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SUMMARY:Double Exposure: Museums and the Remembrance of the Shoah
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]How is the Shoah addressed in museums? How do museums extend the representation and education of this singular rupture in the history of humankind to other genocides? What can be understood as universal lesson from the Shoah\, and what consequences need to be drawn from it when it comes to the question of solidarity? \nPlease join us for a discussion between historian and philosopher Dr. Leora Auslander\, Chair of the Department of Race\, Diaspora and Indigeneity at the University of Chicago\, and literary critic Dr. Mirjam Wenzel\, director of the Jewish Museum Frankfurt am Main\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmuseums-and-the-remembrance-of-the-shoah-tickets-1106657615719%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator”][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nDr. Leora Auslander is the Arthur and Joann Rasmussen Professor in Western Civilization and Professor of Modern European Social History at the University of Chicago where she was the founding director of the Center for Gender Studies and is a member of the Greenberg Center for Jewish Studies. Her research lies at the intersection of the micro and the macro: citizenship law and domestic interiors; clothing and colonialism; European regulation and everyday religious practice. At the Katz Center\, Dr. Auslander will work on metaphorical eruvs in Germany and France between the years 1880 and 1970. \nDr. Auslander received her PhD from Brown University and has taught at the University of Paris\, Potsdam University\, the Frankel Institute for Advanced Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan\, among others. \nDr. Mirjam Wenzel studied general and comparative literature\, political science\, and theater studies in Berlin and Tel Aviv. Afterward she worked as a research assistant at the Institute of German Philology at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and earned her doctorate with a dissertation on the Holocaust discourse in Germany in the 1960s. She is the author and co-editor of various books and exhibition catalogs on German-Jewish art and cultural history. Her publications include essays\, articles\, and blog entries on questions of cultural theory\, aesthetics\, and museology\, on representations of the Holocaust in the visual arts\, photography\, and film\, on critical theory\, and particularly on the life and works of Siegfried Kracauer\, Theodor W. Adorno\, and Hannah Arendt. She also works as a curator and has developed several international exhibitions. \nFrom 2007 to 2015\, Dr. Wenzel directed the media department of the Jewish Museum Berlin\, where she was responsible for the presentation of Jewish history and culture in digital and print media. She has been recognized as an international expert on the digital transformation of museums ever since. She has directed the Jewish Museum Frankfurt – Germany’s oldest Jewish Museum – since 2016 and has been an honorary professor at the Department of Jewish Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt since 2019. She will serve as a visiting professor at Bauhaus-Universität Weimar for the 2020/21 winter semester. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/double-exposure-museums-and-the-remembrance-of-the-shoah/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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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:20241217T080000
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SUMMARY:German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG is having a discussion with Till Knorn\, German Consul General in New York\, on\, “German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations.” \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Till Knorn has been the German Consul General in New York since August 2024. Prior to that he served as the Chief of Protocol in the German Foreign Office (2020 to 2024) after three years as the Deputy Chief of Protocol. From 2015 to 2017\, he was Head of Division\, responsible for state and official visits. From 2013 to 2015\, Mr. Knorn was Deputy Head of the Political Section at Germany’s Permanent Mission to the UN in New York. Other positions in the Foreign Office included two years as the Deputy Head of the Crisis Response Center in Berlin (2011 to 1013)\, Desk Officer responsible for the UN Security Council (2003 to 2005)\, and a posting to Sri Lanka as the Head of the Legal and Consular Affairs Section (2001 to 2002). From 2006 to 2011\, he was seconded to the State of Hessen\, where he served as the Foreign Policy Advisor to the Minister-President. Mr. Knorn began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Hamburg and joined the Federal Foreign Office in 1999. He was a high school exchange student in St. Louis\, MO\, and is a lawyer by training.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-politics-and-the-future-of-german-american-relations/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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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/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250122T133000
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SUMMARY:Kamingespräch mit Frau Dr. Emily Haber
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Die American Council on Germany und die Freunde des American Council on Germany veranstalten am 22. Januar 2025 um 18.00 Uhr am CMS ein Kamingespräch mit Dr. Emily Haber\, Botschafterin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den Vereinigten Staaten (ehem.)\, moderiert von Dr. Steven E. Sokol\, Präsident und CEO des American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Lebensläufe: \nDr. Emily Haber vertrat von 2018 bis 2023 als Botschafterin die Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den USA. Die Diplomatin war die erste Frau in diesem Amt. Sie war Staatssekretärin im Bundesministerium des Innern und Staatssekretärin des Auswärtigen Amtes. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol ist der Präsident und CEO des American Council on Germany. Vorher war er Präsident und CEO des World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh. In seiner früheren Berufslaufbahn war Dr. Sokol stellvertretender Direktor des Aspen Institute Berlin\, Leiter der Abteilung Projektmanagement beim Internationalen Konversionszentrum Bonn GmbH (BICC) und Programmbeauftragter im Berliner Büro des German Marshall Fund of the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kamingesprach-mit-frau-dr-emily-haber/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250123T120000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250127T193000
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SUMMARY:Where do we go from here?  The Transatlantic Relationship in 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the American Council on Germany and the Goethe-Institut for the latest installment in our Foreign Correspondent Unplugged series\, which delves into current political debates on both sides of the Atlantic. Journalists McKay Coppins\, Staff Writer at The Atlantic\, and Rieke Havertz\, International Correspondent for ZEIT ONLINE\, will discuss what European leaders and policymakers are monitoring\, will explore the potential shifts in transatlantic relations\, and will forescast how President Trump’s foreign policies may impact European economies\, security\, diplomacy\, and broader international alliances. The event will be moderated by the President of the American Council on Germany\, Dr. Steven E. Sokol.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fwhere-do-we-go-from-here-the-transatlantic-relationship-in-2025-tickets-1194682921779%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1737469851753{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]McKay Coppins is a staff writer at The Atlantic\, where he covers politics\, religion\, and national affairs. He is the New York Times bestselling author of Romney: A Reckoning\, a biography of Mitt Romney published by Scribner in 2023\, and The Wilderness\, a 2015 book about the battle for the future of the Republican Party. A former visiting fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics\, Mr. Coppins has won the Aldo Beckman Award from the White House Correspondents Association for his coverage of the Trump presidency and the Wilbur Award for religion journalism. He lives near Washington\, D.C.\, with his wife and children. \nRieke Havertz\, International Correspondent for ZEIT ONLINE\, currently based in Washington D.C. She writes about current developments in and from various countries\, with a focus on the USA\, as well as about German foreign policy. Ms. Havertz also co-hosts the podcast “OK\, America?”. She was previously ZEIT ONLINE’s U.S. correspondent in Washington\, D.C.\, from August to January 2022 and then again from August 2022 to February 2023. She has been at ZEIT ONLINE since May 2016\, initially as editorial manager. She previously served as head of department at taz.de. She studied journalism and American studies at the University of Leipzig and Ohio University. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol is the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany. 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. He 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 is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and sits on several advisory boards. 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/where-do-we-go-from-here-the-transatlantic-relationship-in-2025/
CATEGORIES:Other Programs
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250129T193000
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SUMMARY:Democracy in the United States and Germany: Resilient or Fragile?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \n\n\n1014\, the ACG\, and the Goethe-Institut are hosting a discussion and reception with Dr. Alexander Görlach and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe state of Western democracies has been a central theme in the U.S. election and is also significant in Germany\, where the governing coalition has collapsed and securing ruling majorities has become increasingly difficult. With a new administration in Washington and snap elections looming in Germany\, this discussion\, part of the “Let’s Talk Democracy” series\, will examine the current trends: Are our democracies resilient to the threats posed by\, inter alia\, populist movements? Can we take our liberal democracies for granted\, or do we need to protect increasingly fragile systems? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdemocracy-in-the-united-states-and-germany-resilient-or-fragile-tickets-1117925117119%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1736968338149{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Berlin. She served previously as CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Ms. Clüver Ashbrook was executive director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge\, Massachusetts for ten years. The project\, which she co-founded\, addresses 21st-century foreign policy challenges through research by international leaders in academia and diplomacy as well as teaching conflict research and prevention. Beginning in 2018\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook also directed a research program on Europe and transatlantic relations. Previously\, she served on the management board of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels and worked as both a consultant and senior journalist at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in France and China\, among other countries. She began her career as a television journalist at CNN International in Atlanta and London. \nMs. Clüver Ashbrook contributes to international publications\, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post\, as well as leading German media on transatlantic relations – especially trade and security policy – and German foreign and digital policy. Additionally\, she advises foreign ministries in Europe and South America on their digital strategy. She received her undergraduate honors degree in international relations and French civilization from Brown University\, a master’s degree in European studies from the London School of Economics\, and a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Hauser Fellow in Non-Profit Management. \nDr. Alexander Görlach is an adjunct professor at NYU Gallatin School\, where he teaches democratic theory. Before that\, he held various positions as a visiting scholar and fellow at Harvard University\, as well as Cambridge and Oxford Universities in the United Kingdom. He is a senior fellow at the Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs in New York and a senior advisor to the Berggruen Institute in Los Angeles. He holds a doctorate in Comparative Religion and a doctorate in Linguistics. His academic interests include democratic theory\, politics and religion\, and theories of secularism\, pluralism\, and cosmopolitanism. In the academic year 2017-18\, he was a visiting scholar at National Taiwan University and City University Hong Kong. Since then\, he has focused on the rise of China and what it means for the democracies in East Asia. \nDr. Görlach is an honorary Professor of Ethics and Theology at Leuphana University in Lüneburg\, Germany. He is the Founder of the debate magazine The European\, which he also ran as its editor-in-chief from 2009 to 2015. Today\, he is an op-ed contributor to the New York Times\, Neue Zürcher Zeitung\, and the South China Morning Post. He is a columnist for the business magazines Wirtschaftswoche\, Deutsche Welle\, and Focus Online. He is a frequent commentator on German News Channel WELT TV.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/democracy-in-the-united-states-and-germany-resilient-or-fragile-2/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250130T093000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203153
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SUMMARY:Germany at a Crossroads? Navigating Germany’s Political  Landscape Ahead of the Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On January 30\, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor at the Bertelsmann Foundation. \nCathryn Clüver Ashbrook is Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Berlin. She served previously as CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Ms. Clüver Ashbrook was executive director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge\, Massachusetts for ten years. The project\, which she co-founded\, addresses 21st-century foreign policy challenges through research by international leaders in academia and diplomacy as well as teaching conflict research and prevention. Beginning in 2018\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook also directed a research program on Europe and transatlantic relations. Previously\, she served on the management board of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels and worked as both a consultant and senior journalist at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in France and China\, among other countries. She began her career as a television journalist at CNN International in Atlanta and London. \nMs. Clüver Ashbrook contributes to international publications\, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post\, as well as leading German media on transatlantic relations – especially trade and security policy – and German foreign and digital policy. Additionally\, she advises foreign ministries in Europe and South America on their digital strategy. She received her undergraduate honors degree in international relations and French civilization from Brown University\, a master’s degree in European studies from the London School of Economics\, and a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Hauser Fellow in Non-Profit Management.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germany-at-a-crossroads-navigating-germanys-political-landscape-ahead-of-the-election/
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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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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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SUMMARY:Snap Elections in Germany and the Fate of Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany\, NYU’s Center for European and Mediterranean Studies\, and Deutsches Haus at NYU present “Snap Elections in Germany and the Fate of Europe\,” a moderated conversation among Hans Kundnani (Boston University/London School of Economics) Rahsaan Maxwell (NYU)\, Joyce Mushaben (Georgetown University)\, and Steve Sokol (ACG). \nAt the end of last year\, the coalition of the SPD\, the FDP\, and the Greens\, which had been in power in Germany under the leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) since 2021\, fell apart\, leading to snap federal elections that are scheduled for February 23. The coalition partners had been increasingly at odds as they navigated complex domestic and international issues. Though the collapse of this three-party alliance did not come as a surprise to many observers it happened at a time of intense political challenges for Germany\, the European Union\, and the world at large. Given these circumstances\, the question of how the German electorate will vote next month and what kind of new government this choice will bring about is of keen importance. The result of the German elections will\, however\, be hugely influential not only for the future of Europe but for the transatlantic relationship as well\, which will also be shaped by the incoming U.S. government. This conversation will shed light on the factors that led to the demise of the coalition government\, consider possible outcomes of the upcoming German election\, and speculate about the fate of Europe (and beyond).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fsnap-elections-in-germany-and-the-fate-of-europe-tickets-1203996679479%3F” css=”.vc_custom_1737493330122{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Hans Kundnani is an Open Society Ideas Workshop fellow\, an adjunct professor at Boston University and a visiting professor in practice at the London School of Economics. He was previously the director of the Europe programme at the Royal Institute of International Affairs (Chatham House) in London\, a senior Transatlantic fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and research director at the European Council on Foreign Relations. He has also been a visiting fellow at the Remarque Institute at New York York University and a Bosch Public Policy Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, D.C. and has taught at the Collège d’Europe and at New York University. Hans is the author of three books: Eurowhiteness. Culture\, Empire and Race in the European Project (London: Hurst\, 2023); The Paradox of German Power (London/New York: Hurst/Oxford University Press\, 2014)\, which has been translated into German\, Italian\, Japanese\, Korean and Spanish; and Utopia or Auschwitz. Germany’s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust (London/New York: Hurst/Columbia University Press\, 2009). He studied German and philosophy at Oxford University and journalism at Columbia University in New York\, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. He tweets @hanskundnani. \nRahsaan Maxwell (moderator) is a Professor in the Department of Politics at New York University\, whose research focuses on a range of issues related to diversity\, political behavior\, national boundaries and immigration\, mostly in Western Europe. He is currently writing a book on support for immigration in Europe. \nJoyce Marie Mushaben received her Ph. D. from Indiana University in 1981. A Curators’ Distinguished Professor of Comparative Politics (Emerita) at the University of Missouri-St. Louis\, she is now an Adjunct Faculty member in the BMW Center for German & European Studies at Georgetown University and serves on the International Advisory Board of Gender5 Plus\, an EU-oriented feminist think-tank. Having spent over 18 years living and researching in Germany\, her early work focused on new social movements (peace\, ecology\, feminism\, anti-nuclear protests\, neo-Nazi activism)\, German national identity and generational change. She then moved on to European Union developments involving women’s leadership\, gender policies\, citizenship\, migration and asylum policies\, Euro-Islam debates and comparative welfare state reforms. Her books and monograph publications include Identity without a Hinterland? Continuity and Change in National Consciousness in the German Democratic Republic\, 1949-1989 (1993); The Changing Faces of Citizenship: Integration and Mobilization among Ethnic Minorities in Germany (2008);  Gendering the European Union: New Responses to Old Democratic Deficits (with Gabriele Abels) (2012); Becoming Madam Chancellor:  Angela Merkel and the Berlin Republic (2017); and What remains? The Dialectical Identities of Eastern Germans (2023). Her current book-in-progress is tentatively titled\, Becoming Madam Europe: Ursula von der Leyen and the Pursuit of Gender Equality (forthcoming 2025). \nSteven E. Sokol 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. Earlier in his career\, 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. He 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/snap-elections-in-germany-and-the-fate-of-europe/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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SUMMARY:The Road Ahead:  Implications of Germany's Federal Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 23rd\, 2025\, Germany will hold a federal election to elect the 630 members of the 21st Bundestag. Originally scheduled for September 2025\, the election was advanced due to the collapse of the governing coalition in late 2024. this election is pivotal\, with significant potential to reshape Germany’y political landscape and influence its domestic and foreign policies.  \nThe election’s outcome will influence Germany’s policy direction on critical issues such as immigration\, economic strategy\, and climate change. Internationally\, Germany’s stance within the European Union\, its foreign policy\, and its role in global economic and environmental initiatives could undergo significant shifts based on the new government’s composition and priorities. As Germany approaches this pivotal election\, the decisions made by its electorate will have lasting implications on both domestic policies and international relations. Understanding the platforms\, potential coalitions\, and key issues at stake is essential for anticipating the road ahead for Germany. Join us for a discussion with Dr. Steven E Sokol\, President and CEO of the American Council on Germany.  [/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fatlantacir.org%2Fevent-6072631″ css=”.vc_custom_1740160215974{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nSteven E. Sokol 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. \nDr. Sokol 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 Free 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. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-road-ahead-implications-of-germanys-federal-election/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:What’s at Stake when Germany Votes?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany is having a discussion with Sascha Müller-Kraenner\, Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (Environmental Action Germany) on the topic of “What’s at Stake when Germany Votes?”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Sascha Müller-Kraenner has served as Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.\, DUH (Environmental Action Germany) since January 2015. Environmental Action Germany is an independent non-profit organization founded in 1975 that focuses on environmental and consumer protection. It is a leading environmental and consumer advocacy organization that works mostly at the German state\, national\, and European levels. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner is also a founding partner and board member of Ecologic Institute\, a non-profit applied environmental policy research institute with offices in Berlin\, Brussels\, and Washington\, DC. Between 2007 and 2014\, he held various positions with The Nature Conservancy\, and earlier in his career\, he worked for the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner studied Philosophy in Munich and graduated with honors in Biology and Public Law from the University of Bayreuth.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/whats-at-stake-when-germany-votes/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250211T080000
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SUMMARY:The European Reaction to the Trump Administration’s Economic Policy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Julian Heißler\, U.S. Correspondent for WirtschaftsWoche.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.mystagingwebsite.com%2Ffebruary-11-discussion-with-julian-heisler%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1738870078059{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Julian Heißler is based in Washington DC and writes for the German weekly Wirtschaftswoche. Before his move to the United States he covered German national politics in Berlin for a variety of news outlets. He is a graduate of Freie University Berlin and Hamburg Media School. In addition to his journalistic work\, he published a book in 2023 that deals with the positive and negative perceptions of the American concept of freedom titled “Traum oder Albtraum.”[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-european-reaction-to-the-trump-administrations-economic-policy/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250213T180000
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SUMMARY:Understanding the Foreign Policy Priorities of Trump 2.0
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and ZIRNGIBL Rechtsanwälte Partnerschaft mbB will host a discussion and reception in Munich with Dr. Kenneth Weinstein\, President Emeritus and Japan Chair\, Hudson Institute\, and Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Editor\, Die Zeit.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fshare.hsforms.com%2F1U1yjb70hSMC7YgH6lnK75Q51fw8″ css=”.vc_custom_1738869863865{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Kenneth Weinstein served as the President and CEO of Hudson from 2011 through 2020\, after joining the institute in 1991. In March 2020\, he was nominated by President Trump to serve as U.S. Ambassador to Japan\, but his nomination was not confirmed by the Senate before the end of the administration. Widely respected in the diplomatic and policy arenas\, Dr. Weinstein has written on international affairs for leading publications in the United States\, Europe\, and Asia. From 2017 until 2020\, Dr. Weinstein chaired the Broadcasting Board of Governors\, the oversight body for US Agency for Global Media\, and was chair of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty\, Radio Free Asia\, Middle East Broadcasting\, and the Open Technology Fund. \nDr. Weinstein earned his B.A. in General Studies in the Humanities from the University of Chicago\, D.E.A. in Soviet and Eastern European Studies from Sciences-Po Paris\, and Ph.D. in Political Science from Harvard University. Dr. Weinstein has been decorated with a knighthood in Arts and Letters by the French Ministry of Culture and Communication.[/vc_column_text][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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/understanding-the-foreign-policy-priorities-of-trump-2-0/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250214T020000
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SUMMARY:New Governments; New Priorities? The Future of Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On February 14\, the ACG and KPMG AG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft will host a breakfast briefing with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Retired Commanding General of United States Army Europe\, and Dr. Jana Puglierin\, Senior Policy Fellow and Head of European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) Berlin. The discussion will be moderated by Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and Chairman of the American Council on Germany. \n\nLieutenant 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). \nDr. Jana Puglierin is a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and has been the head of its Berlin office since January 2020. She headed the Alfred von Oppenheim Centre for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) from December 2015 to December 2019\, and was a research fellow with its Berlin Future Forum from September 2013 to November 2015. Before joining DGAP\, she worked as an adviser for a member of the Bundestag on disarmament\, arms control\, and non-proliferation\, as well as German and European foreign and security policy. \nAmbassador John B. Emerson (moderator) was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany at the Council’s Annual Members Meeting on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was the 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/new-governments-new-priorities-the-future-of-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250218T083000
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SUMMARY:Financial Stability in Germany: Which Challenges Lie Ahead?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Deutsche Bundesbank will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Kirstin Hubrich\, Deputy Director General for Financial Stability of the Deutsche Bundesbank\, in conversation with Tara Hariharan\, Managing Director of Global Macro Research at NWI Management and ACG Board Member.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Kirstin Hubrich has been the Deputy Director General Financial Stability at the Deutsche Bundesbank since July 1\, 2023. Prior to this appointment she served as the Head of the International Economics Section at the Austrian Central Bank and as a Member of the Monetary Policy Committee of the Eurosystem. Previously\, Dr. Hubrich served at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Federal Reserve Board) from 2015 to 2022. She joined the Federal Reserve Board as a Principal Economist in the Macroeconomic and Quantitative Studies Section\, Division Research and Statistics\, and was Chief of the Prices and Wages Section in the Research and Statistics Division. In the Program Direction of Research and Statistics the focus of her responsibilities was on the interaction of the financial system and the macroeconomy\, financial projections and financial stability. She has also served as the Federal Reserve Board Representative in the G7 Working Group on Digitalization. \nPrior to the appointment to the Federal Reserve Board\, Dr. Hubrich held various positions at the European Central Bank (ECB) over 14 years\, namely in the Financial Research Division of the Research Department as well as the Monetary Policy Strategy Division in the Monetary Policy Department. Before joining the ECB she has held positions as research fellow and economist at the Dutch Central Bank. Dr. Hubrich received her Ph.D. from the Humboldt University Berlin \nTara Hariharan is Managing Director of Global Macro Research and Head of Macro Research at NWI Management LP\, a New York-based emerging markets-focused hedge fund. She regularly presents her assessments of the People’s Republic of China’s (PRC) economy and US-China relations to senior U.S. policymakers and International Monetary Fund representatives. \nMs. Hariharan is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a Millennium Leadership fellow at the Atlantic Council. She was a 2014 German Marshall Fund Marshall Memorial fellow\, a 2016 American Council on Germany (ACG) young leader\, and a 2022 Economic Club of New York fellow. In 2022\, she was elected to ACG’s board. She is also a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Chief Economists’ Committee. Elected to the Inter-American Dialogue in 2021\, she regularly contributes to its publications on trade flows and the PRC’s influence on Latin America. \nMs. Hariharan holds a bachelor’s degree summa cum laude in anthropology from Princeton University and a graduate certificate in international relations from Harvard Extension School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/financial-stability-in-germany-which-challenges-lie-ahead/
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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:20250218T120000
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SUMMARY:Post-MSC Readout
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Freundeskreis des American Council on Germany will host a discussion and reception with Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor at the Bertelsmann Stiftung and Benjamin Rohé\, CEO and Co-Founder of Monarch\, moderated by Sonja Gillert Head of Audio at “Welt.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fpost-msc-readout-tickets-1237569546829%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1738869714411{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is Executive Vice President and Senior Advisor at the Bertelsmann Foundation in Berlin. She served previously as CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Ms. Clüver Ashbrook was executive director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge\, Massachusetts for ten years. The project\, which she co-founded\, addresses 21st-century foreign policy challenges through research by international leaders in academia and diplomacy as well as teaching conflict research and prevention. Beginning in 2018\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook also directed a research program on Europe and transatlantic relations. Previously\, she served on the management board of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels and worked as both a consultant and senior journalist at Roland Berger \nStrategy Consultants in France and China\, among other countries. She began her career as a television journalist at CNN International in Atlanta and London. \nMs. Clüver Ashbrook contributes to international publications\, such as The New York Times and The Washington Post\, as well as leading German media on transatlantic relations – especially trade and security policy – and German foreign and digital policy. Additionally\, she advises foreign ministries in Europe and South America on their digital strategy. She received her undergraduate honors degree in international relations and French civilization from Brown University\, a master’s degree in European studies from the London School of Economics\, and a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Hauser Fellow in Non-Profit Management. \nBenjamin Rohé is dedicated to drive transformation and change\, with a focus on European digital sovereignty in security\, defense\, and innovation. After founding his first company at 17\, he co-founded as CEO the company MONARCH in 2021\, working alongside industry leaders such as Dr. Tom Enders\, Gerhard Schindler\, Prof. Dr. Stefan Kirsten\, James Tucker CMG OBE\, and Dr. Sandro Gaycken to tackle security challenges in an evolving world. MONARCH is an official partner of the Munich Security Conference. \nWith over 25 years of experience\, he is a regular speaker at universities and global conferences on corporate innovation\, digital change\, and resilience. His work has been featured in major publications such as Business Insider\, WirtschaftsWoche\, Huffington Post\, Manager Magazin\, and Handelsblatt. Benjamin Rohé is a 2011 ACG young leader and chairman of the ACG Freundeskreis. \nSonja Gillert is the head of audio and podcast host 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. \nMs. Gillert 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/post-msc-readout/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250223T150000
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SUMMARY:German Federal Election 2025
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Goethe-Institut\, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in New York\, and the American Council on Germany warmly invite you to join us to follow the results of the German federal election on February 23. \nProgram: \n\n11:00 AM: Doors Open – Enjoy coffee\, snacks\, and the opportunity to network.\n12:00 PM: Election Results – Live broadcast of the latest results from Germany (in German).\nFollowing the Results: Panel Discussion – An in-depth analysis of the results and their implications for Germany\, Europe\, and transatlantic relations (in English).\n3:00 PM: Event Ends\n\nPanelists: \nSheri Berman is a Professor of Political Science at Barnard College\, specializing in European politics\, democracy\, and populism. Her acclaimed book Democracy and Dictatorship in Europe explores the history of political systems across the continent. \nHans Kundnani is a Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe and a leading expert on European politics and Germany’s role in the EU. He is the author of The Paradox of German Power. \nChristina Morina is a historian specializing in modern European history and political ideologies. Currently a visiting professor at The New School\, she is also a professor at Bielefeld University. She is the author of Tausend Aufbrüche. Die Deutschen und ihre Demokratie seit den 1980er Jahren. \nModerator: Steven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany and a prominent voice in transatlantic dialogue.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgerman-federal-election-2025-come-watch-with-us-tickets-1216730937989%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1738870299560{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-federal-election-2025/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250224T100000
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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:20250225T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250225T093000
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SUMMARY:German Foreign and Security Policy After the Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Dominik Mutter\, Security Policy Director of the Federal Foreign Office. \nDominik Mutter is the Security Policy Director of the Federal Foreign Office. In 2022 and 2023\, he was lead coordinator and editor of the interagency team tasked with drafting Germany’s first National Security Strategy. Prior to assuming his current position in March 2022\, he served as Security Policy Director at the Ministry of Defense and as Head of Division for Security Policy and bilateral relations at the Chancellery. \nHe holds a Master’s Degree in Modern History\, American Studies\, and Political Science from Freiburg University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/german-foreign-and-security-policy-after-the-election/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250227T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203153
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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
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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:20250303T123000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250303T140000
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SUMMARY:After the Elections in Germany and the United States:  The Path Forward in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Annett Meiritz\, Washington Correspondent\, Handelsblatt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Facgusa.mystagingwebsite.com%2Fmarch-3-discussion-with-annett-meiritz%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1740160417769{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Annett Meiritz is the Washington Correspondent for Germany’s leading business\, trade\, and finance daily Handelsblatt. She covers the U.S. Administration and Congress\, usually from an economic angle. Previously she worked as Parliamentary Correspondent for Germany’s leading news portal Spiegel Online\, based in Berlin. She holds a B.A. degree in Modern History and Media Science and was educated to be a Journalist at the Berlin Journalism School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/after-the-elections-in-germany-and-the-united-states-the-path-forward-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250304T133000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203153
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SUMMARY:What German Leadership Means for Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Lt. General Ben Hodges\, former Commanding General of the U.S. Army Europe. \nThis event is only open to ACG members. \nLt. Gen. Ben Hodges is the former Commanding General of US Army Europe (2014-2017).  He is a Distinguished Fellow with GLOBSEC and consults for several companies on Europe\, NATO\, and the European Union. He is co-author of the book\, Future War and the Defence of Europe. Lt. Gen. Hodges has a regular presence in US and international media where he offers insight and analysis on NATO\, US and European security\, the Russian War against Ukraine\, the greater Black Sea and Baltic Sea Regions\, the Israel-Hamas war\, the U.S. Election and its implications for Transatlantic Security\, human rights\, and other related geostrategic topics. \nHe most recently served as NATO Senior Mentor for Logistics. Prior to that\, he was an Advisor to Human Rights First\, a non-profit\, nonpartisan international human rights organization based in the United States.  Before to joining Human Rights First\, Lt. Gen. Hodges held the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis (CEPA). \nA native of Quincy\, Florida\, Lt. Gen. Ben Hodges graduated from the United States Military Academy in May 1980 and was commissioned in the Infantry. He lives in Frankfurt\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-german-leadership-means-for-europe/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250305T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T203153
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:20250306T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250306T133000
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SUMMARY:The Road Ahead:  Implications of Germany's Federal Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and the Atlanta Council on International Relations will host a discussion and luncheon  with Dr. Steven E. Sokol\, President & CEO of the American Council on Germany. \nThe cost to attend this event is $40 for ACG/ACIR members\, and $55 for non-members of either organization.  \nPlease REGISTER HERE by March 3[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Steven E. Sokol 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. \nDr. Sokol 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 Free 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/the-road-ahead-implications-of-germanys-federal-election-2/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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