chair of the Budget and Fiscal Review\, Banking and Financial Institutions\, Insurance\, and Transportation Committees. He is a member of the Business\, Professions\, and Economic Development\, Judiciary\, Legislative Ethics\, Joint Fairs Allocation and Classification\, Joint Legislative Budget\, and Joint Rules Committees. \nThroughout his career\, Senator Niello has been a dedicated community and civic volunteer\, serving in various capacities. He and his wife\, Mary\, live in Fair Oaks. \nRepresentative Marion Schiefer (CDU) was born in 1975 in Wiesbaden\, is married\, and has three children. She studied law in Mainz and Castellón\, Spain. After completing her first and second state law examinations\, she initially worked as a research assistant in finance and tax law at the University of Mainz before being appointed as a judge in Hesse. In 2007/2008\, she was a Member of the Hessian State Parliament. She worked for several years in the Hessian ministerial administration and changed careers to the executive branch as a Ministerial Councilor. During her parental leave\, she moved to Schleswig-Holstein. From 2014 to 2023\, she worked as a judge at the local court in Hamburg\, including as a family and juvenile court judge and as head of enforcement at the Hamburg Youth Detention Center. \nRepresentative Schiefer has been a Member of the Schleswig-Holstein State Parliament since 2023\, Chairwoman of the CDU parliamentary group’s specialist working group on internal affairs and law\, as well as Spokeswoman for justice\, victim protection\, the protection of the constitution\, and extremism. Furthermore\, she is a member of the Committee on Internal Affairs and Legal Affairs\, the Committee on Cooperation between Schleswig-Holstein and Hamburg\, the Committee on the Election of Judges\, the Parliamentary Control Committee\, and chairwoman of the G10 Commission. Representative Schiefer has been a CDU member since 1997. \nSenator Cindy Winckler (D) was born in Des Moines\, Iowa. She moved to Davenport when she was young and has continued to be a part of the Davenport community throughout her adult years. Senator Winckler was elected to her first term in the Iowa Senate in 2022 after serving 11 terms in the Iowa House. She is a Ranking Member of both the Ethics and Education Appropriations Subcommittees and serves on the Appropriations\, Local Government\, State Government\, Transportation\, and Ways and Means Committees. She represents Senate District 49\, which includes Davenport as well as Buffalo and Buffalo Township. Senator Winckler is currently serving as a commissioner on the Education Commission of the States. She is a member of the Davenport Schools Network for Community and School Partnerships. \nCindy has been a family and consumer science teacher in small and large school districts in Iowa – Davis County\, Pleasant Valley\, Calamus\, and Davenport. She retired as a Quality Learning Consultant with the Mississippi Bend Area Education Agency in Bettendorf and continues her work on education equity issues. In her capacity as a Quality Learning Consultant\, she worked with teachers\, administrators\, and school districts to plan and implement student achievement initiatives. Cindy was named to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers in February 2000. \nShe graduated from West High School in Davenport. She earned a BSE in Home Economics from Northeast Missouri State University and her master’s degree in Educational Technology from the University of Northern Iowa. Cindy and her husband\, Joe\, were married in 1973 and have two adult children.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/citizen-engagement-and-building-trust-in-government/
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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 Tuesday\, May 28 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Dr. Daniel Friedrich Sturm\, Head of the Berlin Office for Der Tagesspiegel..[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8117164791095%2FWN_4AEuLlMeQ3i2XJHYV3EpwA” css=”.vc_custom_1716479141784{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Daniel Friedrich Sturm has been the head of the Tagesspiegel’s Berlin office since April 2023 and reports primarily on the German Chancellor and the SPD. Previously\, he was an Editor for Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag and was their U.S. Correspondent from 2018 to 2023. Mr. Sturm began his journalistic career at the age of 15 as a local reporter for the Münstersche Zeitung. He studied political science at the University of Bonn. He was awarded the Willy Brandt Prize for his dissertation on the SPD and the unification of Germany in 1989/90. He has been observing and describing the Social Democrats for many years and has written several books about them.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-96/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240528T110000
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SUMMARY:Sustainable Financing of Healthcare Systems in Aging Societies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Global Coalition on Aging have launched a series of virtual events called “The Road to Silver Economy Forum\,” which will take place in the run-up to the Forum on October 15 and 16 in Berlin. The series will focus on a range of issues building on the theme of this year’s Forum\, which is titled “Leading the Future in an Aging World.” \nOur rapidly aging societies force us to consider whether current healthcare funding models are sustainable and can continue providing innovations that have helped us realize our increased longevity. This webinar will explore how countries deal with the challenge of funding their healthcare systems as their population ages and healthcare grows exponentially. We will investigate the differences and similarities between healthcare systems in the United States and Europe and discuss how to finance and improve them to safeguard the medical discovery and innovation essential to healthy aging. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Global Coalition on Aging on May 28 at 11:00 am ET for the second webinar in our series\, which will focus on “Sustainable Financing of Healthcare Systems in Aging Societies.” We are privileged to have Grace-Marie Turner\, President of the Galen Institute\, and Kristian Niemietz\, Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs\, who will discuss what is needed to finance healthcare systems in an aging society sustainably. This event will be moderated by GCOA‘s Head of Advocacy Initiatives\, Michiel Peters.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4417163849382%2FWN_-2OEVFuXTiCNrDUF4vCO9Q” css=”.vc_custom_1716384969087{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michiel Peters (moderator) leads the advocacy initiatives at the Global Coalition on Aging and is a Senior Director at High Latner Group\, a strategic consulting firm that helps position organizations\, their leaders\, and their ideas in the public arena. \nHe is an expert communications professional and strategist with over a decade of experience in the public and private sectors. He worked on local\, state\, and national campaigns before serving as a senior press officer in the Dutch Parliament. After eight years of working in the public sector\, he transferred to the private sector to build up the corporate and public affairs functions for a large family-owned multinational in the agricultural industry. \nAt GCOA\, he leads advocacy initiatives on various topics\, from bone health to biopharmaceutical innovation. Additionally\, he helps GCOA members with strategic positioning on issues related to our changing demography and its impact on our communities\, from healthy aging to financial longevity and our changing workforce. \nDr. Kristian Niemietz is the IEA’s Editorial Director and Head of Political Economy at the Institute of Economic Affairs. He studied Economics at the Humboldt University Berlin and the University of Salamanca\, graduating in 2007 as Diplom-Volkswirt (≈MSc in Economics). During his studies\, he interned at the Central Bank of Bolivia (2004)\, the National Statistics Office of Paraguay (2005)\, and at the IEA (2006). In 2013\, he completed a Ph.D. in Political Economy at King’s College London. \nDr. Niemietz previously worked as a Research Fellow at the Berlin-based Institute for Free Enterprise (IUF) and at King’s College London\, where he taught Economics throughout his postgraduate studies. He is the author of the books A New Understanding of Poverty (2011)\, Redefining the Poverty Debate (2012)\, Universal Healthcare Without The NHS (2016)\, and Socialism: The Failed Idea That Never Dies (2019). \nGrace-Marie Turner founded the Galen Institute\, a public policy research organization\, in 1995 to promote an informed debate over free-market ideas for health reform. She has been instrumental in developing and promoting public policy ideas to transfer power over healthcare decisions to doctors and patients. \nShe writes extensively about incentives to promote a more competitive\, patient-centered marketplace in the health sector\,  testifies regularly before Congress\, and advises senior government officials\, governors\, and state legislators on health policy. \nShe is the founder and facilitator of the Health Policy Consensus Group\, which serves as a forum for analysts from market-oriented think tanks around the country to analyze and develop reform recommendations. She was also a leader in developing the Health Care Choices proposal. She is the editor of “Empowering Health Care Consumers through Tax Reform\,” peer-reviewed and published by the University of Michigan Press\, and has authored and contributed to numerous other books and white papers.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/sustainable-financing-of-healthcare-systems-in-aging-societies/
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SUMMARY:CANCELLED - 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 3 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Claudia Kade\, Head of Politics\, WELT/WELT AM SONNTAG.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6617170006618%2FWN_Uevzlk3vTjeDfFBDh-NpTQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717000879524{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Claudia Kade has been the Head of the Politics Department at WELT / WELT AM SONNTAG since 2017. Before this role\, she was an Editor in the Politics Department. From 2008 to 2010\, she was Editor of the Financial Times Deutschland. She also was an Editor at Reuters and a Freelancer at ZDF. Ms. Kade studied Journalism and Economics in Dortmund and completed a traineeship at ZDF.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-97/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240605T130000
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SUMMARY:Bridging Divides: The Role of Subnational Ties in Strengthening Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The transatlantic relationship is a cornerstone of the international order and ties at the subnational level are essential for effectively addressing the common challenges facing communities on both sides of the Atlantic\, now and in the future. Complex global and local issues like climate change\, promoting sustainable development\, and supporting workforce preparedness can be tackled by working together. As we edge into an increasingly polarized global system\, strengthening subnational ties across the Atlantic is key to maintaining the transatlantic partnership. \nThe American Council on Germany (ACG) and the Association of German-American Centers (Verbund Deutsch-Amerikanischer Zentren\, VDAZ) are excited to launch a series of digital events aimed at exploring the challenges confronting local communities and the importance of subnational diplomacy. In the coming months\, we will delve into specific aspects of transnational diplomacy and how people-to-people connections help strengthening transatlantic relations for the future. \nJoin us on Wednesday\, June 5 at 1:00 pm ET for the opening discussion with Ambassador Nina Hachigian (ret)\, Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State\, and Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Ministry and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). They will make the case for subnational diplomacy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9817170004600%2FWN_Va_aNPKWQIK8A7EBHIo7NQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717000520449{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Nina Hachigian (ret) is the first U.S. Special Representative for City and State Diplomacy at the U.S. Department of State. Previously she served as the first Deputy Mayor for International Affairs for the City of Los Angeles. From 2014 to 2017\, Ambassador Hachigian served as the second U.S. Ambassador to the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). She was awarded the State Department’s Superior Honor Award for her service. Earlier\, Ambassador Hachigian was a Senior Fellow and a Senior Vice President at the Center for American Progress focused on Asia policy and U.S.-China relations. Prior to that\, she was the director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy for four years. Ambassador Hachigian served on the staff of the National Security Council in the Clinton White House from 1998-1999. She is the editor of Debating China: The U.S. – China Relationship in Ten Conversations (Oxford University Press\, 2014) and co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise (Simon & Schuster\, 2008). She writes frequently about city and state diplomacy. \nMichael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, where\, in his fourth term\, he represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He has served as the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office since March 2022. He is also Deputy Chairman of the FDP parliamentary group in the German Bundestag\, responsible for international policy. In addition\, Mr. Link is a member of the party council of the European Liberals (ALDE) and a member of the FDP national executive board in his capacity as party treasurer. Previously\, Mr. Link was Director of the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights (ODIHR)\, based in Warsaw\, from 2014 to 2017\, and served as Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation from 2012 to 2013. In 2020\, he was the Head OSCE observer of the US general elections.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/bridging-divides-the-role-of-subnational-ties-in-strengthening-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240610T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240610T100000
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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 10 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with award-winning journalist and ACG fellow Vladimir Balzer[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3317176816176%2FWN_Pleg-lorTnWvff6sn9RwRw” css=”.vc_custom_1717681785412{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, art history\, and journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He studied abroad in Italy and the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-98/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240611T120000
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SUMMARY:Legal Battles\, Coup Fantasies\, and Foreign Agents: What’s Happening on Germany’s Far Right?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Last month\, one of the largest legal proceedings in German history began with the start of the first trials against a group of far-right conspiracists who planned the violent overthrow of the Bundestag. According to federal prosecutors\, the group – known as the Reichsbürger\, or citizens of the Reich\, a disparate group that denies the legitimacy of the modern German state – planned to enter the Reichstag with armed support to arrest members of parliament with the intention of “overthrowing the system.” Due to the complexity of the case and a variety of logistical and security reasons\, there will be three separate trails in Frankfurt\, Stuttgart\, and Munich. \nNew York Times reporter Christopher F. Schuetze has been following this emerging story – and right-wing populist movements. Join us just days before the European Union’s Parliamentary election on June 9 for a virtual discussion about developments on Germany’s far right. The event will take place on Tuesday\, June 11 at 11:00 am ET / 5:00 pm CET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7917170957683%2FWN_J0BE5XSSRaKZ9YifL_UbUQ” css=”.vc_custom_1717095807722{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Christopher F. Schuetze is a reporter for The New York Times based in Berlin\, covering politics\, society\, and culture in Germany\, Austria\, and Switzerland. His recent stories have focused on the rise of populism and the far-right – as well as Germany’s multiple simultaneous transformations. In addition to its vaunted green-energy transformation\, the country is becoming more ethnically and culturally diverse. \nRaised in Germany and Canada and trained in the United States and France\, Mr. Schuetze has reported from a dozen countries\, mostly in Europe. He got his start at The Times as an intern for the paper’s international edition in Paris (which was then called The International Herald Tribune)\, where he covered sustainability and higher education. Before moving to Berlin in 2018\, he reported from the Netherlands.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/legal-battles-coup-fantasies-and-foreign-agents-whats-happening-on-germanys-far-right/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nThe 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 17 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Daniela Vates\, Chief Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland.\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_gcMlVcI2R_WKCyyNrEHv3Q%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1718635014829{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Daniela Vates is Chief Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the RedaktionsNetzwerk Deutschland (a Hannover-based corporate newsroom that provides journalistic content to more than 60 daily newspapers across the country – including Frankfurter Rundschau\, Leipziger Volkszeitung\, Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger\, and Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung – and reaches nearly seven million readers daily). Before joining RND\, she was a political correspondent for the Berliner Zeitung and Reuters. Ms. Vates has reported from Berlin since 1999 – and from the then German capital Bonn for a couple of years before that. She covers German domestic politics and foreign policy. She studied Journalism and Political Science in Munich and the United States and is a graduate of the Deutsche Journalistenschule (DJS) in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-99/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240617T120000
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SUMMARY:Combatting Antisemitism and Information Manipulation in the 21st Century
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Disinformation has fueled antisemitism for centuries\, but the war in Gaza has exacerbated the spread of false information and conspiracy theories – particularly through social media platforms and online forums. This has contributed to the reinforcement of negative stereotypes and prejudices against Jewish people. The manipulation of information targeting Jewish individuals and organizations often intersects with other forms of hate speech and discrimination\, amplifying its impact and fostering an environment conducive to antisemitic attitudes and actions. What can be done to address the challenge of disinformation? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York on Monday\, June 17\, at 11 am ET for the next installment of the virtual series “Dealing with Disinformation.” Josephine Ballon\, the CEO of HateAid (a non-profit organization advocating for human rights in the digital space)\, and Aaron Keyak\, Deputy Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Department of State\, will discuss the intersection of disinformation and antisemitism – and measures that can be taken to address them.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1017186351261%2FWN_ShfDh6AbTZOHuwQx_jmSJg” css=”.vc_custom_1718635167180{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Josephine Ballon has been the CEO of HateAid since September 2023. She joined the organization in November 2019 as the head of Legal. She is an advocate for improving the legal framework and access to justice for those affected by online violence\, who are left largely unprotected against violations of their rights. Ms. Ballon has given expert testimony before the German Federal Parliament and European Parliament regarding law enforcement of online hate crimes\, gender-based online violence\, and platform regulation. \nAfter studying law and completing her legal clerkship\, Ms. Ballon was admitted as a lawyer in 2018\, working in the field of consumer rights and legal tech. \nAaron Keyak currently serves as the Deputy Special Envoy to Monitor and Combat Antisemitism at the U.S. Department of State. In helping lead this office\, he works to advance U.S. foreign policy to counter antisemitism throughout the world. Deputy Special Envoy Keyak is an experienced leader and interfaith coalition builder who has previously held senior roles advising members of Congress\, the Obama Administration\, and the Biden-Harris Administration transition team. \nAs an accomplished foreign policy hand and publicist\, he has counseled various members of Congress and served as the top Middle East adviser and Communications Director for Representatives Jerry Nadler and Steve Rothman. Deputy Special Envoy Keyak serves as a term member of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and was selected as a Truman National Security Project scholar. He earned his Bachelor’s degree with honors from Washington University in St. Louis.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/combatting-antisemitism-and-information-manipulation-in-the-21st-century/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240625T140000
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SUMMARY:Exit Interview: Reflecting on Seven Years in New York
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]By popular demand\, the ACG is delighted to make today’s discussion with Consul General David Gill a hybrid event. Mr. Gill will join us in person in our New York office to reflect on his seven years in NYC and his preparation for his next posting in Ireland. \nDavid Gill grew up in a Protestant minister’s family in Herrnhut\, Saxony\, in former East Germany. He was denied a higher education by the Communist regime for political reasons. Instead\, he trained and worked as a plumber before joining a preparatory protestant school and later the theological seminary of the Protestant Church in Berlin-Brandenburg. In 1990\, he initially was the chairman of the Normannenstrasse Citizens’ Committee\, which oversaw the dissolution of the Ministry of State Security at the Stasi headquarters and served as the secretary of the Special Committee for the dissolution of the Stasi of the East German Parliament. After reunification\, Mr. Gill became spokesman and head of the research division of the Federal Commissioner for the Stasi-Files before studying Law in Berlin and Philadelphia. \nAfter holding positions in the Federal Ministry of the Interior and at the Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information in Berlin\, he served as the Deputy Representative of the Council of the Protestant Church in Germany to the Federal Republic of Germany and the European Union. During Federal President Joachim Gauck’s term from 2012–2017\, he was state secretary and chief of staff of the President. Since August 2017\, Mr. Gill has been the German Consul General in New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/exit-interview-reflecting-on-seven-years-in-new-york/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events,Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240711T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240711T120000
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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: Gridlock After Elections in France? A View from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]After a poor showing in the European parliamentary election last month\, French President Emmanuel Macron called for snap elections. Although a left-wing coalition was able to stave off the far-right National Rally\, no party was able to gain an absolute majority in Sunday’s second round of elections and Macron appears to be weakened. France now faces a hung parliament. \nJoin the ACG for a virtual discussion with Jacob Ross\, Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations\, on the path forward after the second round of elections in France and the future of Franco-German relations.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8017205390860%2FWN__3KfcbbTT7SiE5bz5e6xuQ” css=”.vc_custom_1720539115911{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Jacob Ross is a Research Fellow at the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Auswärtige Politik e.V. (German Council on Foreign Relations\, DGAP)\, where he focuses on France and Franco-German relations. He initially joined the DGAP in June 2021. Previously\, he worked as a research assistant at the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Brussels. He had already gained experience within the Franco-German context while working at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and during his work as a parliamentary assistant to Sabine Thillaye\, Chair of the European Affairs Committee of the French National Assembly. \nMr. Ross also received the majority of his academic training in France: first\, within a Franco-German double-degree program at the Institute of Political Science (IEP) in Lille and\, later\, at the IEP in Paris and at the Ecole nationale d’administration (Ena) in Strasbourg. He also studied at the Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna while earning a master’s degree in international relations and economics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-gridlock-after-elections-in-france-a-view-from-berlin/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240715T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240715T100000
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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 15 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Marc Felix Serrao\, Editor-in-Chief for the Neue Züricher Zeitung in Germany.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5517205389662%2FWN_TMAQBhjtQEGzZfefIrlx6A” css=”.vc_custom_1720539020232{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Marc Felix Serrao has served as the Head of the Berlin office since July 2017 and Editor-in-Chief of the Neue Züricher Zeitung in Germany since 2021. After military service\, he studied political science in Berlin. In 2004 and 2005\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He graduated in 2006 and became a freelance journalist for various media outlets. He worked for the Süddeutsche Zeitung from 2007 to 2016 – first as a trainee\, then as Deputy Head of the Society and Style Department. In 2015 and 2016 he was a part-time student at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) and the Kellogg School of Management. In 2016 and 2017\, he was the Business Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-100/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240716T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240716T120000
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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: A Landslide for Labour in the United Kingdom – But Many Open Questions Remain
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Labour Party’s landslide victory in the UK’s general election on July 4 brought an end to 14 tumultuous years under the leadership of the Conservative Party – and five different Prime Ministers. Sir Kier Starmer and his Labour Party won 412 of the 650 seats in the House of Commons and enjoy a stable majority\, which should allow the new government to implement its agenda\, while the Tories lost 250 seats. \nVoters hope that the new Prime Minister and his party will rejuvenate the country during the five-year term it has won – and some pundits are already talking about a second term. But\, a recent report released by the Institute for Public Policy Research thinktank found that just 52 percent of UK adults took to the polls on 4 July. This is the lowest turnout by share of the population since universal suffrage was introduced in 1928. \nJoin the ACG for a virtual discussion with award-winning German journalist Annette Dittert as part of our Superwahljahr 2024 series. She has been based in London since 2008 and serves as the London Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent of the German public broadcaster ARD. She will help us understand the election results and the path forward for the United Kingdom[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9317210525950%2FWN_ubXgplMDQ2Oy_UF9pQ-1PQ” css=”.vc_custom_1721052627730{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Annette Dittert is the London Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent of the German public broadcaster ARD. From July 2001 to July 2005\, she was the ARD’s Correspondent in Warsaw. From 2005 to 2006\, she traveled through China\, India\, and Africa for a four-part documentary Abenteuer Glück\, which received an Adolf-Grimme Prize and a nomination for an International Emmy Award by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in 2006. From 2006 to 2008\, Ms. Dittert was the Bureau Chief and Senior Correspondent for ARD German TV in New York. She has been based in London since 2008 and serves as Senior Correspondent and Bureau Chief for ARD German TV. In 2019\, she was named “political journalist of the year” for her report on Brexit. \nShe studied Political Science\, Philosophy\, and German at the University of Freiburg and the Free University of Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-a-landslide-for-labour-in-the-united-kingdom-but-many-open-questions-remain/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240718T120000
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SUMMARY:Summer Book Recommendations - The Fragility of Democracy: Reflecting on Hitler’s Rise to Power
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We are delighted to continue our series of virtual events with authors who have recently published books. On Thursday\, July 18\, we will be joined by historian and ACG Young Leader alumnus Timothy W. Ryback. His new book “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power” explores the six months leading up to Adolf Hitler’s seizure of power in January 1933 and the valiant efforts that nearly succeeded in stopping his appointment as chancellor of Germany. We look forward to talking with him about this story and disturbing parallels to the U.S. political scene today.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7717207261043%2FWN_nGp9xs-CRxudpkiUi2ljeg”][vc_column_text]Timothy W. Ryback (1990 ACG Young Leader) has written for The Atlantic\, The New Yorker\, The New York Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, and The Financial Times\, among others. His books have appeared in more than forty editions around the world. As a former lecturer at Harvard University\, he explores the intersection of history\, politics\, and culture\, focusing on the legacies of National Socialism and authoritarianism more widely. \nHis most recent book is “Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power.” He is also the author of The Last Survivor (2000)\, a New York Times and Washington Post notable book; Hitler’s Private Library (2006)\, which served as the basis for a feature-length documentary\, “The Books He Didn’t Burn;” and Hitler’s First Victims (2010)\, which is currently being adapted for cinematic release. Tim Ryback has appeared on CNN\, BBC\, PBS\, History Channel\, France 24\, ZDF\, Netflix\, A&E\, among many others. He divides his time between Europe and the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/summer-book-recommendations-the-fragility-of-democracy-reflecting-on-hitlers-rise-to-power/
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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 29 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with 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%2FWN_W-1bpMf-TKOMhneqCh1oOg%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1722268771658{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-102/
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SUMMARY:The War Report: Israel / Palestine in German and American Media Coverage
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel\, the Israel-Hamas War and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have dominated headlines around the world. But how has news coverage itself shaped global attitudes towards the conflict\, and how can journalism provide the basis for holding shared conversations about a polarizing issue? \nAs part of the Foreign Correspondent Series\, held in partnership with Goethe-Institut\, the ACG will host a this online discussion July 31st at 12:00 pm ET with journalists Hanno Hauenstein\, Ben Mauk\, and Alena Jabarine. They will examine similarities and differences in American and German reporting on Israel/Palestine\, including the dominance of corporate media\, ideological bias within the newsroom\, and the roles of social media and misinformation.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fgoethe-institut.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9517212554273%2FWN_ifWyqfZUT26jciYF9FSLyw%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1722268878489{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Hanno Hauenstein is a Berlin-based journalist and author. He worked as a senior editor in Berliner Zeitung’s culture department\, specializing in contemporary art and politics\, and has written for the Guardian\, the Intercept\, Haaretz\, the Nation\, and other publications. He is also founder and editor of the Hebrew-German arts journal aviv Magazine. \nAlena Jabarine is a German Palestinian freelance journalist based in Hamburg. She has worked as a political journalist for ten years\, mostly for the German Public Broadcast ARD. From 2020 to 2023\, she lived in the occupied West Bank\, where she worked for a German political foundation and reported on her private Instagram account about political realities and everyday life on the ground. Particularly since October 7th\, Jabarine has been one of the few Palestinian voices in German public discourse. \nBen Mauk is a writer\, filmmaker\, and journalist. His work appears in The New York Times Magazine\, The New Yorker\, Harper’s\, Granta\, and the London Review of Books\, among other publications. He is a current National Fellow at New America and a National Endowment for the Humanities Public Scholar\, and is a winner of the Emmy Award and Peabody Award\, among other honors. He teaches at Case Western Reserve University\, where he is the Shirley Wormser Professor of Journalism and Media Writing. He lives in Berlin\, Germany and Cleveland\, Ohio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-war-report-israel-palestine-in-german-and-american-media-coverage-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Looking at the U.S. Election: The Race is On!
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In a very short period\, the dynamics of the U.S. election have changed dramatically: Beginning with President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance\, followed by an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump\, and then the announcement that President Biden was dropping out of the race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris\, the past few weeks have been consequential for U.S. politics. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke for a virtual discussion with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany and Chairman of the American Council on Germany\, and Juliane Schäuble\, U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel\, for a discussion about the recent developments in U.S. politics and what to expect in the weeks ahead.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2217222681868%2FWN_pnY-B3_7SqSFKzDMarkrfw” css=”.vc_custom_1722268223816{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2013 to 2017. In 2015\, Ambassador Emerson received the State Department’s Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service\, an award given annually to one non-career Ambassador. In 2017\, the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the CIA awarded him their highest civilian honors for his service. \nPrior to accepting the ambassadorial posting\, John Emerson was President of Private Client Services for the Capital Group Companies. Before joining Capital\, he was Deputy Assistant to President Clinton where he coordinated his economic conferences\, served as the president’s liaison to the nation’s governors\, and led the administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement and the extension of China s MFN trading status. Additionally\, he was appointed by President Obama to serve on his Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Before working in the Clinton White House\, Ambassador Emerson served as Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney\, and was a partner in the law firm of Manatt\, Phelps\, Rothenberg\, and Phillips. \nJuliane Schäuble is the U.S. Correspondent of Der Tagesspiegel\, Berlin’s biggest newspaper. Before she moved to Washington\, DC\, in June 2018 she was the head of the political department of the paper where she was responsible for the front page and the political section. She has more than twelve years of experience in the business and the political department of Der Tagesspiegel. \nMs. Schäuble earned her Master’s in Political Science at the University in Potsdam\, Germany. Her studies included one semester at American University in Washington\, DC\, where she took classes in American foreign policy and worked part-time for the “American Council of Young Political Leaders” (“Washington Semester Program”).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/looking-at-the-u-s-election-the-race-is-on-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240821T110000
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SUMMARY:Thuringia and Eastern Germany before the State Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nA Conversation with the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow\n\nNext month\, state elections will be held in the three eastern German states of Brandenburg\, Saxony\, and Thuringia. Coming off of the European parliamentary elections in early June\, when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won most of the votes in all five eastern German states\, poor polling numbers for the parties making up the governing coalition at the federal level\, and the development of a new party\, the Bündnis Sahra Wagenkecht (BSW)\, there are lots of questions about how people will vote. \nSupport for the AfD in the former communist eastern German states was much higher than the national average of 15.9 percent and gave the party enough of a boost to make it the second strongest party in Germany after the Christian Democrats. Exit polls showed that the majority of AfD voters were concerned about their economic well-being and irregular migration. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Rosa-Luxemburg-Stiftung New York Office for a virtual discussion with the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia\, Bodo Ramelow\, about the trends in eastern Germany before voters take to the polls in three states. The discussion will take place in German with simultaneous translation into English. \n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4817238139639%2FWN_zWtw_957RYy_ZqpQU0h55A” css=”.vc_custom_1723814011004{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Bodo Ramelow is a German politician who has served as the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia since March 4\, 2020. He previously held this office from 2014 until February 5\, 2020. In this capacity\, he has also been a member of the Bundesrat\, and served as its President for one year from November 1\, 2021 until October 31\, 2022. Mr. Ramelow is a member of the Left Party and previously chaired his party’s group in the Thuringian state assembly (Landtag). \nMr. Ramelow was born and raised in West Germany. He trained as a retail salesman and became an official in the Gewerkschaft Handel\, Banken und Versicherungen (HBV)\, the union for trade\, bank\, and insurance employees\, during the 1980s. He moved to the eastern German state of Thuringia after German unification and joined the Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS). He was elected to the Landtag in 1999 and became Deputy Chairman and then\, in 2001\, Chairman of the party’s parliamentary group in the state parliament. \nIn February 2004\, Mr. Ramelow was elected top candidate of the PDS in the Thuringian state elections\, and was re-elected as the Chairman of the PDS in Thuringia. Starting in June 2005\, Mr. Ramelow was chief negotiator during unification talks which ultimately led to the creation of a new party\, Die Linke (The Left). From 2005 to 2009\, he was a Member of the German Bundestag and Deputy Chairman of the Die Linke parliamentary group\, and from 2009 to 2014\, he served as the Chairman of the Die Linke state parliamentary group in Thuringia. Following elections in September 2014\, Mr. Ramelow was elected by the Landtag as the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia – with the support of the Social Democratic Party and the Greens\, which had joined Die Linke in a coalition. This vote marked the first time Die Linke had won the leadership of any of Germany’s states since German unification in 1990.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/thuringia-and-eastern-germany-before-the-state-elections/
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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 Tuesday\, September 3 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%2F7217249652098%2FWN_CVjKZvBlQlueM_k5TnmG7A” css=”.vc_custom_1724965248744{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-101/
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SUMMARY:Parsing the Results of Sunday’s Elections in Saxony and Thuringia
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On Sunday\, voters will take to the polls in the eastern German states of Saxony and Thuringia. Later in the month\, elections will be held in Brandenburg. These three state elections in eastern Germany are being watched closely at home and abroad. They will serve as a bellwether for the current government in Berlin one year before federal elections – but\, perhaps more importantly\, they will give an indication of the strength of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the newly formed Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht party. \nJoin the ACG for a virtual discussion with German journalist Nadine Lindner as part of our Superwahljahr 2024 series. Ms. Lindner has been a correspondent with Deutschlandradio since 2016 and covers the AfD\, among other things. Before that\, she was a state correspondent in Saxony and covered political developments there.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1117248558123%2FWN_p5Ag-CKbT_OwNqUyiChNpA” css=”.vc_custom_1724855846754{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Nadine Lindner has been a correspondent in the Berlin studio of “Deutschlandradio” since early 2016 and is responsible\, among other things\, for the AfD and transport policy. Before that\, she was a state correspondent in Saxony for two and a half years and observed the rise of Pegida there. She studied political science\, journalism and African studies in Leipzig and discovered her enthusiasm for radio there at the training station “mephisto 97.6”. After graduating\, she worked as a freelance journalist for “MDR sputnik” and the “FAZ”\, and since 2009 for Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/parsing-the-results-of-sundays-elections-in-saxony-and-thuringia/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240905T110000
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SUMMARY:From Convention Season to the Final Campaign Stretch
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Two months before Election Day\, both parties offer competing visions to U.S. voters\, and the American public receives and perceives these messages differently. At this critical time\, it is essential to explore the core values and issues that define what it means to be a Democrat or Republican in today’s political climate. On September 5\, the ACG and more than two dozen transatlantic organizations will host a virtual discussion with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, Chairman of the ACG and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, and Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton\, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute of Johns Hopkins University SAIS. We will consider what these competing visions mean for Europe and global affairs and assess the state of down-ballot races\, examining how elections for Congress\, state governments\, and local offices might impact the transatlantic partnership. The discussion will be moderated by Tina Höfinghoff\, Founder of Transatlantic Hub.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Faspeninstitute-de.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_JciMVmtYQmy1CG74jHAD-w%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1724855693516{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 2013 to 2017. In 2015\, Ambassador Emerson received the State Department’s Sue M. Cobb Award for Exemplary Diplomatic Service\, an award given annually to one non-career Ambassador. In 2017\, the Secretary of the Navy and the Director of the CIA awarded him their highest civilian honors for his service. \nPrior to accepting the ambassadorial posting\, John Emerson was President of Private Client Services for the Capital Group Companies. Before joining Capital\, he was Deputy Assistant to President Clinton where he coordinated his economic conferences\, served as the president’s liaison to the nation’s governors\, and led the administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement and the extension of China s MFN trading status. Additionally\, he was appointed by President Obama to serve on his Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Before working in the Clinton White House\, Ambassador Emerson served as Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney and was a partner in Manatt\, Phelps\, Rothenberg\, and Phillips law firm. \nDr. Daniel S. Hamilton is a Senior Fellow at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. At SAIS\, he leads a project exploring the new dynamics of the Atlantic Basin. He served previously as the Austrian Marshall Plan Foundation Professor (2012-2019); Richard von Weizsäcker Professor (2002-2011); Founding Director of the School’s Center for Transatlantic Relations (2001-2019)\, and Executive Director of the American Consortium for EU Studies (2002-2017)\, designated by the European Commission as the EU Center of Excellence Washington\, D.C. \n​He has held a variety of senior positions in the U.S. Department of State\, including Deputy Assistant Secretary for European Affairs\, responsible for NATO\, OSCE and transatlantic security issues\, Nordic-Baltic and Balkan Affairs; U.S. Special Coordinator for Southeast European Stabilization; Associate Director of the Policy Planning Staff for two U.S. Secretaries of State; Director for Policy in the Bureau of European Affairs; and Senior Policy Advisor to the U.S. Ambassador and U.S. Embassy in Germany. He also led international policy work for the Johns Hopkins-led National Center for the Study of Preparedness and Catastrophic Event Response (PACER)\, named as one of five U.S. National Centers of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.  In 2008\, Hamilton served as the first Robert Bosch Foundation Senior Diplomatic Fellow in the German Foreign Office\, where he worked in the Planning Staff for Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier. In 2012 he was a member of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s ‘Futures Advisory Group’.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/from-convention-season-to-the-final-campaign-stretch/
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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 9 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Anja Wehler-Schöck\, Head of International Politics for Der Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7217254715126%2FWN_KK29irlhRi2Z1yl1jzdEgQ” css=”.vc_custom_1725471552694{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Anja Wehler-Schöck has been Head of International Politics at Der Tagesspiegel since August 2022. Prior to that\, she worked as editor-in-chief of the IPG Journal\, a debate platform for issues of international and European politics. She previously worked as a social affairs officer at the German Embassy in Washington and headed the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung’s office for Jordan and Iraq in Amman from 2012 to 2017.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-103/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240912T110000
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SUMMARY:Building Resilience and Protecting Critical Infrastructure
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 not been able to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlock. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue will take on the challenge of infrastructure with state legislators from the United States\, Canada\, and Germany. They will focus on the role state governments can play in addressing common concerns when it comes to building resilience and managing threats to critical infrastructure. \nCritical infrastructure forms the backbone of modern\, well-functioning societies. Unfortunately\, these infrastructures face increasing threats from natural disasters\, health crises\, as well as physical and cyberattacks on both sides of the Atlantic. While defining critical infrastructure is complex\, in general\, it refers to the systems\, organizations\, facilities\, assets\, services\, and networks that are essential to the well-functioning of societies. Subnational governments play a fundamental role in proactively safeguarding the security and functionality of critical infrastructure\, as well as in developing guidelines for responding to potential disruptions. As a result\, they are often at the forefront of such disasters because they are closer to affected communities and play a key role in emergency response operations. They also play a key role in coordinating with other levels of government and non-governmental organizations to ensure a coordinated and effective response. What are the primary challenges faced by policymakers at the state level in managing threats to critical infrastructure? What mechanisms are in place to quickly react to crises on both sides of the Atlantic\, and how can we learn from one another? Join us on September 12 for an engaging discussion with a panel of state legislators from the United States\, Canada\, and Germany\, where we will explore these questions to gain valuable insights into the shared challenges faced on both sides of the Atlantic.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2017248560968%2FWN_VfK3X3CNRQ-fdtXywGveLQ” css=”.vc_custom_1724856154312{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Representative Karianne Lisonbee (R) is the Majority Whip in the Utah House of Representatives. Her legislative efforts have spanned a range of issues\, from healthcare and tax reform to educational opportunity and economic development. Representative Lisonbee passed significant legislation protecting victims and making Utah’s communities and schools safer through increasing accountability and transparency in the criminal justice system. Her efforts have been instrumental in advancing Utah’s prosperity. She is serving her 4th term representing District 14. Before her election to the legislature\, she served on the Syracuse City Council. Rep. Lisonbee earned a degree in Family Studies from Brigham Young University\, where she met Seth\, her husband of 31 years. They have six children and six grandchildren. She enjoys singing\, reading\, and hiking. \nMichael Lee (BC United) was elected as the MLA for Vancouver-Langara in 2017 and re-elected in 2020 in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia\, Canada. He currently serves as the Shadow Minister for Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation. Mr. Lee has served as the Official Opposition Critic for Transportation\, Infrastructure\, and TransLink\, the Official Opposition Critic for Justice\, and as the Parliamentary Secretary for Affordable Housing. He is a member of the Select Standing Committee on Aboriginal Affairs\, the Select Standing Committee on Legislative Initiatives\, and the Select Standing Committee on Parliamentary Reform\, Ethical Conduct\, Standing Orders\, and Private Bills.\nBefore his election\, Mr. Lee was a business lawyer for 20 years and a partner with Lawson Lundell LLP\, focusing on mergers & acquisitions\, corporate finance\, and corporate governance. He acted for energy\, mining\, forestry\, technology companies\, and as external counsel to BC Hydro. Before obtaining his law degree at the University of Victoria\, he worked as a Special Assistant to the Right Honourable Kim Campbell in Vancouver and Ottawa\, Canada. He also holds a BSc in Biology\, a BA (Hons) in Political Science\, and an MA degree in Political Science with a focus on environmental regulations. Mr. Lee has served as the past Chair of the Board of Directors of Arts Umbrella and Alumni UBC. He has also served as a past Vice-Chair and Board member of Science World British Columbia\, SUCCESS\, and Leadership Vancouver. Mr. Lee is a past Board member of the YMCA of Greater Vancouver Foundation\, the Justice Education Society of BC\, Sustainable Cities International\, and the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association. \nDr. med. Heide Richter-Airijoki (SPD) is a medical doctor and has a master’s degree in public health from Harvard School of Public Health. In the past\, she worked as head of department at the German Federal Centre for Health Education (BZgA) and has done many international assignments for the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ\, formerly GTZ). She was head of bilateral technical cooperation programs in the health sector in Bangladesh\, India\, Burkina Faso\, Kenya\, and Tanzania. In this capacity\, she coordinated support in the areas of health systems strengthening\, reproductive health\, and health emergency preparedness. Dr. Richter-Airijoki was Principal Advisor on Child Survival and Development for the West and Central African Region for the United Nations children’s organization\, UNICEF. She coordinated the National Capacity Building for the Tobacco Free Initiative for the World Health Organization (WHO) and consulted the German federal government on the global strategy for pandemic preparedness. As a technical delegate from Germany\, she also consulted the European Commission and the World Bank in areas of program planning and evaluation. Since 2021\, Dr. Richter-Airijoki has been a member of the Regional Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt for the constituency of Lutherstadt Wittenberg. She is a member of the Social Democratic (SPD) parliamentary group and the faction’s speaker on Health\, Labor\, and Integration. She is a deputy member of the committee on Labor\, Social Issues\, Health\, and Gender Equality\, as well as a deputy member of the committee on Federal- and European Affairs\, Media\, and Culture.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/building-resilience-and-protecting-critical-infrastructure/
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SUMMARY:What Does a Presidency Cost? Election Campaign Financing in the U.S. and Germany
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The amount of money spent on election campaigns in the United States has increased dramatically over time\, sparking debate on the influence of money in politics and its impact on the democratic process. While less in focus during this year’s turbulent election season\, the topic remains critical as campaign financing has substantial potential to influence voter behavior and shape the political landscape. How are presidential and congressional races generally funded and how are the current contenders for the White House financing their campaigns? Which consequences does the current legal framework around campaign financing in the U.S. have for transparency and fairness and how does it differ from the German model? To what extent does money determine election outcomes? \nJoin us for a virtual conversation as part of the Transatlantic Tandem Talk Series with Sandra Navidi\, CEO\, BeyondGlobal\, LLC\, and Dr. Maureen Edobor\, Assistant Professor of Law\, Washington and Lee School of Law; with welcoming remarks by Dr. Eva Bosbach\, Executive Director\, University of Cologne New York Office\, and Viktoria Harbecke\, Director\, AmerikaHaus NRW e.V.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Famerikahaus-nrw.de%2Fde%2Feventdetail%2Ftransatlantic-tandem-talk-campaign-financing.html” css=”.vc_custom_1725898797806{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sandra Navidi is CEO of the New York-based advisory firm BeyondGlobal. She is admitted to practice law in the State of New York and in the Federal Republic of Germany. Previously\, she worked closely with noted economist Professor Nouriel Roubini at Roubini Global Economics. Prior to that\, she held positions as an investment banker\, general counsel\, and management consultant. Ms. Navidi is known for her prescient expert media commentary on geopolitical and economic issues\, featured on CNN\, CNBC\, Fox Business\, and C-SPAN\, among other notable platforms\, as well as in numerous international documentaries. For the last 15 years\, Sandra Navidi has been an economic and political analyst at Germany’s premier news outlet\, n-tv (RTL). She also co-hosts n-tv’s business podcast Biz & Beyond. She is a WEF Davos veteran of almost two decades\, one of LinkedIn’s Top Voices\, and a TEDx Speaker. Ms. Navidi is the bestselling author of award-winning $uperHubs: How the Financial Elite and their Networks Rule Our World\, one of Bloomberg’s Best Books of the Year. Thereafter\, she published Future IQ: Your Success Strategies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence\, which Handelsblatt recommended as a must-read. Her third book Die DNA der USA: Wie tickt Amerika\, where she analyses America’s political and economic future\, was shortlisted for the Frankfurt Book Fair’s German Business Book Award 2023. Sandra Navidi is an alumna of the University of Cologne. \nMaureen Edobor is an Assistant Professor of Law\, a DeLaney Center Fellow – W&L’s interdisciplinary academic hub that promotes scholarship on race\, electoral politics\, and Southern identity – and an Inaugural Steven M. Polan Fellow in Constitutional Law and History at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law. Professor Edobor teaches and writes in constitutional law\, focusing on voting and elections. Her work appears or is forthcoming in the UCLA Law Review\, the University of Pennsylvania’s Journal of Constitutional Law\, the George Washington Law Review\, and the Washington and Lee Law Review. Her opinion writing has been featured in The Hill\, Bloomberg Law\, and The Daily Record. In Professor Edobor’s first year of teaching\, she received the Ethan Allen Faculty Fellowship for excellence in scholarship.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text] \nThe event is part of the NRW-USA Year 2023-2024 and of the Transatlantic Tandem Talks series: \nThe Transatlantic Tandem Talks are hosted by the University of Cologne New York Office in cooperation with its partners the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York\, the German Embassy in Washington D.C.\, Deutsches Haus at NYU\, DAAD New York\, the German Research Foundation (DFG) North America\, the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York\, 1014 Space for Ideas\, the Goethe Institute New York\, AmerikaHaus NRW\, the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation\, and as of 2024\, the American Council on Germany (ACG).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-does-a-presidency-cost-election-campaign-financing-in-the-u-s-and-germany/
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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 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with award-winning journalist and ACG fellow Vladimir Balzer.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5017260640013%2FWN_UYYKgbGaQni8t2R-AJBWWA” css=”.vc_custom_1726064057792{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk Kultur. He grew up in Leipzig and studied German\, art history\, and journalism in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He studied abroad in Italy and the United States. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily programs “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” and “Studio 9” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-104/
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