• Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday, March 31, at 9:00 a.m. ET for a Kaffeepause with ACG Fellowship alumna Miriam Hollstein, Chief Political Reporter for SternMiriam Hollstein serves as the Chief Political Reporter for Stern. Before this, she was the Chief Report...

  • Istanbul’s Political Crisis: Implications of Ekrem İmamoğlu’s Arrest

    Virtual Discussions

    On March 23, 2025, Ekrem İmamoğlu, the Mayor of Istanbul and the main political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was jailed. İmamoğlu had been awaiting trial on corruption charges, which sparked the largest protests in Turkey in over a decade. Many view these charges as politically motivated. In response, İmamoğlu’s party – the Republican...

  • Hot Topics/ Cold Realities: Politics, Constitutions, and the Law

    Virtual Discussions

    “He who saves his country does not violate any law,” President Donald Trump posted last month on social media. Since the new administration in the United States took office on January 20, many legal scholars have raised concerns over an extensive use of executive power, disregard of judicial orders, and erosion of checks and balances....

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on April 14 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, former Foreign Editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, and Nadine Lindner, Correspondent with Deutschlandradio. They will discuss the German government coalition agreement and provide...