• Black Lives in Germany and the U.S. from 1933 to Today

    Virtual Discussions

    In 2021, two Black victims of the Nazi regime were finally honored with so-called STOLPERSTEINE  -- (lit. “stumbling stones or blocks”) – pioneered by German artist Gunter Demnig in Berlin....

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, February 28 at...

  • Russia’s Full-Scale Attack on Ukraine: A View from Berlin

    Virtual Discussions

    Earlier this week, President Vladimir V. Putin recognized two Russia-backed separatist territories in Ukraine – the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics – and ordered the Russian military into those...

  • Zeitenwende: A New Foreign and Security Policy for Germany?

    Virtual Discussions

    This past weekend marked a major shift in Germany’s foreign and defense policy. On Saturday, the German government announced it would send arms to Ukraine. Then on Sunday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz...

  • Immigration and Integration – Between Federal Policy and State Legislators

    Virtual Discussions

    Join us for a discussion with Kerstin Celina, Member of the State Parliament of Bavaria (Alliance 90/The Greens), State Senator John S. McCollister of Nebraska (R), and Jan Marcus Rossa, Member of the State Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein (Alliance 90/The Greens). This discussion is held in partnership with Aspen Institute Germany as part of the State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue. While global...