• The Russian-Ukraine War and European Security: Defense and Deterrence 2023

    Germany Events

    In cooperation with the Aspen Institute Germany, Berlin Dialogue, and the German-American Exchange, the ACG will host an off-the-record discussion with Heather Conley, President of the German Marshall Fund of the United States; NATO Secretary General Mircea Geona; Ambassador Oleksii Makeiev, Ukrainian Embassy Berlin; and Minister of State Tobias Lindner, Federal Foreign Office.

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Munich?

    Virtual Discussions

    The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Tuesday, February 21, at 9:00 am ET for a special Kaffeepause following the Munich Security Conference with Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times.Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic...

  • Understanding Germany: One Year After the Zeitenwende

    Virtual Discussions

    Three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addressed a special session of the Bundestag on Sunday, February 27. In his Zeitenwende speech, he laid out a set of transformative – and ambitious – measures for Germany’s foreign, security, and energy policies. The speech was perceived as a major turning point for...