With a forced referendum in Russian-occupied areas of Ukraine and the proclaimed annexation of these four territories by Russia, democracy and sovereignty of a former Soviet state are once again...
Over the weekend, voters in Niedersachsen took to the polls. Initial results give the Social Democrats under the leadership of Minister President Stephan Weil a win, even though they dropped nearly four percentage points since 2017. The Greens and the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) saw an upswing in support since the last state election. The...
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 17, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel.Malte Lehming works as a writer for the Tagesspiegel, where he heads the opinion page. From late 2000 to 2005, he was the newspaper’s Washington bureau...
The geopolitical turmoil of 2022 presents a multitude of challenges for the transatlantic community. How is public opinion responding to these challenges? Transatlantic Trends 2022 presents the results of surveys conducted in 14 countries throughout the transatlantic community: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom, and...
With less than a month until the mid-terms, there are no clear indications which way the election will go. The Democrats are fighting to hold their narrow majority in Washington and the Republicans are hoping to win majorities in the House and Senate. Where does the U.S. democracy stand in times of a lingering pandemic,...