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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. \nJoin us on Monday\, September 13 at 9:00 am EDT\, for a discussion on the morning after the second television debate between the three candidates for Chancellor with Bloomberg Opinion columnist Andreas Kluth.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F8616300009522%2FWN_-UW5H8AaQQqmwnFlGkSlQA” css=”.vc_custom_1631127162670{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Andreas Kluth is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion. Between March of 2017 and February of 2019\, he was editor-in-chief of Handelsblatt Global\, the English-language edition of Germany’s leading business newspaper. For the two decades before that\, he wrote for The Economist — in London\, Hong Kong\, Silicon Valley\, Los Angeles\, and Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-16/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210914T130000
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SUMMARY:Germany after Angela Merkel: Her Legacy and the Leadership Transition
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 26\, Germans will vote in federal elections that will determine the composition of the Bundestag. The new majority in the parliament – most likely a coalition of three parties – will elect the next German Chancellor\, marking the end of 16 years of leadership by Chancellor Angela Merkel. \nJoin us for an online conversation about Chancellor Merkel’s legacy\, the outlook for the elections\, and the likely implications for Germany of this historical leadership transition with Stefan Kornelius\, Foreign Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and author of a biography of Angela Merkel. \nThis event is a partnership between the American Council on Germany\, Atlantik-Brücke\, Cleveland Council of World Affairs\, and the World Affairs Councils of America (WACA). It is part of WACA’s Wunderbar Together 2021 Engage America Series on “Germany’s Elections and the Future of Transatlantic Relations.” Wunderbar Together is a comprehensive and collaborative initiative funded by the German Federal Foreign Office and implemented by the Goethe-Institut.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2216306169317%2FWN_Xmyv3-dHQ5KfJlLtlNy2nQ” css=”.vc_custom_1631216740426{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stefan Kornelius has been Foreign Editor of the German daily Süddeutsche Zeitung since 2000. In his reporting career\, he has covered Germany’s Christian Democratic Party (CDU)\, the chancellorship of Helmut Kohl\, and defense issues in Europe. From 1996 to 1999\, he served as the paper’s Washington correspondent. His biography of German Chancellor Angela Merkel\, entitled Angela Merkel\, the Chancellor and her World\, has been translated into 13 languages. \nSteven E. Sokol is the President of the American Council on Germany (ACG). Previously\, he served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh from July 2010 until April 2015. Prior to that\, he was the Vice President and Director of Programs at the ACG for seven years. Educated in the United States and Germany\, Dr. Sokol has more than 20 years of experience working with nonprofit organizations in both countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germany-after-angela-merkel-her-legacy-and-the-leadership-transition/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210915T130000
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SUMMARY:The Remarkable Odyssey of Angele Merkel: The Future of German Politics in a Post-Merkel Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In 2005\, Angela Merkel made history as the first woman to be elected chancellor of Germany. Over the 16 years she has served\, Merkel has undeniably established Germany as a preeminent leader in Europe and the world. However\, when Germany holds its federal elections this month\, Merkel will not be running for re-election. As Germany enters its final days before the election\, this event will unpack Merkel’s legacy and look towards the future of German politics. \nJoin acclaimed writer Kati Marton – author of The Chancellor\, a riveting political biography and an intimate human story of Chancellor Merkel’s rise and reign – for a discussion about the last two decades of German political history and the pressing question of where Germany is headed in a post-Merkel era. Kati Marton is the author of several books and an award-winning former NPR and ABC News correspondent. \nYou can pre-order a copy of THE CHANCELLOR by Kati Morton with a signed bookplate from Chevalier’s Bookshop here\, or unsigned copies are available here.\nThis event is hosted by the Los Angeles World Affairs Council and Town Hall.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fregister.gotowebinar.com%2Fregister%2F1012949693291902476%3Fsource%3DACG” css=”.vc_custom_1631741390858{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/the-remarkable-odyssey-of-angele-merkel-the-future-of-german-politics-in-a-post-merkel-era/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. \nJoin us on Monday\, September 20 at 9:00 am EDT\, for a discussion about the television debate between the three candidates for Chancellor and what to expect in the final days before the federal election with ACG Young Leader alumnus Matthias Deiß\, Deputy Director of ARD’s television studio in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2016317407477%2FWN_OY6GxZwsSDGLv1qIt-kN_w” css=”.vc_custom_1631740788516{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthias Deiß is the Deputy Director of ARD’s Hauptstadtstudio in Berlin and deputy editor-in-chief of television. From 2018 to 2021\, he served as the editorial director for ARD’s political magazine Kontraste. Prior to this\, he worked from 2012 to 2017 as a TV correspondent with ARD. He studied communications and political science at the University of Munich and at the German School of Journalism in Munich.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-17/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210920T120000
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SUMMARY:Behind the Numbers: Polling and the German Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In February\, the Christian Democrats were riding high in the polls. By May\, they had dropped some 10 percentage points and the Greens had surged to a temporary peak. Trailing by two or more percentage points throughout the year\, in August the Social Democrats swept past the Greens and the Christian Democrats to take a strong lead in the polls. Much of the jockeying in the polls has to do with the candidates for Chancellor and how they are resonating with the public. \nThe race to succeed Angela Merkel in Germany’s federal election in less than two weeks is still wide open. Experienced analysts and casual observers have been closely following the polling data in the run up to September 26 in the hope that it might reveal how the election might play out. But few have watched the polling numbers as closely as Dr. Cornelius Hirsch\, an Intelligence Analyst with POLITICO Europe and a co-founder of pollofpolls.eu which was acquired by POLITICO. Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion about the polls in the last days of campaigning.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3916317408663%2FWN_-qKcLBBVRCmHJ87F3Euyxw” css=”.vc_custom_1631740902018{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Cornelius Hirsch joined POLITICO Europe as an Intelligence Analyst in May 2019. Previously\, he co-founded pollofpolls.eu\, a polling data website which was acquired and integrated into POLITICO’s website. Poll of Polls offers professional polling aggregations for all upcoming national elections in Europe. \nIn 2020\, Dr. Hirsch completed his doctoral studies in economics and social sciences at the Vienna University of Economics and Business (WU Wien) focusing on international trade\, globalization\, and the impact of both on rural areas. He holds an M.Sc. in agricultural economics from Humboldt-University Berlin and a B.Sc. in economics from the Free University Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/behind-the-numbers-polling-and-the-german-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210921T130000
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SUMMARY:Black\, Red\, Green: What to Expect in the German Federal Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On the eve of the German federal election\, a panel of experts will weigh in on the various issues concerning German voters\, the legacy of outgoing Chancellor Angela Merkel\, the potential impact of this election on the EU and Germany’s relationship with the U.S.\, and the significance of the Green Party mounting their first ever candidate for the Chancellorship. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for this discussion\, moderated by ACG President Steven E. Sokol\, hosted by the University of Pittsburgh European Studies Center and the Jean Monnet in the USA series\, an initiative of several EU-funded Universities across the United States. The panelists are Dr. Kai Arzheimer\, Professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz; Prof. Marcel Lewandowsky\, DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida; Dr. Jana Puglierin\, Head of ECFR’s Berlin office and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations; and Dr. Jae-Jae Spoon\, Professor of Political Science and Director of the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. \nThis event is hosted by the University of Pittsburgh European Studies Center.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fpitt.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_MFaoeBIFQ1GHeus91KGjNg” css=”.vc_custom_1631741080895{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Kai Arzheimer is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Mainz. His main research interests are the comparative analysis of micro data and comparative political sociology\, elections and electoral behavior\, extreme right/radical right/populist right parties in Europe\, and German politics. During 2017-18\, he was the Hannah Arendt Visiting Chair in German and European Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy & Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. From 2006-2009\, he was a Lecturer in German and West European Politics/DAAD Lektor in the Department of Government at the University of Essex. \nMarcel Lewandowsky is a DAAD Visiting Assistant Professor at the Center for European Studies at the University of Florida. His research and teaching focuses on comparative politics with special regard to parties and party systems\, populism in Europe and the political system of Germany. He received his doctoral degree in 2013 with a study on German regional election campaigns from the University of Bonn\, Germany. From 2012 to 2013\, he was a lecturer at the Leuphana University of Lüneburg\, and from 2013 until summer 2019\, Prof. Lewandowsky worked as a lecturer at the University of the Federal Armed Forces\, Hamburg. Prior to his application at the University of Florida\, he served as a professor pro tempore at the NRW School of Governance of the University of Duisburg-Essen. \nDr. Jana Puglierin has been the head of ECFR’s Berlin office and a senior policy fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations since January 2020. Before joining ECFR\, Puglierin headed the Alfred von Oppenheim Center for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). Prior to this\, she was an advisor on disarmament\, arms control\, and non-proliferation in the German Bundestag\, where she also worked on matters relating to German and European foreign and security policy. Between 2003 and 2010\, she was a researcher and lecturer to the chair of political science and contemporary history as well as in the program for North American studies at the University of Bonn. She was also an associate at Stiftung Neue Verantwortung in Berlin from October 2010 until October 2011. Dr. Puglierin earned a master’s degree and a Ph.D. in political science\, international and European law\, and sociology from the Friedrich-Wilhelms University of Bonn. \nDr. Jae-Jae Spoon is a Professor of Political Science and Director of the European Studies Center at the University of Pittsburgh. She is co-editor of the Journal of Elections\, Public Opinion and Parties (JEPOP) and Research & Politics (R&P). Her research focuses on comparative electoral behavior primarily in Europe. She is interested in understanding political party strategies and their outcomes for the party\, its elected officials\, and voters\, and how party type and size\, institutions\, and context influence parties’ decision‐making at both the domestic and European levels. Professor Spoon received her PhD from the University of Michigan in 2005.  Before coming to Pittsburgh\, she taught at the University of Iowa and the University of North Texas and was a visiting researcher at the University of Mannheim.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/black-red-green-what-to-expect-in-the-german-federal-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210922T120000
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SUMMARY:The Race to Replace Angela Merkel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There has been a lot of uncertainty surrounding Germany’s federal election. But one thing is clear: Angela Merkel is not running again. As the traditional catch-all Volksparteien – the Christian Democrats and the Social Democrats – have lost traction in recent years\, three candidates compete to replace her. \nIn the final days before Germans take to the polls in an historic election which marks the end of the “Merkel Era\,” join the American Council on Germany for a discussion with veteran political observer and journalist Dr. Christoph von Marschall to discuss the candidates\, possible coalitions\, and what this election means for Germany\, Europe\, and the transatlantic relationship.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9716317411735%2FWN__LJbXQToRbOTnEgANqOKHQ” css=”.vc_custom_1631741218234{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Christoph von Marschall is Chief Diplomatic Correspondent of the German daily Der Tagesspiegel\, published in Berlin. He has been with the paper since 1991. From 2005 to 2013\, he was Washington Bureau Chief and White House Correspondent. Before that\, he served as the newspaper’s Editorial Page Editor. \nHis most recent book is “Wir verstehen die Welt nicht mehr. Deutschlands Entfremdung von seinen Freunden” (Herder Verlag 2018)\, which analyzes the foreign policy challenges facing Germany and Europe. He has also written several books on Barack Obama and the differences in political culture between Germany and the United States\, including “What’s the Matter with America? Why They Hate What We Love” and “The New Obama. What to Expect from the Second Term.” \nHe holds a PhD in East European History from the University of Freiburg\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-race-to-replace-angela-merkel/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210924T140000
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SUMMARY:The Rise of Olaf Scholz and the Social Democrats
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Since the beginning of August\, the Social Democrats have seen a jump from 16 to 26 percent in opinion polls in the final weeks of Germany’s federal election campaign. The SPD’s Kanzlerkandidat Olaf Scholz is largely credited with this turnaround. In snap polls following each of the three television debates between the three candidates for chancellor\, Scholz was dubbed the winner for projecting continuity after Angela Merkel leaves office. After the most recent debate this past Sunday\, 42 percent of viewers found him to be the most convincing. The CDU’s Armin Laschet ranked second with 27 percent\, followed by the Green’s Annalena Baerbock at 25 percent. \nOlaf Scholz has several key advisors yet few of them are as close to him as Wolfgang Schmidt\, who currently serves as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance. Their political careers have been intertwined for 20 years\, and since early this year Schmidt has been an outspoken advocate for his boss. He believes Olaf Scholz is the best person to succeed Angela Merkel. Join us for a discussion about the turnaround of the SPD and the career of Olaf Scholz.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9416323146208%2FWN_XNvC62MQRZy4lA-cgpcaPg” css=”.vc_custom_1632314697802{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Wolfgang Schmidt has served as State Secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Finance since March of 2018. In this capacity\, he is responsible for economic and fiscal policy strategy\, international economy\, and finance. Previously\, he worked directly with Olaf Scholz and served as State Secretary of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg\, Commissioner of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg to the Federation\, to the European Union\, and for foreign affairs. From 2014 to 2015\, he chaired the Conference of the Länder Ministers for European Affairs and from 2015 to 2018 he was a member of the European Committee of the Regions. \nTrained as a lawyer and active as a Juso (Young Social Democrat)\, earlier in his career Mr. Schmidt served as Chief-of-Staff to the SPD Secretary-General\, Chief-of-Staff to the First Parliamentary Secretary of the SPD parliamentary group\, and Chief-of-Staff and Head of the Policy and Planning unit at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-rise-of-olaf-scholz-and-the-social-democrats/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210927T230000
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SUMMARY:The Polls Have Closed in Germany: An Election Readout
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With less than a week to go\, the race to succeed Angela Merkel as Germany’s next chancellor has become a nail-biter. The results of Germany’s federal election will determine the coalition talks for a new German government and the ultimate course of the country’s political future. \nTo unpack one of Germany’s most unpredictable and transformative elections in recent history\, we would like to invite you to an exclusive virtual readout hosted by the American Council on Germany\, Atlantik-Brücke e.V.\, and The German Marshall Fund of the United States. Our experts will provide timely analysis of the results and consider the multifaceted implications of the outcome\, including Germany’s role on the world stage and the future of the transatlantic relationship. \nOur speakers include: The Hon. Marieluise Beck\, Director for East-Central and Eastern Europe\, LibMod and Former Member of the German Bundestag (Alliance 90/The Greens); Steven Erlanger\, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe\, The New York Times; Amb. John B. Emerson\, Chairman of the American Council on Germany and Former Ambassador of the United States to Germany; The Hon. Sigmar Gabriel\, Chairman\, Atlantik-Brücke e.V. and Former Member of the German Bundestag (SPD)\, Vice Chancellor\, and Foreign Minister; Janina Mütze\, Co-Founder and CEO\, Civey; Ruprecht Polenz\,  President\, The German Association for East European Studies and Former Member of the German Bundestag (Christian Democrats); Julia Reuschenbach\, Associate Lecturer and Political Scientist\, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn; and Anna Sauerbrey\, Deputy Editor-in-Chief\, Der Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fsites-gmf.vuturevx.com%2F32%2F7563%2Flanding-pages%2Frsvp-blank.asp” css=”.vc_custom_1632235309860{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/the-polls-have-closed-in-germany-an-election-readout/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T120000
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SUMMARY:After the German Election: What Can the World Expect from Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As the dust settles after Germany’s historic election and parties engage in complex negotiations to form a governing coalition\, questions will abound concerning the foreign policy priorities of the new government – and what the end of the Merkel era means for Germany\, Europe\, and the world. What are the key issues that will shape Germany’s role on the world stage in the years to come? \nJoin the ACG and the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V. for an analysis of the results of the German federal election and their foreign policy implications with Dr. Stefan Fröhlich\, Professor of International Politics and Political Economy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg\, and ACG Board member Dr. Charles Kupchan\, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Professor of International Affairs at Georgetown University. The event will be moderated by ACG Young Leader alumna Sonja Gillert\, who serves as the Head of Audio for Welt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9816323216245%2FWN_gTIgNpx5T_uUqR9UWaxwUQ” css=”.vc_custom_1632500924895{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stefan Fröhlich is Professor of International Politics and Political Economy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He is currently also a guest professor at the College of Europe (in Brugge and Natolin) at Oxford University\, and at the Universities of Bonn and Zurich. His fields of research include EU foreign\, economic\, and security policy; transatlantic relations; German foreign\, economic\, and security policy; and international political economy. He is a frequent commentator on international affairs for German and international media. \nDr. Fröhlich was Director of the postgraduate European Studies Program at the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn from 1998 to 2002 and spent time in Washington\, DC\, as a Visiting Scholar at the Center for Transatlantic Relations at Johns Hopkins (2002-03); the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars (2007); and the German Marshall Fund’s Transatlantic Academy (2016-17). \nHe is a board member of the German Atlantic Council (Berlin)\, Center for European Integration Studies (Bonn)\, German Council on Foreign Relations (Berlin)\, German Society for Political Science\, Association for European Integration (Berlin)\, and the Institute for European Politics (Berlin). He is the author of numerous books and more than 200 articles on German and European foreign policy and transatlantic relations. \nHe studied Political Science\, Economics\, as well as American and Spanish Literature in Bonn\, Paris\, and Washington (MA 1985; Ph.D. 1989; “Habilitation” (Dr.phil.habil.) 1996). \nDr. Charles Kupchan is a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and professor of international affairs at Georgetown University in the Walsh School of Foreign Service and Department of Government. \nFrom 2014 to 2017\, Dr. Kupchan served as special assistant to the president and senior director for European affairs on the staff of the National Security Council (NSC) in the Barack Obama administration. He was also the director for European affairs on the NSC during the first Bill Clinton administration.  Before joining the Clinton NSC\, he worked in the U.S. Department of State on the policy planning staff.  Previously\, he was an assistant professor of politics at Princeton University. \nDr. Kupchan is the author of Isolationism: A History of America’s Efforts to Shield Itself From the World (2020)\, No One’s World: The West\, the Rising Rest\, and the Coming Global Turn (2012)\, How Enemies Become Friends: The Sources of Stable Peace (2010)\, The End of the American Era: U.S. Foreign Policy and the Geopolitics of the Twenty-first Century (2002)\, Power in Transition: The Peaceful Change of International Order (2001)\, Civic Engagement in the Atlantic Community (1999)\, Atlantic Security: Contending Visions (1998)\, Nationalism and Nationalities in the New Europe (1995)\, The Vulnerability of Empire (1994)\, The Persian Gulf and the West (1987)\, and numerous articles on international and strategic affairs. \nDr. Kupchan has served as a visiting scholar at Harvard University’s Center for International Affairs\, Columbia University’s Institute for War and Peace Studies\, the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London\, the Centre d’Étude et de Recherches Internationales in Paris\, and the Institute for International Policy Studies in Tokyo. From 2006 to 2007\, he was the Henry A. Kissinger Scholar at the Library of Congress and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. From 2013 to 2014\, he was a senior fellow at the Transatlantic Academy. \nModerator: Sonja Gillert (2019 ACG Young Leader) is the head of audio for Welt. Previously\, she served as an editor in the paper’s foreign policy department in Berlin\, where she focuses on Latin America\, Iran\, and China. In 2015 she spent three months in China with the Media Ambassador China Germany Program. \nShe attended the journalist training program at Axel Springer Academy in Berlin and previously worked as a freelance journalist at three of Germany’s major radio stations. In 2009 she earned her MA in Political Science and German Literature at Bonn University. Sonja Gillert also studied at the University of St. Andrews\, Scotland\, for one semester in 2008. In 2009\, she spent three months in Costa Rica volunteering for an environmental project.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/after-the-german-election-what-can-the-world-expect-from-berlin/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210929T203000
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SUMMARY:The World's Most Important Election: Bundestag 2021
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 26\, 2021\, German federal elections will be held to elect the 20th Bundestag – the first in 16 years without Angela Merkel standing as leader of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). \nJoin us for an online conversation about the implications of these elections for Germany\, the European Union\, and the world\, with Jeff Rathke\, President of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) at the Johns Hopkins\, and Sophia Besch\, a senior researcher with the Centre for European Reform.\nThis event is hosted by the World Affairs Council of Maine.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwacmaine.org%2Fmeetinginfo.php%3Fid%3D12%26ts%3D1631642066″ css=”.vc_custom_1632495461972{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/the-worlds-most-important-election-bundestag-2021/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210930T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210930T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
CREATED:20210924T145943Z
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SUMMARY:All Eyes on Germany: An Analysis of the German Election
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]All eyes are on Germany. After 16 years as Chancellor\, Angela Merkel is stepping away from the political spotlight. The September 26 election is critical for Germany – and for the European Union. \nAccording to the latest polls\, no party will win an outright majority in the Bundestag\, and a coalition government of as many as three parties is likely. ​ \nJoin us for a conversation with ACG Young Leader alumna Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller\, one of the top analysts of Germany and German-American relations\, about the election results\, the negotiations to form a coalition government\, and what all of this will mean for Germany\, Europe\, and the transatlantic partnership. \nThis event is hosted by the World Affairs Council of Atlanta.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.r20.constantcontact.com%2Fregister%2FeventReg%3Foeidk%3Da07eijgoqcaf9835ff4%26oseq%3D%26c%3D%26ch%3D” css=”.vc_custom_1632495578472{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/all-eyes-on-germany-an-analysis-of-the-german-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211004T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 4 at 9:00 am EDT\, for a discussion about the results of the federal election and coalition talks with Matthew Karnitschnig\, Chief European Correspondent for Politico.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1616328468784%2FWN_8QSJ7e8zSWS4dVM8xlp6fw” css=”.vc_custom_1632846918820{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s Chief Europe Correspondent\, based in Berlin. He joined the publication in 2015 from the Wall Street Journal\, where he spent 15 years in a variety of positions as a reporter and editor in the U.S. and Europe. \nIn a career spanning two decades\, Mr. Karnitschnig has been on the front lines of some of the defining political and economic stories of our time. In 2008\, he covered the fall of Lehman Brothers and the financial crisis that ensued. He was part of a team of Journal reporters that won a Gerald Loeb Award and was named a Pulitzer finalist for National Reporting in 2009. \nHe subsequently spearheaded the WSJ’s coverage of the eurozone debt crisis as the paper’s Germany bureau chief and European economics editor. He led the team that was named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting in 2011 and won an Overseas Press Club award in 2012. \nMr. Karnitschnig previously worked as a journalist for Business Week\, Reuters and Bloomberg. \nThe son of an Austrian father and American mother\, he grew up in Arizona\, where he got his start reporting as a stringer for the Phoenix Gazette during high school.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-18/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211008T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211008T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
CREATED:20211005T132512Z
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SUMMARY:The Domestic And Foreign Policy Priorities Of An Ampel Coalition Under Olaf Scholz
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following the September 26 German federal election\, an Ampelkoalition – or “traffic light” coalition of the Social Democrats\, Greens\, and Free Democrats – looks increasingly likely. But\, it is not a given. There are other coalition possibilities. As these parties – plus the Christian Democrats – explore possible coalition options\, there are questions about where the parties align and where they differ\, and what the priorities of a new government might be. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for an online conversation with author and journalist Martin Klingst to explore the domestic and foreign policy priorities of a governing coalition led by the SPD’s Olaf Scholz.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5116334402471%2FWN_qAcgdb-EQJuT9s3Sw1xFHQ” css=”.vc_custom_1633440281600{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Martin Klingst studied law in Freiburg\, Geneva\, and Hamburg before embarking on a career in journalism in 1987\, beginning with NDR. He spent much of his career with DIE ZEIT – including as Senior Political Correspondent in Berlin and before that U.S. Correspondent and Washington Bureau Chief. From 2020 to June 2021\, he was Chief Speechwriter and Head of Strategic Communication in the Office of the German Federal President. \nMr. Klingst is the author of “Trumps Amerika: Reise in ein weißes Land” and “Guido Goldman: Transatlantic Bridge Builder.” He is currently a non-resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and an advisor to Atlantik Brücke.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-domestic-and-foreign-policy-priorities-of-an-ampel-coalition-under-olaf-scholz/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211011T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211011T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
CREATED:20211006T151017Z
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. \nJoin us on Monday\, October 11 at 9:00 am EDT\, for a discussion about German politics with former NPR international correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson\, who now hosts the podcast “Common Ground.”[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” css=”.vc_custom_1633532988636{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson is the host of the podcast Common Ground and is based in Berlin. Prior to this\, she served as Special Correspondent for NPR. Her reports can be heard on NPR’s award-winning programs\, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered\, and read at NPR.org. From 2012 until 2018\, she was NPR’s bureau chief in Berlin. She won the ICFJ 2017 Excellence in International Reporting Award for her work in Central and Eastern Europe\, North Africa\, the Middle East\, and Afghanistan. \nShe was also based in Cairo for NPR and covered the Arab World from the Middle East to North Africa during the Arab Spring. In 2006\, she opened NPR’s first bureau in Kabul\, from where she provided listeners with an in-depth sense of life inside Afghanistan\, from the increase in suicide among women in a country that treats them as second-class citizens to the growing interference of Iran and Pakistan in Afghan affairs. For her coverage of Afghanistan\, she won a Peabody Award\, Overseas Press Club Award\, and the Gracie in 2010. She received the Elijah Parish Lovejoy Award from Colby College in 2011 for her coverage in the Middle East and Afghanistan. \nMs. Nelson spent 20 years as a newspaper reporter\, including as Knight Ridder’s Middle East Bureau Chief. While at the Los Angeles Times\, she was sent on extended assignment to Iran and Afghanistan following the Sept. 11\, 2001\, terrorist attacks. She spent three years as an editor and reporter for Newsday and was part of the team that won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for covering the crash of TWA Flight 800. \nA graduate of the University of Maryland\, Nelson speaks Farsi\, Dari\, and German.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211013T220000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
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SUMMARY:Twenty-Eighth Annual John J. McCloy Awards Dinner
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany’s Twenty-Eighth Annual John J. McCloy Awards Dinner honoring Oliver Bäte\, Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE\, with the 2021 McCloy Award\, and Robert B. Zoellick\, Lead U.S. Official for the Two-Plus-Four Negotiations on German Unification and Former President of the World Bank\, U.S. Trade Representative\, and Deputy Secretary of State\, with the 2021 Transatlantic Leadership. Award[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”More Information” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.acgusa.org%2Fsupport-the-acg%2Fparticipate-in-the-mccloy-dinner%2F2021-john-j-mccloy-awards-dinner%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1633533138814{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/twenty-eighth-annual-john-j-mccloy-awards-dinner/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211014T200000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
CREATED:20211011T143954Z
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SUMMARY:After Angela: Germany in the Post-Merkel Era
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On September 26\, Germans took to the polls in a historic election. Voters who have never known a Chancellor other than Angela Merkel voted for the first time. Change and continuity are both on the agenda and four political factions – the Social Democrats\, Christian Democrats\, Greens\, and Free Democrats – are jockeying to form a new government and with it the chance to set German foreign and domestic priorities for a generation to come. Who will win out and where will the next governing coalition lead Germany? \n\nJoin the German Society of Pennsylvania and the American Council on Germany’s Philadelphia Warburg Chapter for an in-person conversation with German journalist and author\, Martin Klingst\, on German politics after Merkel. \n\nThe event will take place Thursday\, October 14th at 7:00 pm at the German Society’s historic home at 611 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. Some parking is available\, and the building is accessible by public transportation. The discussion will also be live-streamed for remote viewing. \n\nIf you would like to attend\, register here or call our office at (215) 627-2332. Please indicate if you will be attending in person or online. Those attending in person will be required to present documentation that they have been vaccinated against Covid-19.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.germansociety.org%2Fclasses%2Fafter-angela-germany-in-the-post-merkel-era%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1633963107707{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/after-angela-germany-in-the-post-merkel-era/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211015T130000
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SUMMARY:History\, Remembrance\, and the Use of Public Space
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]A few years after the Wall came down\, the Berlin city government launched a competition for a work of public art honoring the memory of Berlin Jews who perished in the Holocaust. The conceptual artists Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock submitted their idea\, and won the competition. In 1993\, they installed Orte des Erinnerns (Places of Remembrance)\, a permanent\, decentralized memorial along the streets of Berlin’s district of Schöneberg documenting the anti-Semitic laws and decrees enacted incrementally by the Nazis between 1933 and 1945. \nStih & Schnock are conceptual artists based in Berlin. Their work explores how memory functions in the social sphere – and how it can be reflected in museums and urban spaces. Recognized internationally\, articles about their collaborative work have appeared in the New York Times\, New Yorker\, Washington Post\, and Los Angeles Times. They have also lectured at major U.S. universities including the Art Institute of Chicago\, Harvard\, Princeton\, Columbia\, Emory\, and Brown Universities. As part of 1014’s “Past & Future: A Weekend of Architecture\, Culture\, and Community\,” the American Council on Germany will host a conversation with Renata Stih and Frieder Schnock on collective memory in society and the use of public space.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1316340528260%2FWN_OqQxATyJSZKmacEH9a2sqg” css=”.vc_custom_1634052864544{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stih & Schnock is a Berlin-based artist duo\, formed by Renata Stih\, a professor in Berlin and Lüneburg and a member of Berlin’s art in public space advisory commission\, and Frieder Schnock\, an artist\, art advisor and a former curator at the Museum Fridericianum in Kassel. Their works deal primarily with collective memory in society. Human rights issues and the Holocaust are recurring reference points in their artistic interventions. \nRenata Stih (painting\, sculpture\, art theory\, College of Art in Karlsruhe/Germany) currently teaches art and technology\, film\, and media at Beuth University of Technology in Berlin and at Leuphana University in Lüneburg\, and has published widely on art\, film\, and architecture. Frieder Schnock studied art and art history at the College of Art in Karlsruhe/Germany\, TU Karlsruhe\, FU Berlin\, and College of Art Braunschweig\, where he earned his PhD in art history. He developed the professionalization program at Berlin’s Artist Association with 1000 participants per year and teaches visual studies at Beuth University of Technology in Berlin and is a professor at Leuphana University. \nRenata Stih and Frieder Schnock have been artists-in-residence and have also regularly lectured at U.S. universities and colleges\, including Brown University\, Princeton University\, Columbia University\, Rhode Island School of Design\, UTexas Austin\, School of the Art Institute of Chicago\, University of Chicago\, Maryland Institute College of Art\, University of California\, LA\, Harvard Graduate School of Design\, Zurich University of the Arts\, among other. Their works have been exhibited at the Staatsgalerie Stuttgart\, the Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale\, the Jewish Museum of New York\, the Museum London (Ontario)\, the Saint Louis Art Museum\, the Boca Raton Museum of Art\, and at New York University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/history-remembrance-and-the-use-of-public-space/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211018T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211018T103000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin.\nJoin us on Monday\, October 18 at 9:30 am ET to discuss populist movements in Germany and the recent resignation of Sebastian Kurz in Austria with Emily Schultheis\, freelance journalist and recent fellow with the Institute of Current World Affairs.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5716345111285%2FWN_fFYsNFgaR92rP6wZKmxEsw” css=”.vc_custom_1634571555432{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Emily Schultheis is a freelance journalist and recent fellow with the Institute of Current World Affairs\, based between Vienna and Berlin. She writes primarily about German and Austrian politics and the rise of populist far-right parties across Europe. Over the course of her political reporting career\, her work has appeared in The Atlantic\, The New York Times\, Politico\, The Guardian\, Politico Europe\, The Associated Press\, Foreign Policy\, Slate\, BBC Online\, The Los Angeles Times\, CNN\, CBS News\, NBC News\, National Journal\, Der Tagesspiegel\, Deutsche Welle and Spiegel International\, among others. \nFrom 2011 to 2017\, she covered U.S. national politics and elections from Washington\, first for Politico and then for the National Journal and CBS News. She is also a previous recipient of the Arthur F. Burns Fellowship\, the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship\, and the East-West Center Jefferson Fellowship for her reporting on international politics and populism.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-20/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T133000
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SUMMARY:Bundestagswahl 2021:  Post-Election Recap and the Path Forward
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On October 20\, Peter Beyer\, Member of the German Bundestag and Coordinator for Transatlantic Relations for the Foreign Ministry\, will join the Los Angeles Warburg Chapter for a roundtable discussion on the recent federal election in Germany.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fbundestagswahl-2021-post-election-recap-and-the-path-forward-tickets-188434230857″ css=”.vc_custom_1634571383894{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Peter Beyer has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation since April 2018. He has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2009 and a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) since 1996. Mr. Beyer is also a member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs\, where he serves as Special Rapporteur on Transatlantic Relations. He is Executive Vice President of the Southeast Europe Association. Prior to his current roles\, he served as Managing Chairman of the Heiligenhaus town branch of the CDU and a member of the Heiligenhaus town council from 2008 to 2009. In addition\, he was an elected member of the Executive Committee of the Mettmann county branch of the CDU. Before joining the public sector\, he worked as an attorney specializing in industrial property law in the Cologne office of Mayer Brown LLP\, the Los Angeles office of Murchison & Cumming LLP\, and the Chicago office of Brinks\, Hofer\, Gilson & Lione LLP. Mr. Beyer completed his undergraduate studies at the Universities of Düsseldorf and Bonn\, and received his Master in Law at the University of Virginia School of Law in Charlottesville.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/bundestagswahl-2021-post-election-recap-and-the-path-forward/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211025T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211025T103000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday\, October 25 at 9:30 am ET to discuss Olaf Scholz and the SPD with Christiane Hoffmann\, Journalist for Der Spiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4316345716205%2FWN_DNhtuirIR_25Hha6jLNABw” css=”.vc_custom_1634571663208{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Christiane Hoffmann is a journalist for Der Spiegel. She joined Der Spiegel in January of 2013\, where she was deputy head of the Berlin bureau\, serving in this role until December 2018. She has held various positions in Germany and abroad for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung\, including as a correspondent in Moscow from 1996 to 1999\, as a correspondent in Tehran from 1999 to 2004\, and as a correspondent in Berlin from 2010 to 2012.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-21/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211101T100000
DTSTAMP:20260403T220718
CREATED:20211028T202953Z
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin.\nJoin us on Monday\, November 1 at 9:00 am ET to discuss the latest developments in coalition talks and COP26 with Rob Schmitz\, International Correspondent at NPR.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9416354528856%2FWN_fUf2jbUOR9amO9GG5OpyeA” css=”.vc_custom_1635452941285{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Rob Schmitz is NPR’s international correspondent based in Berlin\, where he covers the human stories of a vast region reckoning with its past while it tries to guide the world toward a brighter future. From his base in the heart of Europe\, Schmitz has covered Germany’s levelheaded management of the COVID-19 pandemic\, the rise of right-wing nationalist politics in Poland\, and creeping Chinese government influence inside the Czech Republic. \nPrior to covering Europe\, Schmitz provided award-winning coverage of China for a decade\, reporting on the country’s economic rise and increasing global influence. His reporting on China’s impact beyond its borders took him to countries such as Kazakhstan\, Mongolia\, Vietnam\, Thailand\, Australia\, and New Zealand. Inside China\, he’s interviewed elderly revolutionaries\, young rappers\, and live-streaming celebrity farmers who make up the diverse tapestry of one of the most fascinating countries on the planet. He is the author of the critically acclaimed book Street of Eternal Happiness: Big City Dreams Along a Shanghai Road (Crown/Random House 2016)\, a profile of individuals who live\, work\, and dream along a single street that runs through the heart of China’s largest city. The book won several awards and has been translated into half a dozen languages. In 2018\, China’s government banned the Chinese version of the book after its fifth printing. The following year it was selected as a finalist for the Ryszard Kapuściński Award\, Poland’s most prestigious literary prize. \nMr. Schmitz has won numerous awards for his reporting on China\, including two national Edward R. Murrow Awards and an Education Writers Association Award. His work was also a finalist for the Investigative Reporters and Editors Award. His reporting in Japan — from the hardest-hit areas near the failing Fukushima nuclear power plant following the earthquake and tsunami — was included in the publication 100 Great Stories\, celebrating the centennial of Columbia University’s Journalism School. In 2012\, Schmitz exposed the fabrications in Mike Daisey’s account of Apple’s supply chain on This American Life. His report was featured in the show’s “Retraction” episode. In 2011\, New York’s Rubin Museum of Art screened a documentary Schmitz shot in Tibetan regions of China about one of the last living Tibetans who had memorized “Gesar of Ling\,” an epic poem that tells of Tibet’s ancient past. \nFrom 2010 to 2016\, Mr. Schmitz was the China correspondent for American Public Media’s Marketplace. He’s also worked as a reporter for NPR Member stations KQED\, KPCC\, and MPR. Prior to his radio career\, Schmitz lived and worked in China — first as a teacher for the Peace Corps in the 1990s\, and later as a freelance print and video journalist. He also lived in Spain for two years. He speaks Mandarin and Spanish. He has a bachelor’s degree in Spanish literature from the University of Minnesota\, Duluth\, and a master’s degree from Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. \n.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-22/
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SUMMARY:A New Government; A New Foreign Policy? What to Expect from Berlin after Angela Merkel
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 1\, the ACG will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Markus Ziener\, Helmut Schmidt Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. With support from 1014. \nPlease Note: Proof of vaccination is required to attend.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Markus Ziener is a Professor of Journalism at the Hochschule für Medien\, Kommunikation und Wirtschaft (HMKW)\, University of Applied Sciences\, in Berlin. He teaches political theory and economics\, mass media\, journalistic writing\, and the history of the press. He is also the global affairs correspondent of the newspaper The Straits Times in Singapore and a regular contributor to the Neue Zürcher Zeitung and Deutschlandfunk/Deutschlandradio. \nFrom 2006 to 2012\, he was Washington Bureau Chief of Handelsblatt\, Germany’s business daily. Prior to that\, he worked as a field reporter\, covering the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. He has also served as Handelsblatt’s correspondent in Moscow (1994–1999) and Eastern Europe (1990–1994). From 1999 to 2001\, he was foreign editor with the Financial Times Deutschland. \nOriginally from Darmstadt\, he obtained his Ph.D. in politics at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin\, examining financial crises and reforms in Poland. He also spent time at Duke University through a GMF fellowship for foreign journalists.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-new-government-a-new-foreign-policy-what-to-expect-from-berlin-after-angela-merkel/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211103T120000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s New Foreign Policy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Social Democrat Party (SPD) is set to lead the next government in Germany at a critical moment when expanding Chinese influence\, Russian interference\, Brexit\, and growing authoritarianism in Europe and elsewhere meet climate change and migration crises. What will the new governing coalition do to meet these challenges and what will be Germany’s foreign policy priorities? \n\nJoin the German Society of Pennsylvania and the American Council on Germany’s Philadelphia Warburg Chapter for an in-person lunch discussion with Bundestag Member Metin Hakverdi\, chair of the SPD’s Working Group on USA/North America in the German Parliament—where he also serves as a member of the Parliamentary Committee for European Union Affairs. \n\nThe event will take place Wednesday\, November 3 from 12:00-1:30 pm at the German Society’s historic home at 611 Spring Garden Street in Philadelphia. Lunch will be provided. Some parking is available\, and the building is accessible by public transportation.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.germansociety.org%2Fclasses%2Fgermanys-new-foreign-policy-a-conversation-and-lunch-with-bundestag-member-metin-hakverdi-spd-chair-of-the-spd-parliamentary-working-group-on-usa-north-america%2F” css=”.vc_custom_1635271051240{background-color: #1e73be !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He went to High School in Simi Valley\, California\, from 1985–86\, studied law at the Christian-Albrecht- University in Kiel and the Indiana University Maurer School of Law\, and was licensed to practice as a lawyer in 2000. Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002. He was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. In the Bundestag\, he is a member of the Committee European Union Affairs and the Finance Committee. Hakverdi is Chairman of the Working Group on USA/North America within the SPD Parliamentary Group. He is a member of the German–U.S. Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag\, the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.\, and Global Bridges e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-new-foreign-policy/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211104T113000
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SUMMARY:Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next German Government
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter\, Northeastern University\, and World Boston will host a discussion and luncheon with Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD). \nThere is no charge to attend this event.\nPlease note: Proof of vaccination is required to attend.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in Hamburg-Harburg on September 26th was resounding — with nearly 40 percent of the vote. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Finance Committee. He is the Chairman of the USA/North America Working Group within the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the German-American Parliamentary Friendship Group in the German Bundestag. \nBefore being elected to the Bundestag\, Mr. Hakverdi was a member of the Parliament of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg from 2008 to 2013\, where he was on the Budget Committee and the Committee of Public Companies and Assets. He attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and at Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He became licensed to practice law in 2000.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/foreign-policy-priorities-for-the-next-german-government/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211115T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211115T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday\, November 15 at 9:00 am ET\, for a discussion about German politics with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming. .[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5016365739644%2FWN_-lq6n7sBTuaj3RQWJvil0A” css=”.vc_custom_1636574042700{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 writer for the Tagesspiegel\, where he heads the opinion page. 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-23/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211118T090000
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SUMMARY:Progress or Status Quo on Climate Change? Takeaways from COP26
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Over the past two weeks\, representatives from nearly 200 countries convened in Glasgow for COP26 to discuss new plans to tackle climate change. The conference was regarded as the best – and last – chance to save the earth from the catastrophic consequences of global warming. However\, many attendees\, analysts\, and observers believe it fell short. Although the countries agreed there is a problem\, few actionable solutions were hammered out. \nJoin us on November 18 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Bundestag Member Lisa Badum (The Greens)\, who attended COP26 as part of the German delegation. She will reflect on the climate deal which was reached and what it means for the future of climate change policy. This event is supported by the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2016370744426%2FWN_WsaCov_eQPWftl1TBwJRow” css=”.vc_custom_1637074475478{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lisa Badum has been a Member of the German Bundestag since the autumn of 2017 for the constituency of Bamberg and for the whole of Upper Franconia. She is the spokeswoman for climate policy in the green parliamentary group. She is a member of the Environment Committee and Deputy Member of the Committee on Economic and Energy Affairs. From 2012 to 2017\, she worked in the civil energy department at NATURSTROM AG. She served as a research assistant and advisor to Bundestag Member Uwe Kekeritz (Alliance 90 / The Greens) from 2010-2013. She has a background in political science and received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Bamberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/progress-or-status-quo-on-climate-change-takeaways-from-cop26/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211119T120000
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SUMMARY:Plundered Treasure – And The Nazi Art Thief Who Stole It
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Between 1933 and 1945\, the Nazis developed and operated an elaborate procurement system for art which they had looted from Jews and other victims of persecution during the Third Reich. Works of art were confiscated\, and many art collectors were forced to sell below value. In 2000\, a report to the U.S. Congress by historian and Holocaust researcher Dr. Jonathan Petropoulos revealed the full extent of the theft: Some 600\,000 works of art were taken by the Nazis within the sphere of influence of the Germans – a third in Germany and Austria alone. Many still have not been recovered. \nIn his latest book\, Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World\, Dr. Petropoulos tells the story of Bruno Lohse\, one of the key art experts who helped the Nazis loot European Jews. Join the American Council on Germany for a conversation with Young Leader alumnus Jonathan Petropulos\, which will be led by Dr. Ronald J. Granieri\, Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and Templeton Education Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute\, who is also a Young Leader alumnus.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1016370745713%2FWN_mb56i3hcSDmcGTF–HsccA” css=”.vc_custom_1637074605643{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jonathan Petropoulos is an American historian who writes about National Socialism and the fate of art looted during World War II. Dr. Petropoulos is John V. Croul Professor of European History at Claremont McKenna College in Claremont\, California. \nHe began working on the subject of Nazi art looting and restitution in 1983 when he started his graduate work in history and art history at Harvard as a student of the late Richard M. Hunt\, Vice Chairman of the ACG. He is the author of several books on the subject. His most recent book is Göring’s Man in Paris: The Story of a Nazi Art Plunderer and His World. \nFrom 1998 to 2000\, Dr. Petropoulos served as Research Director for Art and Cultural Property on the Presidential Commission on Holocaust Assets in the United States\, where he helped draft the report\, Restitution and Plunder: The U.S. and Holocaust Victims’ Assets. In this capacity\, he supervised a staff of researchers who combed archives in the United States and Europe in order to understand better how representatives of the U.S. government (including the Armed Forces) handled the assets of Holocaust victims both during and after the war. As Research Director\, he provided expert testimony to the Select Committee on Culture\, Media and Sport in the U.K. House of Commons and to the Banking and Finance Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives. \nDr. Ronald J. Granieri is Associate Professor of History in the Department of National Security and Strategy at the U.S. Army War College and Templeton Education Fellow at the Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI). \nA graduate of Harvard and the University of Chicago and a former Federal Chancellor Scholar of the Alexander von Humboldt-Stiftung\, Dr. Granieri is the author of The Ambivalent Alliance: Konrad Adenauer\, the CDU/CSU\, and the West\, 1949-1966 as well as articles on German history\, European-American relations\, the Cold War\, and contemporary politics.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/plundered-treasure-and-the-nazi-art-thief-who-stole-it/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211122T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Each week\, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. \nJoin us on Monday\, November 22 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion on the latest developments in coalition negotiations\, the fight against COVID\, and more with Sumi Somoskanda\, Senior News Anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7016373495519%2FWN_GJiNOKtPQf2ZsmdrUYWXvg” css=”.vc_custom_1637349611490{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sumi Somoskanda is currently a senior news anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle)\, Germany’s international broadcaster. Sumi reports on Germany for various international publications\, including The Atlantic\, Foreign Policy\, Washington Post\, Al Jazeera\, Global Post\, Newsweek\, PRI\, and USA Today. She served as an editor at the Berlin Policy Journal\, Germany’s premiere English-language foreign affairs magazine. \nShe regularly moderates panels and conferences both in Germany and the US and lectures American university students at the CIEE Global Institute in Berlin. Sumi is an alumna of the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship program and part of the BMW Foundation Responsible Leaders Network. In addition to her native English\, she speaks fluent German and Spanish\, and conversational Tamil.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-24/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211123T110000
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SUMMARY:The Evolving Humanitarian Crisis at Europe’s Door
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent months\, there has been an increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the border from Belarus into Poland – and with that the European Union. As the waves of people from Afghanistan\, Iraq\, Syria\, and other countries has spiked and winter weather has become more severe\, the situation is becoming more dire. European leaders have accused the government of Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenko of facilitating illegal border crossing into Poland – as well as Latvia and Lithuania – in retaliation for EU sanctions. Although Lukashenko denies these accusations\, a humanitarian crisis is unfolding as the 3\,000 to 4\,000 migrants stranded at the border are creating the most dramatic challenge to the EU’s borders since 2015\, when hundreds of thousands of migrants gathered in Turkey to enter Europe. \nJoin the American Council on Germany for a discussion about the crisis on the border with Belarus and how the EU and the transatlantic community can best respond with Dr. Jörg Forbrig\, Senior Fellow and Director for Central and Eastern Europe at The German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and Katsiaryna Shmatsina\, Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”register here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9416373490367%2FWN_jHfrZXTAQCi2L8TpXXnyLg” css=”.vc_custom_1637349099278{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jörg Forbrig is a Senior Fellow and the Director for Central and Eastern Europe in the German Marshall Fund’s Berlin office. His work focuses on Europe’s East broadly\, including the Eastern-most member countries of the European Union and NATO\, the EU’s Eastern neighborhood\, and Russia. In addition\, he leads GMF efforts to assist civil society in Belarus\, and he works closely with the Balkan Trust for Democracy and the Black Sea Trust for Regional Cooperation to bolster democracy assistance to Central and Eastern Europe at large. Prior to joining GMF in 2002\, Dr. Forbrig worked as a Robert Bosch Foundation fellow at the Center for International Relations in Warsaw\, Poland. \nHe has been published widely on democracy\, civil society\, and Central and Eastern European affairs\, including the books Reclaiming Democracy (2007)\, Prospects for Democracy in Belarus (2006)\, and Revisiting Youth Political Participation (2005). He is also a regular contributor to major international media. Dr. Forbrig studied political science\, sociology\, and Eastern European affairs at universities in Germany\, Poland\, and Hungary. He holds a Ph.D. in social and political sciences from the European University Institute in Florence and a master’s in political science from Central European University in Budapest. He speaks English\, Russian\, Polish\, and Slovak in addition to his native German.\nKatsiaryna Shmatsina is a Fellow at the Belarusian Institute for Strategic Studies\, where she focuses on foreign and security policy\, international risk\, Russia\, Eurasia\, and NATO. Previously\, she worked for the American Bar Association where she was involved with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP)\, especially in projects on good governance and rule of law in UNDP in-country offices. She also served as a pro bono local expert on Belarus for the World Bank’s Doing Business and Women\, Business\, and the Law reports. \nIn the summer of 2019\, she was a research fellow at the Polish Institute of International Affairs in Warsaw. In 2018\, she was awarded a fellowship at the Daniel Morgan Graduate School of National Security\, Washington DC. In 2016\, she received a Civil Society Leadership Award from the Open Society Foundations. Ms. Shmatsina holds a master’s degree in International Relations from Syracuse University\, New York (2016) and a degree in law from Belarusian State University (2013). Apart from mother-tongue Belarusian\, she commands Russian\, English\, German\, and French[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-evolving-humanitarian-crisis-at-europes-door/
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