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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240916T090000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240917T110000
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SUMMARY:Silver Society: Health\, Work\, and New Ways of Thinking About Longevity and Aging
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Global Coalition on Aging are hosting “The Road to Silver Economy Forum\,” a series of webinars taking place in the run-up to the Forum itself on October 15 and 16 in Berlin. This series focuses on issues building on this year’s Forum theme “Leading the Future in an Aging World.” \nIn this fourth and final webinar\, entitled “Silver Society: Health\, Work\, and New Ways of Thinking About Longevity and Aging\,” Michael Devoy\, Chief Medical Officer and Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance for the Pharmaceuticals Division of Bayer AG; Cynthia Hutchins\, Director of Financial Gerontology for Bank of America; and moderator Melissa Mitchell\, Executive Director of Global Coalition on Aging will explore the multifaceted societal changes necessary to embrace the full potential of the Silver Economy – from healthcare innovation to workforce change and financial longevity\, and beyond. This session will provide a sneak preview of some of the exciting discussions to come at the Silver Economy Forum in Berlin on October 15 and 16.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3817256530244%2FWN_43DZuUb1R3yjoRirjIFl-Q” css=”.vc_custom_1725653059059{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Devoy is the Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs and Pharmacovigilance for the Pharmaceuticals Division at Bayer AG. He is also the Chief Medical Officer of Bayer AG. Dr. Devoy joined the former Schering AG in 2005 as Senior Vice President of Global Medical Development and was appointed to his current position in 2014. \nDr. Devoy studied Medicine and Pharmacology at University College London and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine/Bachelor of Surgery (MB\, BS\, graduated with honors) and BSc in Pharmacology. He is a member of the Royal College of Physicians in London. He is also an elected member of the Board of Directors of the Drug Information Association (DIA). \nDr. Devoy has extensive experience across Clinical Development and International Medical Affairs. His career in the pharmaceutical industry began when he joined Glaxo Group Research in Clinical Pharmacology. \nCynthia Hutchins is the Director of Financial Gerontology for Bank of America and has more than 40 years of experience in the wealth management and retirement industry. In her role\, she develops thought leadership\, resources\, training\, and client education\, engaging clients and employees on topics of aging\, longevity\, retirement\, life stages\, and later life planning. She has authored several whitepapers on the topics of aging\, longevity\, caregiving\, housing in retirement\, and caring for children with special needs. She has also partnered with academic institutions and aging industry experts to develop collaborative research and thought leadership on these topics.  These organizations include the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing\, the Gerontological Society of America\, Georgetown University McDonough School of Business Aging Well Hub\, the Wharton School Pension Research Council\, and the Global Coalition on Aging. She has been widely quoted in national publications\, including the New York Times\, Wall Street Journal\, Institutional Investor\, Baltimore Sun\, and Next Avenue. \nMs. Hutchins has served on the board of directors of the American Society on Aging (ASA) and has participated in the White House Conference on Aging Elder Justice Forum. She was named to the inaugural PBS Next Avenue 50 Influencers in Aging list. She is a frequent speaker on topics of aging and longevity. She has spoken at various conferences\, including the Investments and Wealth Institute\, Florida Conference on Aging\, San Antonio Society for Human Resource Management\, Southern Women’s Show\, Virginia Governor’s Conference on Aging and the American Society on Aging’s Aging In America Conference\, Defined Contribution Institutional Investment Forum (DCIIA)\, and the Employee Benefit Research Institute. \nShe holds a BS in Business and Finance from Towson University and an MA in Gerontology from the University of Southern California.  She has earned the Chartered Retirement Planning Counselor (CRPC) designation and the Chartered Special Needs Consultant (ChSNC) designation from the American College of Financial Services and holds the Series 7\, 24\, 63\, and 65 securities registrations. \nMelissa Mitchell (moderator) is the Executive Director of the Global Coalition on Aging\, where she is responsible for internal and external communication strategies\, policy initiatives\, member and stakeholder outreach\, and partnership development for the Coalition. She has over a decade of public affairs experience\, specializing in policy-related and CEO-level strategic communications\, advocacy campaigns\, and special events.  Currently\, she serves as a Senior Managing Director at High Lantern Group\, a strategic consulting firm that advises dozens of major global companies and industry trade groups. Previously\, she was Director of Industry Relations and Strategic Outreach at the U.S. Travel Association. She was responsible for grassroots development and industry initiatives\, having driven multiple campaigns leading to positive legislative outcomes.  Prior to U.S. Travel\, she served as Executive Director of the Travel Business Roundtable\, a CEO-based advocacy organization devoted to reframing the policy environment and reputation of the industry\, and an associate at Prime Policy Group (formerly BKSH & Associates)\, a Washington-based government affairs firm.  Ms. Mitchell holds an MBA from Georgetown University in Washington\, DC and a BA in Journalism and Psychology from the University of Mississippi.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/silver-society-health-work-and-new-ways-of-thinking-about-longevity-and-aging/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241002T110000
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SUMMARY:Will European Leaders do “Whatever it Takes” to Rescue the European Economy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2012\, Mario Draghi pledged to do “whatever it takes” to save the euro when he led the European Central Bank. Earlier this month\, the former Italian Prime Minister released a report on ‘The Future of EU Competitiveness\,’ which was intended to jolt the stalling European economy into high gear. The report recommends three priorities: First\, Europe must refocus its collective efforts on closing the innovation gap with the U.S. and China so that it can remain a player in emerging technologies. Second\, the EU needs to pursue decarbonization objectives while remaining competitive. And third\, the EU should increase its security and reduce external dependencies\, by pursuing access to critical raw materials\, developing its own digital services\, and strengthening its defense industry. Draghi’s report contains many proposals addressing these three priorities\, calibrated to be implementable over the next few years. But EU member states will need to coalesce around a coherent plan to boost growth and rescue the European economy. \nIs this the “whatever it takes 2.0” moment for Europe’s economy? Join the American Council on Germany on October 2 for a virtual discussion with Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther\, Director and Member of the Presidium at the Cologne Institute for Economic Research. He has written extensively about German and European industrial policy against the backdrop of the Zeitenwende and about the need for investment in infrastructure and transformation – and the pressures that is putting on Germany’s debt brake. He will be in conversation with ACG Board member Tara Hariharan. She is Managing Director of Global Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based global macro hedge fund.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4317271194692%2FWN_HfWonuGkQXmujzr9AASoVQ” css=”.vc_custom_1727119500592{background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]ACG Board member Tara Hariharan is Managing Director of Global Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based global macro hedge fund with an emphasis on emerging markets. As head of macro research for the firm since 2012\, she focuses on economic activity\, macro-political trends\, and policy in the U.S. and China\, and is a keen student of European political economy. Ms. Hariharan directs top-down analysis of macroeconomic data\, monetary and fiscal policy\, and political trends for countries and regions worldwide\, as well as maintenance and constant evolution of NWI’s “macro dashboard” with a strategic focus on potential investment opportunities in fixed income\, equities\, foreign exchange\, and commodities. Her analysis is notably informed by sustained dialogue with a diverse group of high-level global policymakers in both developed and emerging markets. \nMs. Hariharan earned a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology summa cum laude from Princeton University in 2007. She was awarded a 2014 American Marshall Memorial Fellowship by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Ms. Hariharan has been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2017. She is also closely involved with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and has been a member of the Chamber’s Chief Economists’ Committee since the summer of 2020. She was elected a member of the Inter-American Dialogue in July 2021 and is a 2022 Economic Club of New York Fellow. She was an ACG Young Leader in 2016. \nProf. Dr. Michael Hüther studied Economics and History at the Justus-Liebig University in Giessen from 1982 to 1987. Upon completion of his doctorate in Economics\, in 1991 he became a member of the scientific staff of the Council of Experts for the Evaluation of Macroeconomic Development. In 1995 he was appointed Secretary General of the German Council of Economic Advisers. In 1999\, he joined DekaBank as chief economist and in 2001 additionally as Division Manger economics and communication. Since August 2001 Prof. Hüther is Honorary Professor at the European Business School in Oestrich-Winkel. \nIn July 2004 he was appointed Director and Member of the Presidium of the German Economic Institute. Since April 2019 Prof. Hüther has served as the Chair of the supervisory board of TÜV Rheinland AG. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Atlantik-Brücke.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/will-european-leaders-do-whatever-it-takes-to-rescue-the-european-economy/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241007T110000
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SUMMARY:How Can International Cooperation Strengthen Democracy and Combat Antisemitism in Germany and the United States?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]October 7th marks the first anniversary of the bloody attack on a music festival in Israel by Hamas. Over 1\,000 people were killed\, dozens of people are still being held hostage by Hamas\, and the region is at war. Against this backdrop\, there has been a spike in antisemitic hate crimes around the world. In the United States\, the FBI reported a 63 percent increase over 2022. In Germany\, the monitoring group RIAS reported that antisemitic incidents rose by over 80 percent in 2023 – reaching a new high since RIAS started keeping track in 2017. \nJoin the American Council on Germany on Monday\, October 7\, at 11 am ET\, for a virtual discussion with antisemitism expert Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian\, the President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation. She has been exploring how the rise in antisemitism can be seen as an indicator of the waning health of democracy. She will talk about the myriad challenges posed by increasing antisemitism and how international cooperation can be implemented to address the problem and shore up democracy. Dr. Nazarian just completed a speaking tour for the ACG\, which included discussions in four Eric M. Warburg Chapters and in New York.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_qdb3rIxSQQ2BPVV9TQC7kw” css=”.vc_custom_1727724498993{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sharon S. Nazarian is the President of the Y&S Nazarian Family Foundation\, with a regional office in Israel called the Ima Foundation. She is an expert on antisemitism and its intersection with democratic crisis across Europe\, North America\, and Australia. Earlier this year\, she was the inaugural Gahl Hodges Burt Scholar at the American Academy in Berlin. \nDr. Nazarian is the founder of the Younes & Soraya Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at University of California\, Los Angeles\, housed at UCLA’s International Institute\, which provides a systematic\, academic study of contemporary Israel. In 2017\, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) appointed Dr. Nazarian as Senior Vice President in international affairs. She served in this role for five years\, acting as chief diplomat and policymaker of ADL\, meeting with heads of state\, foreign ministers\, and leaders of Jewish communities around the world and advancing ADL’s initiatives for fighting antisemitism and racial hatred globally. She also oversaw ADL’s Israel office. \nDr. Nazarian currently serves as a member of ADL’s national board of directors\, a trustee of the board of Freedom House\, and is a member of the Council of Foreign Relations. She also chairs the board of the Y&S Nazarian Center for Israel Studies at UCLA and sits on the board of governors of University of Haifa. Dr. Nazarian studied Journalism and International Relations at the University of Southern California\, where also received her master’s and doctoral degrees in Political Science\, specializing in political economy and economic development in newly industrialized countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/how-can-international-cooperation-strengthen-democracy-and-combat-antisemitism-in-germany-and-the-united-states-3/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241008T110000
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SUMMARY:Breaking Stories While Undercover: Insights into the Work of an Investigative Journalist
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Just two years ago\, RTL Deutschland launched the new cross-media format “Stern Investigativ.” The results of the investigative research conducted are released simultaneously as a TV report on RTL\, in the print magazine “Stern\,” on various websites\, and as a podcast. For “Stern Investigativ” the award-winning journalists Christian Esser and Manka Heise have brought several important stories to light – including going undercover at the Tesla plant in Grünheide in Brandenburg and\, more recently\, uncovering questionable practices at the famous Berlin hospital Charité. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion with Manka Heise\, Leading Investigative Reporter at “Stern Investigativ\,” about the stories she has covered\, how she has covered them\, and how she has chosen which stories to pursue.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5417278825527%2FWN__Wk-bm41SUegNto0hTsGfQ” css=”.vc_custom_1727882593722{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Before Manka Heise started working for Stern Investigativ\, she was an editor at Frontal 21 for ZDF for 10 years. There\, she produced investigative\, political\, and social background reports. Before that\, she worked as an editor for the ARD political magazine Kontraste. Ms. Heise graduated in religious studies and English and began her journalistic career with a traineeship at Spiegel TV/XXP.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/breaking-stories-while-undercover-insights-into-the-work-of-an-investigative-journalist/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241014T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, October 14 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Stephan Detjen\, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and the head of the station’s capital city studio in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8717283083918%2FWN_ILOd74wDQEWRyLmUqITYVg” css=”.vc_custom_1728308427074{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station’s capital city studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as Deutschlandfunk’s Editor-in-Chief in Cologne and as a legal policy correspondent in Karlsruhe\, among other positions. \nMr. Detjen is a member of the board of the Bundespressekonferenz and was a member of the foundation board for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade from 2013 to 2018. He studied Law and History in Munich\, Aix-en-Provence\, and Speyer.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-can-we-expect-from-president-bidens-trip-to-germany/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241024T110000
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SUMMARY:A New Era? U.S. Leadership after the Election and Europe’s Security Landscape
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In some U.S. states early voting has begun\, and voters across the country are getting ready to head to the polls on November 5. In Europe there is concern about what the new administration in Washington might look like. With changes in leadership come evolving priorities in foreign and defense policy\, which will have significant implications for Europe’s security architecture. This discussion will examine how the new administration’s approach to NATO\, diplomacy\, and global alliances could reshape the continent’s security landscape\, fostering both opportunities and challenges for Europe as it navigates this pivotal moment in international relations. \nJoin  and the American Council on Germany the Aspen Institute Germany for a virtual discussion as a part of the Road to Election series on Thursday\, October 24\, at 11:00 am ET with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Senior Advisor to Human Rights First\, United States Army Europe\, and Dr. Claudia Major\, Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” align=”left” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_yO3NsIT-QamLf8Fia03VrQ|target:_blank”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges served as Commanding General of United States Army Europe from 2014 to 2017 before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. Based in Frankfurt\, he is currently a Senior Advisor to Human Rights First. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions\, including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division\, in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander of NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey). After his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps – Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South\, in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). \n  \nDr. Claudia Major is Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Her research\, advisory work\, publications and media contributions focus on security and defense policy in Europe and in a transatlantic context (NATO\, EU\, Germany\, UK\, France). Recent publications deal with Germany’s security and defense policy\, NATO’s strategic adaptation and future development\, developments in EU defense\, strategic autonomy and Franco-German relations in defense. Previously she held positions at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich\, the German Council on Foreign Relations\, the EU Institute for Security Studies (Paris)\, the German Foreign Office and Sciences Po Paris. She is a member of various boards\, including the Advisory Board for Civilian Crisis Prevention at the Federal Foreign Office. She holds a diploma from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University Berlin and a PhD from the University of Birmingham\, UK.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-new-era-u-s-leadership-after-the-election-and-europes-security-landscape/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241031T110000
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SUMMARY:Russia’s War in Ukraine: The Situation is Serious 
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It has been more than two years since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Despite heavy fighting\, Russia still occupies 18 percent of Ukraine. Ukraine’s counteroffensive efforts have stalled\, and Russia has launched a new offensive in Ukraine’s northeast Kharkiv region. Meanwhile\, Russia continues to bomb Ukrainian cities and block its ports\, and Ukraine has increased drone attacks on Russian ships and infrastructure. \nThe situation in Ukraine is serious. Fighting and air strikes have inflicted over 30\,000 civilian casualties\, while 3.7 million people are internally displaced\, and 6.5 million have fled Ukraine. More than 14 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion with award-winning Stern reporter Moritz Gathmann about the situation in Ukraine. He has covered Ukraine for over a decade and has been reporting on the war from throughout the country.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.us7.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D88eafb704e68ca3b7d186f951%26id%3Dd91a255f91%26e%3D0cb490be7a”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Moritz Gathmann is a journalist who has reported extensively from Ukraine for SPIEGEL magazine\, Stern\, and other news outlets. He has been a journalist for two decades and has focused on post-Soviet countries. He spent five years in Russia as a correspondent for German media outlets – first in Moscow and then Kaluga. In 2014\, he was a witness to the bloody upraising in the Maidan\, and reported on the war in eastern Ukraine. Since February 2022\, he has covered the war in Ukraine.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/ussias-war-in-ukraine-the-situation-is-serious/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241111T090000
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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\, November 11 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Marc Felix Serrao\, Editor-in-Chief in Germany for the Neue Züricher Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6317310092655%2FWN_Bxp3fl6CRkKz55fbZgUTeQ” css=”.vc_custom_1731009568742{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Marc Felix Serrao has been 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 2004/05\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He graduated in 2006.  Mr. Serrao 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\, he began a part-time Executive MBA at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) and the Kellogg School of Management. From 2016 to 2017\, he served as 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-105/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241118T090000
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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\, November 18 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Columnist for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5817316790699%2FWN_NOQuiQjSQ9uh_yreHmwxdQ” css=”.vc_custom_1731679232750{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Malte Lehming works as a columnist for the Tagesspiegel From late 2000 to 2005\, he was the newspaper’s Washington bureau chief. He joined the Tagesspiegel in 1991 as foreign policy editor — focusing on security policy\, transatlantic relations\, and the Middle East. From 1989 to 1991\, he worked as a personal assistant and speechwriter for former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt. Mr. Lehming studied philosophy\, German literature\, and European history in Hamburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-106/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241121T110000
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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: Voter Behavior in Eastern Germany - Is it a Litmus Test for Federal Elections in 2025?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Join the ACG for a virtual discussion with award-winning German journalist Sabine Schicketanz as part of our Superwahljahr 2024 series.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.us7.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D88eafb704e68ca3b7d186f951%26id%3Dec6e3d9762%26e%3D0cb490be7a”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-voter-behavior-in-eastern-germany-is-it-a-litmus-test-for-federal-elections-in-2025/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241125T090000
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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\, November 25 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Melissa Eddy\, New York Times Correspondent based in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_WIn2obqrSJqirEa4a41pvA%3Fmc_cid%3Dfaaec31a07%26mc_eid%3DUNIQID%23%2Fregistration”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Melissa Eddy is a correspondent based in Berlin who covers German politics\, social issues\, and culture for The New York Times. Her most recent work has delved into the challenges of integrating one million refugees\, the spate of Islamist terror attacks\, and the legacy of a trove of Nazi-looted art. \nShe has covered Germany’s green energy transformation and Chancellor Angela Merkel since she entered office in 2005. A Minnesota native fluent in German and French\, she came to Germany as a Fulbright scholar in 1996. Before joining The International Herald Tribune\, now the international edition of The New York Times\, in 2015\, she was a correspondent for The Associated Press in Frankfurt\, Vienna\, and the Balkans[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-107/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241209T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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\, December 9 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with ACG Fellowship alumna Miriam Hollstein\, Chief Political Reporter for Stern.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5017333434836%2FWN_24cSnO4NQeW2m0Rq05pIzA” css=”.vc_custom_1733343562093{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Miriam Hollstein serves as the Chief Political Reporter for Stern. Before this\, she was the Chief Report from January 2022 to Septepmber 23 at T-Online in Berlin. Prior to this position\, she served as the Chief Political Reporter for FUNKE Zentralredaktion from November 2020 to December 2021. She wrote for the Berliner Zeitung while still a student and worked as an editor for Internationale Politik. She worked as a foreign reporter for the Welt am Sonntag\, and from 2006-2014 was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015 to 2020\, she worked for the Bild am Sonntag\, first as a domestic policy and then from 2018 as chief reporter of politics. Her reporting brought her into regular contact with the office of the German Chancellor. Since March 2020\, she has worked as a freelance writer and moderator. \nIn 2009\, she published the first graphic biography of Angela Merkel\, entitled “Miss Tschörmanie\,” together with illustrator Heiko Sakurai. She appears regularly on the German news program “Phoenix\,” where she speaks on political and societal issues. She regularly travels internationally for reporting assignments. In addition\, she was a 2005 Marshall Memorial Fellow\, a 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow\, and was recognized in 2015 by the DEFA Stiftung (German Film Corporation Foundation) for her contribution to preserving German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-108/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241211T100000
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SUMMARY:The French No-Confidence Vote: A View from Berlin
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On December 5\, the French Prime Minister\, Michael Barnier\, resigned after the left-wing coalition\, New Popular Front\, and the far-right National Rally Party\, collaborated to topple his government. Only three months after it took office\, Barnier’s government is the first to fall from a no-confidence vote in more than 60 years. The political dispute\, which centered around the 2025 annual budget\, suggests it will be harder to solve the country’s economic issues. France has the worst budget imbalance in the Eurozone with a 6.2% deficit of GDP. \nThe no-confidence vote has plunged the country into political chaos. In a nationwide address\, French President Emmanuel Macron criticized the far-left and far-right forces that united\, deeming them an “anti-Republican front.” Next door\, Germany is facing its own political and economic troubles. The ruling three-party coalition collapsed in November and elections are slated for February. Government collapses in both Berlin and Paris will inhibit wider efforts to address European wide issues and will impact transatlantic relations. \nJoin the ACG for a virtual discussion with Jacob Ross\, Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations\, to examine the French government collapse\, Franco-German relations\, and what comes next.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6117337793279%2FWN_6l4X_socSuGWiH4_6u6Zzw” css=”.vc_custom_1733779354567{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/the-french-no-confidence-vote-a-view-from-berlin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20241212T120000
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SUMMARY:What Does the End of the Assad Regime Mean for Syria and Iran's Dominance in the Region?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rebel forces in Syria have been steadily gaining ground in recent weeks. The culmination of their advances came on December 8\, when the Iranian backed President Bashar al-Assad was forced into exile in Russia\, essentially ending the 12-year civil war. Without Assad in power\, the influence of Iran has suffered a major blow in the region\, and potentially globally. \nJoin the ACG and the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG) on December 12\, for a virtual discussion with Iran and Middle East expert Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad\, Founder and Director of CMEG. He will discuss the larger global impact of the end of Assad’s regime and the uncertain future for Syrians.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2217337791528%2FWN__lD4ceA6Q82dcZGlJCCELw” css=”.vc_custom_1733779192222{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Ali Fathollah-Nejad is a German–Iranian political scientist and author focusing on Iran\, the Middle East\, and the post-unipolar world order. He is Founder and Director of the Center for Middle East and Global Order (CMEG)\, a think-tank devoted to exploring transformations and promoting a foreign policy that reconciles interests and values. He currently teaches Middle East politics and international security at the Hertie School – The University of Governance in Berlin and is also a Fellow with the University of Bonn’s Center for Advanced Security\, Strategic and Integration Studies (CASSIS). Among his publications are\, most recently\, The Islamic Republic in Existential Crisis: The Need for a Paradigm Shift in the EU’s Iran Policy (2023\, European Union Institute for Security Studies\, Chaillot Paper)\, the much-acclaimed book Iran in an Emerging New World Order (2021\, Palgrave)\, The Islamic Republic of Iran Four Decades On: The 2017/18 Protests Amid a Triple Crisis (2020\, Brookings)\, where he suggested the start of a long-term revolutionary process in Iran. His forthcoming book is titled Iran – How the West is Betraying its Values and Interests (in German). Ali is also the former Iran expert of the Brookings Institution in Doha (BDC\, 2017–20)\, the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP\, 2015–18)\, and the American University of Beirut’s Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs (AUB-IFI\, 2022–24) as well as a 2022 McCloy Fellow on Global Trends of the American Council on Germany (ACG). He holds a Ph.D. in International Relations from the Department of Development Studies at SOAS (School of Oriental and African Studies\, University of London) and was the winner of the 2016/17 post-doctoral fellowship of the Harvard Kennedy School’s Iran Project. He has taught\, among others\, at universities in London\, Berlin\, Doha\, Tübingen\, and Prague. The author of some 300 articles in English\, German and French\, with translations into a dozen other languages\, Ali is also a regular commentator for major outlets across the globe.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-does-the-end-of-the-assad-regime-mean-for-syria-and-irans-dominance-in-the-region/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20241216T110000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: Special Edition – Germany’s Confidence Vote
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us on Monday\, December 16\, for a special edition of the ACG’s regular Kaffeepause. We’ll discuss the results of the German Bundestag’s confidence vote with Cameron Adabi\, deputy editor at Foreign Policy\, and Rüdiger Lentz\, senior political advisor for the firm of Rud Pedersen. We’ll also talk about the first three years of the Ampelkoalition and the outlook for Germany’s snap election in February.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4517339450800%2FWN_ogapGho1SVexHZ1Uz-wBjQ” css=”.vc_custom_1733945186309{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cameron Abadi is a deputy editor at Foreign Policy and co-host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast. He previously worked at the New Republic and Foreign Affairs and as a correspondent in Germany and Iran. His writing has appeared in Bloomberg Businessweek\, the New Yorker\, the New Republic\, and Der Spiegel. He lives with his family in Berlin. \nRüdiger Lentz is currently working as a senior political advisor for the Nordic public affairs firm of Rud Pedersen in Berlin. Before that\, he was the Executive Director of the Aspen Institute Germany from 2013 to 2020. From 2009 until 2013\, he served as the Executive Director of the German American Heritage Foundation and Museum in Washington\, D.C. Prior to that\, he worked as a TV correspondent and magazine journalist for Der Spiegel\, ARD Television\, Rias Berlin\, and Deutsche Welle for over three decades. During his tenure as Bureau Chief for Deutsche Welle in Washington\, D.C.\, he was a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard University\, the School of Foreign Service in Washington\, and a regular guest on BBC\, CNN\, and C-Span. Mr. Lentz has been a long-time member of the Atlantik-Brücke and is a member of the German Council on Foreign Relations. He is also a founding member of the German American Business Council (GABC) in Washington\, D.C.\, and the Chairman of the Shepard Stone Foundation in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-special-edition-germanys-confidence-vote/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250115T130000
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics\, Cold Realties - Migration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Migration played a pivotal role in the U.S. elections\, and it looms prominently in political debates in Germany ahead of elections next month. Join the ACG and 1014 for a discussion with Victoria Rietig\, the Head of the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)\, and award-winning journalist Molly O’Toole. They will help shed light on the trends\, challenges\, and opportunities arising from migration – and the role migration plays in the current political climate.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7317363566073%2FWN_dwtcqXZ2RCy77WV3Oa1xAA” css=”.vc_custom_1736356663333{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Molly O’Toole is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist\, working on “The Route\,” a nonfiction book on global migration through the Americas to the United States\, for Crown Publishing\, a Penguin Random House imprint\, and developing an accompanying podcast. She most recently was an immigration and security reporter for The Los Angeles Times\, and a fellow at the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center\, George Washington University\, and the Logan Nonfiction Program. She has also taught at Cornell University and the Poynter Institute. She previously was a senior reporter at Foreign Policy and The Atlantic’s Defense One\, and an editor at The Huffington Post. \nFrom Latin America\, West Africa\, the Middle East\, and South Asia\, Ms. O’Toole has written and worked for outlets such as The Washington Post\, The Atlantic\, The New Republic\, Newsweek\, The Intercept\, the Associated Press\, Reuters\, and more. She was awarded the first-ever Pulitzer Prize in audio reporting in 2020 with This American Life and Emily Green. Her work has also been recognized by the Livingston Awards\, the National Press Club\, the Charles Rappleye Investigative Award\, the Fund for Investigative Journalism\, and the Silvers Grants for Work in Progress\, among others. She is a graduate of Cornell and New York University\, and is based in Washington\, D.C.\, but she will always be a Californian. \nVictoria Rietig is head of the Center for Migration at the DGAP.  She has twenty years of experience working on migration\, asylum\, and refugee issues. She is the author of dozens of publications\, has given hundreds of lectures and trainings on migration-related topics\, and regularly comments on current migration issues in leading German and international media. She has conducted research in North and West Africa\, the Middle East\, and the Western Balkans\, as well as Central and South America. \nBefore building up and leading DGAP’s Migration Program from 2019 to 2024\, Ms. Rietig advised government agencies and foundations in Europe and the United States as an expert on migration policies. Prior to that\, she worked as an analyst at the Migration Policy Institute\, a fellow at the Atlantic Council in Washington\, DC\, and a consultant at the United Nations Institute for Training and Research in New York. \nShe graduated from Harvard University with a master’s degree in public policy with a focus on human trafficking and forced migration. She also completed a Magister at the Freie Universität Berlin with a focus on migration and integration.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-cold-realties-migration/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T110000
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SUMMARY:Mobility and Borders in Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Europe is a place of free movement among nations – or is it? The Schengen area\, which was established in 1985 and today encompasses twenty-nine European countries\, allows people\, goods\, and capital to cross borders without restraint. Schengen transformed European life\, advancing both a democratic project of transnational citizenship and a neoliberal project of international free trade. But the right of free movement always excluded non-Europeans\, especially migrants of color from former colonies of the Schengen states. \nJoin us for a virtual discussion on January 23 with Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel\, Chair of Modern History at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU)\, and Young Leader alum Dr. Isaac Stanley-Becker\, a National Security Reporter at the Washington Post and author of Europe without Borders. They will discuss the ideas behind the creation of the Schengen area and the opportunities and challenges it has created.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3417374683172%2FWN_42Qg4eu0T0iGWpnuGDS5QQ” css=”.vc_custom_1737468351789{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Prof. Dr. Kiran Klaus Patel holds the Chair of Modern History at Ludwig Maximilian University Munich (LMU) and is the Director of Project House Europe. Before joining LMU\, he held chairs at Maastricht University in the Netherlands (2011-2019) and the European University Institute in Florence\, Italy (2007-2011)\, and an assistant professorship at Humboldt University in Berlin (2002-2007). He has been (inter alia) a visiting fellow/professor at the Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Science Sociales in Paris\, the Free University of Berlin\, Freiburg University\, Harvard University\, the London School of Economics\, Sciences Po in Paris\, and the University of Oxford. His teaching and research focuses on issues of European and US American history. Comparative\, transnational\, and global approaches are prominently featured in his work. \nDr. Isaac Stanley-Becker (2024 ACG Young Leader) is a National Security Reporter at the Washington Post. He has reported from across Europe and the United States. He received his PhD from the University of Oxford\, where he studied as a Rhodes scholar. His book Europe without Borders was published this month.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/mobility-and-borders-in-europe/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics that are making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, January 27 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Anja Wehler-Schöck\, International Editor for Der Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1217376615728%2FWN_fMhDqhpEQ3KyoaTk2ZpgXg”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Anja Wehler-Schöck joined the Editorial Board of Der Tagesspiegel as the International Editor in January 2025. She 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-109/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics that are making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday\, February 3 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%2F5417382591902%2FWN_-39bFy-_RH-krhrg07h25w” css=”.vc_custom_1738259236365{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-110/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250203T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
CREATED:20250129T151017Z
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SUMMARY:Hot Topics\, Cold Realties - Trade\, Tariffs\, and a Shifting Global Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The current state of the global economy is marked by significant uncertainty and change\, driven by geopolitical tensions\, evolving supply chains\, and shifting economic priorities. After years of globalized trade liberalization\, protectionist ideas have resurfaced\, with possible trade wars and tariffs that could affect industries and consumers worldwide. \nJoin the ACG and 1014 for a virtual discussion on these protectionist trends and their impact on the global economy with Benn Steil\, Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York\, and Rolf Langhammer\, former Vice President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5517381633348%2FWN_1GCOTxY8SxmW7QTxPMYJCQ” css=”.vc_custom_1738163376615{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Rolf J. Langhammer was Vice-President of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy from October 1997 until August 2012 and Professor at the Kiel Institute. He has remained active at the Institute. In addition\, he has been an Honorary Professor in of International Economic Relations and Development Economics at the Faculty of Economics\, Business Administration\, and Social Sciences\, at Kiel University since November 1995 and a Professor of Development Economics and International Trade at the WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management in Vallendar/Koblenz from 2013-2016. \nProf. Langhammer has served as a consultant to a number of international institutions (EU\, World Bank\, OECD\, UNIDO\, ADB)\, as well as to the German ministries of economic affairs and economic cooperation. Between 1995 and 2007\, he was a member of the Scientific Advisory Council of the Federal Ministry of Economic Co-operation and Development. His research issues cover international trade patterns\, trade policies\, regional integration\, and international capital flows. He has published in professional journals and contributed to many volumes of conference proceedings. \nBenn Steil is a Senior Fellow and the Director of International Economics at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York. He is the lead writer of the Council’s Geo-Graphics economics blog and the creator of nine web-based interactives tracking Global Monetary Policy\, Global Inflation\, Global Imbalances\, Global Growth\, Global Trade\, Global Energy\, Sovereign Risk\, China’s Belt and Road\, and Central Bank Currency Swaps. He also writes a monthly column for Barron’s. \nDr. Steil has written and spoken widely on international finance\, monetary policy\, financial markets\, and economic and diplomatic history. He has testified before the U.S. Senate\, House\, and CFTC. His most recent book\, The World That Wasn’t: Henry Wallace and the Fate of the American Century\, was named in the Wall Street Journal\, New York Times\, and Financial Times “Best Books of 2024” lists.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/hot-topics-cold-realties-trade-tariffs-and-a-shifting-global-economy/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics that are making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Tuesday\, February 18 at 9:00 am ET for a special edition of the Kaffeepause following the Munich Security Conference with the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, Stefan Kornelius.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6817392185310%2FWN_gnaQHdT3TeSo8pQ1y6LZyg” css=”.vc_custom_1739218561234{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stefan Kornelius is the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Previously\, he served as Foreign Editor of the paper for nearly 20 years. In his reporting career\, he has covered Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU)\, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl\, and defense issues in Europe. He served as Berlin Bureau Chief\, and from 1996 to 1999 he was the paper’s Washington correspondent. Prior to that\, he was a correspondent in Bonn. \nHis biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel\, entitled Angela Merkel\, the Chancellor and her World\, has been translated into 13 languages. Mr. Kornelius is a graduate of the Henri-Nannen-Journalistenschule and studied in Bonn and at the London School of Economics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-111/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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\, February 24\, at 9:00 a.m. ET for a Kaffeepause following the German federal elections with 2018 Kellen Fellow Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Editor for Die Zeit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4617400725347%2FWN_DSsCOPVkT86ZmARq85Bb7g” css=”.vc_custom_1740072563618{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Anna Sauerbrey is the Foreign Editor at the German largest weekly newspaper\, Die Zeit. Before assuming this position\, she was Deputy Editor-in-Chief at Der Tagesspiegel\, a daily newspaper based in Berlin. She has written about German politics in The New York Times and comments on German and international politics on public German radio and television programs. She has also appeared on CNN and the BBC world service. She is the author of Machtwechsel. Wie eine neue Politikergeneration das Land verändert (Rowohlt Berlin\, 2022) a book on the generation of German policymakers succeeding Angela Merkel. \nDr. Sauerbrey received a Ph.D. in history from the University of Mainz in 2009. She has also studied Political Science and Journalism. She was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow with the Philadelphia Inquirer in 2013 and has extensively written about transatlantic relations and U.S. domestic politics since. In 2018\, she was awarded an Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Fellowship for Berlin-based Journalists by the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-112/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: Special Edition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join us for a “Special Edition” of our regular Kaffeepause following the German federal elections with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger\, former Foreign Editor at the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, and Nadine Lindner\, Correspondent with Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7217404244412%2FWN_Fp6uJxa-Q4OGjMkmNqt2_Q” css=”.vc_custom_1740424468104{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger was the Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. His writings deal especially with the United States\, European\, transatlantic\, and international politics. He holds a Master’s Degree in Political Science\, Economics\, and American Studies from Frankfurt University. He joined the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung\, Germany’s leading national daily\, in 1986\, and served in various capacities\, as European\, International\, and Editorial Page Editor. Mr. Frankenberger was a Member of the Trilateral Commission and of the Scientific Council of the Institute for European Politics in Berlin. He also served on the Advisory Board of the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin and is associated with several organizations that deal with the transatlantic relationship. \nNadine Lindner has been a Correspondent in the Berlin studio of “Deutschlandradio” since early 2016 and is responsible\, among other things\, for covering the AfD and transport policy. Before that\, she was a Correspondent in the Free State of Saxony for two and a half years and followed 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 from university\, she worked as a freelance journalist for “MDR sputnik” and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung as well as Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-special-edition/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 3\, at 9:00 a.m. ET for a Kaffeepause with Paul-Anton Krüger\, Editor for Der Spiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3017405905162%2FWN_vQHKK1ggT4OAahm1GT337Q” css=”.vc_custom_1740590581001{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 an Editor at SPIEGEL’s capital city office since January 2025. He was the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung from September 2021 to December 2024. He previously 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 as 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-113/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
CREATED:20250224T191723Z
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SUMMARY:Analyzing the German Elections: What Comes Next?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG and the Pacific Council for a virtual event analyzing the implications of Germany’s federal election on February 23\, 2025. This election\, prompted by the collapse of Chancellor Scholz’s coalition government\, is poised to reshape German politics. Our expert speakers\, Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller\, Director of the Center on the United States at Brookings\, and Peter S. Rashish\, Vice President and Director of the Geoeconomics Program at the American-German Institute will examine what the election means for Germany\, the United States\, and the global community. ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol will moderate the discussion.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_Nj2tjRXjQvCOXfLRjKF3Eg%23%2Fregistration” css=”.vc_custom_1740424598069{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller is an expert on German\, European\, and transatlantic foreign and security policy and strategy. She is the director of the Center on the United States and Europe and the inaugural holder of the Fritz Stern Chair on Germany and Transatlantic Relations at Brookings. She held the Kissinger Chair on Foreign Policy and International Relations at the Library of Congress from October 2019 to March 2020\, and served as the inaugural Robert Bosch Senior Fellow at Brookings from 2014 to 2019. \nDr. Stelzenmüller is the former director of GMF’s Berlin office. From 1994 to 2005\, she was defense and international security editor in the political section of the German weekly DIE ZEIT; previously\, she had covered human rights issues\, war crimes tribunals\, and humanitarian crises. From 1988 to 1989\, she was a visiting researcher at Harvard Law School. She has also been a GMF campus fellow at Grinnell College in Iowa\, a Woodrow Wilson Center public policy scholar in Washington\, D.C.\, and a member of the Remarque Forum — a conference series of the Remarque Institute at New York University. \nShe has worked in Germany and the United States\, and speaks English\, French\, German\, and Spanish. Dr. Stelzenmüller holds a doctorate in law from the University of Bonn (1992)\, a master’s degree in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University (1988)\, and a law degree from the University of Bonn (1985).\nPeter S. Rashish is Vice President and Director of the Geoeconomics Program at AGI. He also is the author of The Wider Atlantic blog. Before joining AGI\, Mr. Rashish has served as Vice President for Europe and Eurasia at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce\, where he spearheaded the Chamber’s advocacy ahead of the launch of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership. Previously\, Mr. Rashish was a Senior Advisor for Europe at McLarty Associates\, Executive Vice President of the European Institute\, and a staff member and consultant at the International Energy Agency\, the World Bank\, UNCTAD\, the Atlantic Council\, the Bertelsmann Foundation\, and the German Marshall Fund. \nMr. Rashish has testified before the House Financial Services Subcommittee on International Monetary Policy and Trade and the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Europe and Eurasia and has advised three U.S. presidential campaigns. He has been a featured speaker at the Munich Security Conference\, the Aspen Ideas Festival\, and the Salzburg Global Seminar and is a member of the Board of Directors of the Jean Monnet Institute in Paris and a Senior Advisor to the European Policy Centre in Brussels. His commentaries have been published in The New York Times\, the Financial Times\, The Wall Street Journal\, Foreign Policy\, and The National Interest\, and he has appeared on PBS\, CNBC\, CNN\, and NPR. \nHe earned a BA from Harvard College and an MPhil in international relations from Oxford University. He speaks French\, German\, Italian\, and Spanish.\nDr. Steven E. Sokol (moderator) has been the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany since 2015. Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh and prior to that he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany. Prior to this\, Dr. Sokol served as the Deputy Director of the Aspen Institute Berlin\, was the Head of the Project Management Department at the Bonn International Center for Conversion GmbH (BICC)\, and a Program Officer in the Berlin office of the German Marshall Fund of the United States. Earlier in his career\, he also was a Program Manager at the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and was a paralegal at Fulbright & Jaworski. \nHe holds a Doctorate in Law and Policy from Northeastern University as well as an M.A. in International Relations and International Economics from the Johns Hopkins University’s Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) and a B.A. from Wesleyan University. He has also studied at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität in Heidelberg and as a Fulbright Scholar at the Freie Universität in Berlin. Dr. Sokol serves on several non-profit boards and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. He was awarded a Bundesverdienstkreuz (Order of Merit) for his work to strengthen German-American relations.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/analyzing-the-german-elections-what-comes-next/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250317T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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 17\, at 9:00 a.m. ET for a Kaffeepause with Marc Felix Serrao\, Editor-in-Chief in Germany for the Neue Züricher Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4917419602595%2FWN_MB69nCRPRBeWyKfRUTruIg” css=”.vc_custom_1741960298410{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Marc Felix Serrao has been 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 2004/05\, he was a Visiting Scholar at Columbia University in New York. He graduated in 2006.  Mr. Serrao 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\, he began a part-time Executive MBA at the Wissenschaftliche Hochschule für Unternehmensführung (WHU) and the Kellogg School of Management. From 2016 to 2017\, he served as 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-114/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250320T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T144441
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SUMMARY:The Future of Artificial Intelligence and Technology
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG and the Aspen Institute for an insightful virtual discussion on March 20 between German and U.S. state legislators to highlight the role of states\, cities\, and local governments in fostering innovation\, addressing AI-related challenges\, and promoting cross-border cooperation. The conversation will include Senator Lashrecse Aird (D)\, Senate of Virginia\, Nina Eisenhardt (Alliance 90/The Greens)\, State Parliament of Hesse\, and Franziska Müller-Rech (FDP)\, State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register” style=”classic” align=”center” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_9Dgm61gBTIGic-ncx5qY-A%3Fmc_cid%3D92d3d2f3a7%26mc_eid%3D0cb490be7a%23%2Fregistration”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\nSenator Lashrecse D. Aird (D) was sworn into the Virginia State Senate in 2024. She previously served three terms (2016-2022) in the Virginia House of Delegates where she held the distinction as the youngest woman ever elected to that body. Senator Aird helped Virginia make history with the passage of Breonna’s Law\, prohibiting the use of no-knock search warrants. Her legislation also led Virginia to become the first southern state to declare racism a public health crisis\, to declare access to water a human right\, and to make Virginia a leading state in combating maternal and infant mortality. She currently serves on the Artificial Intelligence Subcommittee\, the Joint Commission on Technology and Science\, the Behavioral Health Commission\, the Fentanyl and Heroin Enforcement Task Force\, and the Joint Commission on Technology and Science. \nShe earned her undergraduate degree from Virginia State University and was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters. She is a graduate of the University of Virginia’s Sorensen Political Leadership Program\, and a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University’s Minority Political Leadership Institute. As a result of her policy efforts\, in 2020 Senator Aird was invited to serve as a Congressional European Parliament Initiative (CEPI) Fellow with the Bertelsmann Foundation. \n\n\nA tireless and trusted community leader\, Lashrecse Aird is actively engaged in numerous civic boards and organizations. She is the Virginia State Social Action Coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority\, Inc. She serves on the Global Advisory Board for the Presidential Precinct. She also serves on the boards for Chippenham Johnston-Willis Hospital\, the Sorensen Political Leadership Institute\, Sports Backers\, and the Virginia League of Planned Parenthood. She is also a member of the Responsible Leaders Network for the BMW Foundation Herbert Quandt. Professionally\, Lashrecse works in higher education administration at Virginia State University. \nNina Eisenhardt (Alliance 90/The Greens) is a member of the Hessian State Parliament and the spokesperson for universities\, science\, and artificial intelligence for the BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN parliamentary group. She studied political science at the Technical University of Darmstadt and later earned a master’s degree in International Studies: Peace and Conflict Research at Goethe University Frankfurt. She also worked at KfW Development Bank\, focusing on international cooperation. \nHer political journey started early—she was elected to the city council of her home town Renningen at the age of 19. A member of BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN since 2012\, she has been active in various committees pushing for fairer education and science policies. She had various leading positions in her party\, including serving her party’s board as state treasurer for BÜNDNIS 90/DIE GRÜNEN in Hesse. \nOn January 18\, 2019\, she was elected to the Hessian State Parliament\, representing Groß-Gerau County and Main-Taunus County. She is member of the parliamentarian committees for science and art as well as digitalization and data protection. She focuses on future-oriented policies in science\, digitalization\, and higher education. \nFranziska Müller-Rech (FDP) has been a member of the North Rhine-Westphalia State Parliament since 2017. She joined the Free Democrats in 2006 during her studies. In 2015\, she became deputy district chairwoman of the FDP. Since March 2018\, she has succeeded Joachim Stamp as district chairwoman of the FDP in Bonn. In March 2018\, she was elected to the Cologne district executive committee at the district party conference in Leverkusen. \nIn Bonn\, Ms. Müller-Rech is a member of the school committee of the city of Bonn as an expert citizen and has been the spokesperson for school policy there since 2014. She was also a spokesperson for school policy in the FDP state parliamentary group. In the 2017 state elections in North Rhine-Westphalia\, Ms. Müller-Rech won a seat on her party’s state list. On January 27\, 2023\, she replaced Joachim Stamp in the State Parliament after leaving it in 2022 due to loss of FDP seats. \nAfter graduating from the Erzbischöfliche Liebfrauenschule in Bonn in 2003\, she studied at the Cologne University of Applied Sciences (specializing in insurance). She successfully completed an apprenticeship as an insurance saleswoman and a degree in business administration (FH). Before she entered the North Rhine-Westphalian state parliament\, she worked as a team manager in customer service for company pension schemes at Talanx. Ms. Müller-Rech studied “Communication & Leadership” at Quadriga University Berlin and graduated with a Master of Arts in summer 2024. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-future-of-artificial-intelligence-and-technology/
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\nThe 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 24\, at 12:00 p.m. ET for a Kaffeepause with Vladimir Balzer\, an award-winning journalist and moderator at Deutschlandfunk. \n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_P8h1ZsTPT92BsYJdJTGQvg%3Fmc_cid%3D71a9abf32f%26mc_eid%3D0cb490be7a%23%2Fregistration”][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023 he started as a correspondent at the Capital Studios of Deutschlandfunk in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the U.S.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-115/
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