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SUMMARY:Germany’s G7 Presidency in a Period of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 15\, the ACG and the German Consulate General will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Florian Toncar\, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \n  \nDr. Florian Toncar has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance since December 2021. Since 2017\, he has also been Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag. In 2009\, he became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Chair of the FDP’s Expert Committee for Home Affairs and Law in Baden-Württemberg\, positions he continues to hold. From 2009 to 2013\, he was Chair of the Financial Markets Advisory Committee\, and he served as Deputy Leader of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag from 2011 to 2013. \nDr. Toncar studied law in Regensburg\, Cambridge\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-g7-presidency-in-a-period-of-crisis/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T110000
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SUMMARY:Global Trends in Authoritarian Interference in Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Democratic backsliding has become a defining trend in global politics over the past two decades. This has caused authoritarianism and authoritarian regimes to gain more traction around the world. One of the many mechanisms for “antidemocratic” leaders is interference in elections\, be it in their own countries or in other countries. \nJoin ACG and 1014 for another discussion as part of their virtual series Democracies und Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order. We will be joined by experts Dr. John Glenn and Sarah Pagung for a discussion about authoritarian influence through interference in elections ranging from resenting results to manipulating or pre-determine election outcomes.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7416679217274%2FWN_HNE0PiknRLCNVrSMwP0iNw” css=”.vc_custom_1667921865202{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. John K. Glenn is Senior Director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies\, where he oversees and develops the Forum’s cross-cutting analytic and research activity in areas including transnational kleptocracy\, the integrity of the information space\, emerging technology\, and modern authoritarian influence. \nDr. Glenn has over 20 years of international experience in the nonprofit\, foundation\, and academic sectors\, having previously served as policy director at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition\, director of foreign policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and executive director of the Council for European Studies. \nHe serves as adjunct faculty at the Elliott School for International Relations at George Washington University where he teaches graduate seminars on transatlantic relations\, having previously taught at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  He is also an HFX Fellow on the Agenda Working Group for the Halifax International Security Forum. \nHe holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and Ph.D. and A.M. from Harvard University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.  He is the author of numerous articles\, reports\, and books on international affairs and democratic development\, including Framing Democracy (Stanford University Press) and The Power and Limits of NGOs (Columbia University Press\, co-edited with Sarah Mendelson). \nSarah Pagung has been an Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) since February 2019. Her research focuses on Russian foreign and information policies and on Moldova. Until December 2018\, Ms. Pagung worked as a Program Officer for the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe\, Russia\, and Central Asia\, where she managed the discussion group on Russia and the Eastern Partnership as well as the joint project “A New Western Ostpolitik” with Johns Hopkins University. From 2013 to 2015\, she worked in the project team of the Carl Friedrich Goerdeler Kolleg. \nMs. Pagung is currently working on a doctorate on the impact of Russian propaganda and information policy on Germany at the Freie Universität Berlin\, where she studied political science. She is also an adjunct lecturer there and serves as a seminar facilitator for various formats relating to European foreign policy and Eastern Europe. From 2012 to 2013\, she worked in youth and adult education in Saint Petersburg on behalf of the European Voluntary Service’s German-Russian exchange program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/global-trends-in-authoritarian-interference-in-elections/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T090000
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SUMMARY:Food Security and the Economic Implications of the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The war in Ukraine has implications that reach far beyond its borders. The conflict has exacerbated critical issues in many parts of the world – like food insecurity. During the war\, we have seen food prices increase as Ukraine (one of the world’s “bread baskets”) has come under attack. Grain prices have vacillated as shipping lanes through the Black Sea have opened and closed. \nJoin ACG and 1014 for another discussion as part of their virtual series Democracies und Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order. We will be joined by experts Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and Alexander Müller for a discussion about global food insecurity and how it has been made worse through the war in Ukraine.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2916680186564%2FWN_RJhtfYJ9TBGkLkuvfgE7HA” css=”.vc_custom_1668018685157{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Ertharin Cousin currently serves as the CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future\, a nutrition impact investment fund; a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; a Bosch Academy\, Robert Weizsäcker Fellow; and as a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University\, Center on Food Security and Environment. \nFrom 2012 until 2017\, she led the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). As Executive Director\, Ambassador Cousin guided the 14\,000-member WFP team feeding more than 80 million people each year; while she identified and championed longer-term\, more sustainable solutions for global food insecurity and hunger. \nIn 2009\, Ambassador Cousin was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome. Prior to her global hunger work\, she helped lead the U.S. domestic fight to end hunger including service as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of America’s Second Harvest -now Feeding America. She is currently a member of the Bayer AG Supervisory Board\, the Mondelez International Board of Directors\, the Royal DSM Sustainability Board\, and a Trustee of the African agriculture thinktank Academia2063. \nShe is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago\, the University of Georgia Law School\, and the University of Chicago Executive Management Program-Finance for Non-Financial Executives. She has been listed numerous times on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List\, as the Fortune Most Powerful Woman in Food and Drink\, on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list\, and as one of the 500 Most Powerful People on the Planet by Foreign Policy magazine. \nAlexander Müller is the Founder and Managing Director of TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability in Berlin and Study Leader of “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood)” hosted by UN Environment. He is a Member of the German Council for Sustainability. \nPreviously he served as Assistant-Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 2006 to 2013\, as a member of the UN Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC)\, and as chair of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN). In Germany\, he served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection\, Food\, and Agriculture\, from 2001 to 2005\, and as State Secretary in the Ministry of Youth\, Family Affairs\, and Health in the state of Hesse\, among others. \nMr. Müller received a diploma in sociology from Philipps University in Marburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/food-security-and-the-economic-implications-of-the-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T120000
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SUMMARY:Recalibrating German Foreign Policy After the Zeitenwende
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 16\, the ACG and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will host a discussion and luncheon with Lars Klingbeil\, Party Leader of the  Social Democratic Party of Germany. \nLars Klingbeil is a German politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 2021. Mr. Klingbeil first joined the SPD in 1996\, and in 2009\, he was elected to represent the Rotenburg I – Heidekreis district in the German Bundestag. Since 2017\, he has been a directly elected representative. From 2017 to 2021\, Mr. Klingbeil was Secretary General of the SPD\, and from 2009 to 2017\, he was digital policy spokesman for the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the Defense Committee. He is a founding member of D64 – Center for Digital Progress and a member of AWO\, a national workers’ welfare association\, and IG BCE\, a trade union for the mining\, chemistry\, and energy industries. Mr. Klingbeil was born in Soltau in 1978 and grew up in Munster in the Lüneburg Heath.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/recalibrating-german-foreign-policy-after-the-zeitenwende/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T180000
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SUMMARY:Midterm Assessment of the Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 17\, the ACG and the Freunde des ACG will host a discussion and reception with Timothy E. Liston\, US-Generalkonsul in München\, and Stefan Kornelius\, Ressortleiter Politik\, Süddeutsche Zeitung. \nTimothy E. Liston ist seit Ende Juli 2021 US-Generalkonsul in München und seit 2002 als Beamter des Auswärtigen Dienstes tätig. Er absolvierte zuletzt ein Jahr am National War College\, wo er einen Master of Science in National Security Strategy erwarb. Zuvor war er von 2016 bis 2020 stellvertretender Leiter des US-Konsulats in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt. Von 2013-2016 arbeitete er bei der Ständigen Vertretung der USA bei internationalen Organisationen in Wien\, wo er als stellvertretender Botschaftsrat für Angelegenheiten der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde für die friedliche Nutzung der Kernenergie zuständig war und die JCPOA-Verhandlungen unterstützte. Zudem war Tim E. Liston in Washington in der Militärpolitik-Abteilung des Außenministeriums tätig und dort für Südostasien zuständig. Außerdem war er in der US-Botschaft in Hanoi\, in welcher er sich auf das Südchinesische Meer\, die vietnamesische Innenpolitik und politisch-militärische Fragen konzentrierte. Er war Handelsoffizier und Konsul für Politik & Militär bei den Botschaften in Berlin bzw. Vilnius. Vor seinem Eintritt in den Auswärtigen Dienst arbeitete er bei der RAND Corporation und war Stipendiat des Robert-Bosch-Instituts und Teilnehmer des Praktikumsprogramms des Deutschen Bundestags. Neben seinem Abschluss am National War College hat Tim E. Liston einen Master der School of International and Public Affairs der Columbia University und einen Bachelor der University of Wisconsin in Internationale Beziehungen und Germanistik. Er spricht Deutsch\, Vietnamesisch und Litauisch. \nStefan Kornelius leitet seit 2021 das Politik-Ressort der Süddeutschen Zeitung. Von 2000 an war er für die Außenpolitik verantwortlich. Zuvor arbeitete er als stellvertretender Leiter des Berliner Büros und berichtete während der Clinton- Präsidentschaft als Korrespondent aus Washington. Von 1991 bis 1996 war Herr Kornelius als Korrespondent im Bonner Bundesbüro der SZ für die Berichterstattung über Verteidigung und sicherheitspolitische Themen sowie über die CDU zuständig. Er absolvierte die Henri-Nannen-Journalistenschule und studierte an der Universität Bonn und der London School of Economics. Er ist Mitbegründer der Zeitschrift Medium Magazin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/midterm-assessment-of-the-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.\nJoin us on Monday\, November 21\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][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-53/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, November 28\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Anja Wehler-Schoeck\, International Editor\, Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2916692236269%2FWN_Jnr-oQSMQPO4ClJCvXB9eg” css=”.vc_custom_1669223656117{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Anja Wehler-Schoeck is the International Editor at the German newspaper Tagesspiegel. Prior to that\, she served as Editor-in-Chief of IPG Journal\, a debate forum for international and European policy. Previously\, she worked as Political Counselor at the German Embassy in Washington\, DC\, and headed the Amman office of the German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung as Country Director for Jordan and Iraq.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-54/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T133000
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SUMMARY:Thoughts and Hopes:  The Transatlantic Partnership in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 28\, the Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Berlin\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and Chairman of the American Council on Germany. \nAmbassador John B. Emerson was named Chairman of the American Council on Germany at the Council’s Annual Meeting of the Members on January 17\, 2018. He is Vice Chairman at Capital Group International. Previously\, he was 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. \nBefore going to Berlin\, he was the President of Capital Group Private Client Services from 1997 to July 2013. Previously\, he served on President Clinton’s senior staff\, from 1993 to 1997\, as Deputy Director of Presidential Personnel\, and subsequently as Deputy Director of Intergovernmental Affairs. Ambassador Emerson also coordinated the Economic Conference of the Clinton-Gore transition team and led the Administration’s efforts to obtain congressional approval of the GATT Uruguay Round Agreement in 1994\, and the extension of China’s Most-Favored-Nation trading status in 1996. In 2010\, President Obama appointed Ambassador Emerson to serve on the President’s Advisory Committee for Trade Policy and Negotiations. Earlier in his career\, Ambassador Emerson served as the Los Angeles Chief Deputy City Attorney\, from 1987 to 1993. \nIn 1988\, he traveled to Germany on an ACG Political Exchange Fellowship\, carried out in collaboration with the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung. Before that\, he was a Partner at Manatt\, Phelps & Phillips\, specializing in business and entertainment litigation and administrative law.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-amb-emerson-in-la-tickets-464700480647″ css=”.vc_custom_1668014929547{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/thoughts-and-hopes-the-transatlantic-partnership-in-turbulent-times/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T120000
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SUMMARY:Food for Thought: How States Can Contribute to Achieving a Sustainable Agricultural Future
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While global challenges are addressed by national governments\, increasingly subnational actors such as states\, communities\, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlocks. This trend has also characterized transatlantic relations and the German-American partnership. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue draws on this notion\, focusing on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common transatlantic challenges. \nAgriculture is of crucial importance for the economy\, society\, the environment\, and the future of the planet. An environmentally\, economically\, and socially sustainable agriculture can contribute to protecting natural resources\, preserving biodiversity\, mitigating climate change\, and ensuring global food security. It also plays a significant role in promoting the future prosperity of rural areas and strengthening social cohesion. At the same time\, the sector faces significant challenges due to rising population growth\, declining biodiversity\, new training demands\, and the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Russia’s war against Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic have added stress to supply chains and led to rising investment costs\, price volatility\, and global trade conflicts. How can U.S. states and German Länder address these issues and shape the framework for a more sustainable agricultural future? \nTo discuss these issues\, the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany invite you to the next discussion in our virtual event series State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue with German and American state legislators including Representative Sydney Carlin (D)\, Kansas House of Representatives\, Senator Russ Goodman (R)\, Georgia State Senate\, and Elrid Pasbrig MdL (SPD)\, State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1716692220400%2FWN_z3IjeToSQUSWRXkECN66rg” css=”.vc_custom_1669222070404{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sydney Carlin has been a member of the Kansas House of Representatives\, representing the 66th district\, since 2003. She is the Ranking Minority Member of both the Kansas House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget. Ms. Carlin is a member of a number of community organizations\, including the American Cancer Society\, American Legion\, Fraternal Order of Police\, Habitat for Humanity\, the American Heart Association\, and the Manhattan Arts Center. Prior to being elected to the Kansas House\, she served on the Manhattan City Commission from 1993–97 and as mayor of Manhattan from 1996-97. \nRuss Goodman has been a member of the Georgia State Senate since 2021\, representing the 8th district. He serves as the Secretary for the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. Mr. Goodman is a seventh-generation South Georgia farmer and entrepreneur with a passion for agriculture and rural Georgia. He is the co-owner of multiple businesses\, including the Great American Cobbler Company\, his family-operated fruit cobbler company\, and Cogdell Berry Farm\, his family’s farm where he is involved in every facet of the operation. He is also co-owner of EnviroSpec\, a pressure washer supply store\, and manager at Timberline Reforestation which does tree planting throughout the Southeast. \nElrid Pasbrig has been a member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt since 2021. She is Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee for Agriculture\, Food\, and Forestry and spokesperson for agriculture\, animal welfare\, and petitions for the SPD parliamentary group. Born in 1974 in the Former German Democratic Republic in Zerbst/Anhalt\, Elrid Pasbrig was raised on a farm in a rural area. This upbringing shaped her interest in agriculture at a very young age. Ms. Pasbrig got her Master’s Degree in politics\, sociology\, and English and American Studies after studying in Germany\, Great Britain\, and Norway. She is member of the Social Democrats since 2000 and held different offices from community to state levels since then. Before the election\, she worked at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and at the Ministry of Economy and Science in Saxony-Anhalt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/food-for-thought-how-states-can-contribute-to-achieving-a-sustainable-agricultural-future/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221205T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, December 5\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Melissa Eddy\, New York Times Correspondent based in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1516700020945%2FWN_v02HgAVqQUOOQjwV09zGaw” css=”.vc_custom_1670002125412{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Melissa Eddy is a correspondent based in Berlin who covers German politics\, social issues\, and culture for The New York Times. Her most recent work has delved into the challenges of integrating one million refugees\, the spate of Islamist terror attacks\, and the legacy of a trove of Nazi-looted art. \nShe has covered Germany’s green energy transformation and Chancellor Angela Merkel since she entered office in 2005. A Minnesota native fluent in German and French\, she came to Germany as a Fulbright scholar in 1996. Before joining The International Herald Tribune\, now the international edition of The New York Times\, in 2015\, she was a correspondent for The Associated Press in Frankfurt\, Vienna\, and the Balkans[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-55/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221206T120000
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SUMMARY:In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine Understanding the War’s New Phase
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Tennessee World Affairs Council and the American Council on Germany launched the “In Focus: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine” series in January with a conversation with Ambassador John Kornblum as storm clouds gathered. The series has followed the twists and turns of the unprovoked war over the last nine months. \nNow\, Ukrainian forces have successfully pushed back Russian forces in the east while Russia continues to brutalize the civilian population with missile and drone strikes aimed at crippling infrastructure and energy supplies\, turning out lights and turning off the heat\, and weaponizing winter. Questions remain about the resilience of the West’s commitment to Ukraine — military\, humanitarian\, and other financial aid — and the endgame — what it will take to end the war. \nThe American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council are continuing their series of virtual events titled In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine. Join us for a discussion about the evolving crisis with Ambassador John Kornblum\, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_658tK86AS_6vpL8IRR5Vig” css=”.vc_custom_1669748316425{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador John C. Kornblum has a long record of service in the United States and Europe both as a diplomat and as a businessman. He is recognized as an eminent expert on U.S.-European political and economic relations\, in particular in Central and Eastern Europe. He served as the U.S. Ambassador to Germany from 1997 to 2001. Before that\, he occupied a number of high-level diplomatic posts\, including U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for European affairs\, Special Envoy for the Dayton Peace Process\, U.S. Ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (Helsinki Process)\, Deputy U.S. Ambassador to NATO\, and U.S. minister and deputy commandant of forces in divided Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/in-focus-russias-war-in-ukraine-understanding-the-wars-new-phase/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T120000
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SUMMARY:Finding Common Ground: German and U.S. Policies Toward China
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February recalibrated the attention of the transatlantic community toward Europe while pushing the longer-term challenges posed by China to the backburner. Yet\, Chinese President Xi Jinping’s “pro-Russia” neutrality in the Ukraine conflict and joint efforts by Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin to weaken the liberal rules-based order have not gone unnoticed in European capitals and Washington DC. In addition\, persistent concerns about Chinese human rights abuses\, influence operations in Europe\, unfair trade practices\, economic coercion\, and military pressure on Taiwan make it likely that China will remain high on the transatlantic agenda. \nXi has officially secured another five years as the head of the Chinese Communist Party and emerged from the 20th Party Congress in a strong position to advance his agenda\, which includes reshaping international politics and global governance so it is more favorable to China’s interests. Strengthened\, he will be even more confident in exerting Chinese influence regionally and globally\, less risk averse\, and likely even less willing to listen to alternative views from within the party system. \nIn light of this\, transatlantic coordination and cooperation will be even more critical. Join ACG and 1014 for another discussion as part of their virtual series Democracies under Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order. We will be joined by Sinologists Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer and Yun Sun for German and American perspectives on the complex relationship with China.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9616698401337%2FWN_CSTx8bt0SZuCBAWxlsp8Kg” css=”.vc_custom_1669840280016{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Kristin Shi-Kupfer is a Professor of Sinology at the University of Trier and a Senior Associate Fellow at MERICS. She is an expert on China’s digital politics\, media policy\, civil society\, and human rights. \nFrom 2013 until September 2020\, Dr. Shi-Kupfer headed MERICS’ research area on Public Policy and Society. She previously worked as a research associate at the University of Freiburg’s Institute for Sinology. She earned her Ph.D. from Ruhr University Bochum with a thesis on spiritual and religious groups in China after 1978. From 2007 to 2011\, she was based in Beijing\, covering China for various German-speaking media like the Austrian magazine Profil\, the German Protestant Press Agency EPD\, and the public radio station Deutsche Welle. Since 2019 she has been a member of the Sino-German Working Group on Digital Business Models initiated by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research. \nYun Sun is a Senior Fellow and Co-Director of the East Asia Program and Director of the China Program at the Stimson Center. Her expertise is in Chinese foreign policy\, U.S.-China relations\, and China’s relations with neighboring countries and authoritarian regimes. \nFrom 2011 to early 2014\, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution\, jointly appointed by the Foreign Policy Program and the Global Development Program\, where she focused on Chinese national security decision-making processes and China-Africa relations. From 2008 to 2011\, Yun was the China Analyst for the International Crisis Group based in Beijing\, specializing in China’s foreign policy towards conflict countries and the developing world. Before ICG\, she worked on U.S.-Asia relations in Washington\, DC for five years. Yun earned her master’s degree in international policy and practice from George Washington University\, as well as an MA in Asia Pacific studies and a BA in international relations from Foreign Affairs College in Beijing.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/finding-common-ground-german-and-u-s-policies-toward-china/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221207T120000
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SUMMARY:Bridge Over Troubled Water:   The Transatlantic Relationship in an Era of Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Join the ACG-Los Angeles for a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Stormy-Annika Mildner\, the Executive Director of Aspen Institute Germany. \nDr. Stormy-Annika Mildner (M.Sc.) became Director of the Aspen Institute Germany in Berlin\, a renowned policy-oriented think tank focusing on transatlantic relations and issues of global importance\, in January 2021. As an adjunct professor\, she teaches political economy at the Hertie School. From 2014 to 2020\, she served as head of the External Economic Policy Department at the Federation of German Industries (BDI)\, where she was responsible for international trade and investment issues. She spearheaded the German Business7 Presidency (2015) and the German Business20 Presidency (2016-2017) as Sherpa. Prior to joining BDI\, she was member of the Board of the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)\, worked as a lecturer at the John F. Kennedy Institute of the Free University of Berlin\, and headed the Globalization and the World Economy program at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). She completed research fellowships at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the Transatlantic Academy of the German Marshall Fund of the United States in Washington. She earned a Master of Science in International Political Economy from the London School of Economics and a Ph.D. in Economics from Freie Universität Berlin. During her doctoral studies\, she conducted a one-year fellowship at the Yale Center for International and Area Studies at Yale University.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-dr-stormy-annika-mildner-in-la-tickets-473388988207″ css=”.vc_custom_1669223872220{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/bridge-over-troubled-water-the-transatlantic-relationship-in-an-era-of-insecurity/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T103000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, December 12\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Marina Kormbaki\, Journalist for Der Spiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_YLoWpFgVSTyMG4NHI_9uOw”][vc_column_text]Marina Kormbaki has been with the weekly Der Spiegel since August 2022. She is in the Berlin bureau and covers German politics – with a special focus on the Green Party and foreign policy. She has been reporting on people\, politics\, and power in Berlin since 2015. Previously\, she worked for The Pioneer and\, before that the Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND). Earlier in her career\, she wrote for the Hannoverschen Allgemeinen Zeitung. She was born in Hannover and studied Social Sciences there.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-56/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221212T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T171941
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SUMMARY:After COP27: The G7 and the Global South
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Under the Climate and Environment Track during Germany’s G7 Presidency\, environment\, climate and energy ministers from G7 countries have pursued several goals including the accelerated global phase-out of coal; the forced decarbonization of certain sectors; the systematic transtition toward environmental sustainability in all areas of life; and initiatives to protect the ocean. This work builds on the previous G7 agenda\, which includes the sustainable use of resources\, adapting to the impact of the climate crisis\, and the development of environmentally sustainable supply chains. \nAfter COP27 and as Germany’s G7 Presidency draws to a close\, join the American Council on Germany and the German Embassy in Washington\, DC for the final event in their series of online discussions highlighting Germany’s G7 Presidency. \nOn Monday\, December 12\, climate experts Jennifer Lee Morgan\, State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action in the German Federal Foreign Office\, and Dr. Jonathan Pershing\, the Program Director of Environment at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation\, will discuss new initiatives to tackle the climate crisis and how the G7 countries can work with the Global South to address common challenges.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_ZnI8v7uIQUSoitQuE-7vfw”][vc_column_text]Jennifer Lee Morgan is a German-American environmental and climate expert who has worked extensively on both sides of the Atlantic. She has been State Secretary and Special Envoy for International Climate Action in the German Federal Foreign Office since March 2022. Before that\, she served as the Executive Director of Greenpeace International. From 2013 to 2016\, she was a Member of the German Council for Sustainable Development\, and from 2009 to 2016\, she was the Global Director of the Climate Program at the World Resources Institute in Washington\, DC. She served as a Member of the Scientific Advisory Board of the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research and has worked at the WWF International\, the U.S. Climate Action Network\, and the Natural Resources Defense Council. Earlier in her career\, she served as Coordinator of the Cities for Climate Protection Campaign at ICLEI in Freiburg. \nMs. Morgan earned her BA at Indiana University in Bloomington and a MA in International Affairs at the School of International Service at American University. She had a Robert Bosch Fellowship and served at the German Federal Ministry for the Environment \nDr. Jonathan Pershing is the Program Director of Environment at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. He leads a team of grantmakers focused on climate change in the United States\, China\, India\, Europe\, and Latin America\, and conserving the North American West. He served as Hewlett’s Environment Program director from 2017 to 2021 and returned to lead the program in 2022. \nFrom 2021 to 2022\, Dr. Pershing supported Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry in advancing various international commitments over the past year. Previously\, he served as Special Envoy for Climate Change at the U.S. Department of State and lead U.S. negotiator to the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change. In this capacity – as well as in his earlier capacity as Deputy Special Envoy – he was instrumental in securing the 2015 Paris climate agreement\, and subsequently\, as senior international climate advisor to the White House and Secretary of State\, was charged with overseeing its early implementation. \nHe holds a Ph.D. in geology and geophysics from the University of Minnesota. A scientist by training\, he served as a lead author\, review editor\, and contributor for reports of the Nobel-prize winning Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He has taught at the University of Minnesota and American University\, and he has published and lectured widely on climate and energy issues.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/after-cop27-the-g7-and-the-global-south/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221214T123000
DTSTAMP:20260403T171941
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SUMMARY:Covid\, War\, and Energy:  The Economic and Social Impact of Simultaneous Crises
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]COVID-19 and the war in Ukraine have created huge disruptions – with lasting implications at the global\, national\, and local levels. Although some concerns about the pandemic have subsided\, the medical community is talking about a “tripledemic” as the year draws to a close. The enduring public health crisis and the war have led to supply chain disruptions\, food shortages\, and rising prices for commodities like energy and food. What are the economic and social impacts of the myriad crises we are facing? And how can they be addressed? By government? Business? Civil society? \nJoin ACG and 1014 for another discussion as part of their virtual series Democracies under Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order. We will be joined by Prof. Dr. Jutta Allmendinger\, President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center\, and Dr. Adam Tooze\, Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History and Director of the European Institute at Columbia University\, to look at the economic and social impact of the simultaneous crises we are facing. The discussion will be moderated by journalist Ines Pohl\, Washington bureau chief for Deutsche Welle.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_QNNegpZ7T3SSH0yhLdlPzQ”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jutta Allmendinger is President of the WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of educational sociology and labor market research at Humboldt University. She is also a senior fellow at CES. Her research interests focus on gender inequality in the workplace\, sociology of the labor market\, rising inequality in Europe\, and educational reform in Germany. \nDr. Allmendinger earned her doctorate in social studies from Harvard. Before joining the WZB in 2007\, she was a Professor of Sociology at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich from 1992 to 2007 and director of the Institute of Employment Research in Nuremberg from 2003 to 2007. She was a fellow at Harvard Business School from 1991 to 1992. \nDr. Allmendinger serves on numerous advisory boards in Germany and abroad. She is a member of the Berlin Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities\, the German Academy of Engineering Science acatech\, and the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. \nDr. Adam Tooze has held the Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University since 2015 and also serves as Director of the European Institute. \nHaving received his BA in Economics from King’s College Cambridge in 1989\, he had the good fortune to witness the end of the Cold War in Berlin\, where he began his postgraduate studies. He received his Ph.D. from the London School of Economics. From 1996 to 2009\, Dr. Tooze taught at the University of Cambridge\, where he was a Reader in Modern History and Gurnee Hart fellow in History at Jesus College. After Cambridge\, Dr. Tooze was appointed to the Barton M. Biggs Professorship at Yale University\, where he succeeded Paul Kennedy as the Director of International Security Studies. \nIn February 2011\, he served as Thomas Hawkins Johnson Visiting Professor in Military History at West Point. Dr. Tooze’s first book\, Statistics and the German State: The Making of Modern Economic Knowledge\, appeared in 2001; Wages of Destruction: The Making and Breaking of the Nazi Economy was published in 2006; Deluge: The Great War and the Remaking of the Global Order 1916-1931 in 2014; Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World in 2018; and Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy in 2021. He has written and reviewed for the Financial Times\, the Guardian\, the Sunday Telegraph\, the Times Literary Supplement\, the London Review of Books\, the New Left Review\, the New Statesman\, the Wall Street Journal\, the New York Times\, the New York Review of Books\, Dissent\, Die Zeit\, Spiegel\, Tageszeitung\, and the Süddeutsche Zeitung. \nModerator: Ines Pohl is the Washington bureau chief for Deutsche Welle. She served as the Editor in Chief of Deutsche Welle from 2017-2020. During her three-year tenure\, she focused on increasing DW’s social media presence and the exclusive content of all 30 language services. She joined DW in 2015 as a correspondent in the Washington bureau. As a journalist\, she is particularly interested in questions of democratic legitimacy and transition and is passionate about human rights and the role of democratic structures in developing countries. Ms. Pohl strongly advocates using social media to enhance the connection between audiences and journalists in the digital age. \nShe was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University in 2005\, where she spent the year focused on immigration and the impact of religion and leadership. She currently serves on the board of trustees for “Reporters without Borders” and “Youth Against AIDS”. From 2009-2015\, Ms. Pohl was the editor-in-chief of Die Tageszeitung “taz\,” a national daily German newspaper\, where she launched a new weekend edition and restructured www.taz.de\, now one of Germany’s popular news sites.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/covid-war-and-energy-the-economic-and-social-impact-of-simultaneous-crises/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221215T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221215T120000
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SUMMARY:A Constant State of Crisis: Olaf Scholz’s Ampelkoalition One Year In
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When the three-party coalition under the leadership of Social Democrats assumed office a year ago\, no one could have anticipated the number – or severity – of the crises it would face. The Ampelkoalition of Social Democrats\, Greens\, and Free Democrats would have faced a steep learning curve under the best of circumstances. Lingering concerns over Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine have overshadowed the first year of this fledgling coalition. While it has met some of its campaign promises and had some other achievements\, two recent public opinion polls indicate that two-thirds of the population is dissatisfied with the Ampel. \nJoin us for a conversation with Stefan Kornelius\, the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, assessing the first year of the new government.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2FWN_0fHjUWw5TAaB1r3nNpfMLQ”][vc_column_text]Stefan Kornelius is the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. Previously he served as the 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. Before 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/a-constant-state-of-crisis-olaf-scholzs-ampelkoalition-one-year-in/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221219T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221219T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, December 19\, at 9:00 am ET for the last Kaffeepause of the year 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%2F7716710545007%2FWN_MDMaB2XhRbWzYPUSqiqeaQ” css=”.vc_custom_1671054533349{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. Before 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-57/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230109T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230109T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, January 9\, at 9:00 am ET for the first Kaffeepause of the year 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%2F7616727675223%2FWN_d0Shpa1ARXuF9tFefNqelw” css=”.vc_custom_1672767664830{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 2017 and February 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-58/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230123T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230123T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us for a Kaffeepause with Sonja Gillert\, Head of Audio and Podcaster for Die Welt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1016740647215%2FWN_4bVVV7JfSGePk6T-ivJ17A” css=”.vc_custom_1674064808908{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/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-59/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230126T120000
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SUMMARY:Global Challenges 60 Years after the Élysée Treaty
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following centuries of rivalry and conflict\, France and Germany sent a strong signal of post-war reconciliation and laid the foundation for close cooperation to support European integration when President Charles de Gaulle and Chancellor Konrad Adenauer signed the Élysée Treaty on January 22\, 1963. Six decades later\, the six-member European Economic Community has grown to a European Union with 27 member states\, East and West Germany have unified\, the United Kingdom has joined (1973) and left (2020) the European club\, the Soviet Union has dissolved\, and Russia has invaded Ukraine. In this transformed world\, the Franco-German alliance remains important\, but it faces new challenges. \nThis weekend\, President Emmanuel Macron and Chancellor Olaf Scholz will meet before the pair lead a joint cabinet meeting to mark the anniversary of the Elysée Treaty. How can the Franco-German alliance navigate the changing global order – and what lessons can be drawn 60 years after signing the treaty? Join the American Council on Germany and the French-American Foundation for a virtual discussion with Ambassador Antje Leendertse\, Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations\, and Ambassador Nicolas de Rivière\, Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9216742231256%2FWN_MHPCJk4wSACvQA3PGaWR3g” css=”.vc_custom_1674223162263{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Antje Leendertse has served as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the United Nations in New York since September 2021. Prior to this\, she was State Secretary of the Federal Foreign Office starting in 2019\, after serving as Political Director in the Foreign Office from 2018 to 2019. She has served as a Permanent Representative before\, in her capacity as Ambassador and Permanent Representative of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Office of the United Nations and the other international organizations in Geneva from 2017 to 2018. Before that\, she was Ambassador and Head of the Task Force for the 2016 OSCE Chairmanship from 2015 to 2017; Ambassador and Federal Government Commissioner for Disarmament and Arms Control in the Foreign Office from 2014 to 2015; and Ambassador and Director for Eastern Europe\, the Caucasus\, and Central Asia in the Foreign Office from 2012 to 2014. Before that\, Ambassador Leendertse served as Head of Division for the Western Balkans in the Foreign Office from 2009 to 2012. She entered the Foreign Service in the seminal year of 1990. She holds a master’s degree in medieval and modern history\, Romance languages\, economics\, and philosophy from the University of Cologne. \nAmbassador Nicolas de Rivière took office as Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York on 8th July 2019. A graduate of the “Condorcet” class of the Ecole nationale d’administration (ENA)\, he was previously Director General of Political and Security Affairs at the Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (2014-2019). He also served as Assistant Secretary for the United Nations\, International Organizations\, Human Rights and Francophonie (2011-2014) and Deputy Permanent Representative of France to the United Nations in New York (2009-2010). \nAmbassador de Rivière served in the offices of two Foreign Ministers: first\, as Counselor for Economic Affairs\, Asia and North America in the office of Dominique de Villepin (2002-2004)\, then as Counselor for International Economic issues\, Asia and Americas in the office of Michel Barnier (2004-2005). \nNicolas de Rivière was conferred the insignia of Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur in July 2015.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/global-challenges-60-years-after-the-elysee-treaty/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230130T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, January 30\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Matthew Karnitschnig\, Chief Europe Correspondent for Politico.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3516745717941%2FWN_YCgL3Fv4RAOHc2DdhIIM5g” css=”.vc_custom_1674571868581{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 BusinessWeek\, Reuters\, and Bloomberg. \nThe son of an Austrian father and an 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-60/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230202T130000
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SUMMARY:One Year On: Germany’s Foreign Policy Reckoning After Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On 27 February 2022\, three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced a set of transformative measures for Germany’s foreign and defense policy. One year on\, to what extent has the war in Ukraine changed not only German politics and public opinion but that of its allies? Looking ahead\, how will the “Zeitenwende” impact relations with actors like Russia and China? \nJoin the American Council on Germany\, the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, Körber-Stiftung\, Pew Research Center\, and the German Embassy in Washington for an in-depth review of what we can expect from Germany’s implementation of the foreign and defense policy changes that Chancellor Scholz announced almost a year ago. Julia Ganter\, Editor of “The Berlin Pulse” for the Körber-Stiftung\, and Jacob Poushter\, Associate Director of the Pew Research CenterPew Research Center\, will briefly share insights on German and U.S. public opinion based on the survey results of the annual report The Berlin Pulse. A panel discussion will follow with Ambassador Emily Haber\, German Ambassador to the United States; Ambassador Oksana Markarova\, Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States; Dan Baer\, Senior Vice President for Policy Research and Director of the Europe Program at Carnegie; and Sophia Besch\, Fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, and moderated by ACG President and CEO Dr. Steven E. Sokol. \nThis is a hybrid event and will be held in Washington\, DC.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fevents.ceip.org%2Foneyearongermanysforeignpolicyshiftandthewarinukra” css=”.vc_custom_1674745159411{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \n\n\n\nDan Baer is Senior Vice President for Policy Research and Director of the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Before\, he was the U.S. ambassador to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). \nSophia Besch is a Fellow in the Europe Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Her research focuses on European foreign and defense policy. \nJulia Ganter is the Program Manager and Editor of The Berlin Pulse. She is also responsible for Asia activities in the International Affairs Department of the Körber-Stiftung. \nAmbassador Emily Haber has been the German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Before her transfer to Washington\, DC\, she served in various leadership functions at the Foreign Office in Berlin. \nAmbassador Oksana Markarova is a Ukrainian politician and the current Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States. Before being appointed Ambassador\, she was the Minister of Finance of Ukraine. \nJacob Poushter is an Associate Director at Pew Research Center. His focus is on international survey research\, including public opinion on the international image of the United States and perceptions of global threats. \nDr. Steven E. Sokol (moderator) is the President and CEO of the American Council on Germany. He served as President and CEO of the World Affairs Council of Pittsburgh from July 2010 until April 2015. Before that\, he was Vice President and Director of Programs at the American Council on Germany.\n\n\n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/one-year-on-germanys-foreign-policy-reckoning-after-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230206T090000
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DTSTAMP:20260403T171941
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SUMMARY:Canceled - Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, February 6\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Paul-Anton Krüger\, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Paul-Anton Krüger has been the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung since the 2021 federal election. Previously he reported on political affairs and served as Deputy Head of the Foreign Policy Department with a focus on the Middle East and international security for three years. Before that\, he spent four years in Cairo and was 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-61/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230214T090000
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SUMMARY:A Rocky Road Ahead? German-American Friendshoring in an Era of Systemic Rivalry
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the American Institute of Contemporary German Studies (AICGS) will hold an official MSC side event with Franziska Brantner\, Parliamentary State Secretary\, German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action\, and Member of the German Bundestag (Greens); Lars Klingbeil\, Co-Chairman\, Social Democratic Party of Germany\, German Bundestag; Alexander Graf Lambsdorff\, Deputy Chairman\, Free Democratic Party Parliamentary Group\, German Bundestag; and Governor Phil Murphy\, Governor of New Jersey and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany; and others.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/a-rocky-road-ahead-german-american-friendshoring-in-an-era-of-systemic-rivalry/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230216T200000
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Innovation and Technology for National Security
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion on hybrid war in the 21st century followed by a reception with Wendy R. Anderson\, Senior Vice President\, Federal\, National Security at Palantir Technologies; Liesyl Franz\, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for International Cyberspace Security in the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Cyberspace and Digital Policy; Christopher Sharrock\, Vice President of United Nations and International Organizations at Microsoft; and Ambassador Kurt Volker\, President and Founder of Alliance Strategic Advisors\, LLC.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/leveraging-innovation-and-technology-for-national-security/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230217T083000
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SUMMARY:Endless War in Ukraine and Global Security
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and KPMG International will host a breakfast briefing with Jane Harman\, Distinguished Fellow and President Emerita of the Wilson Center and former Member of Congress\, and Lieutenant General Ben Hodges; Senior Advisor at Human Rights First and Retired Commanding General of the United States Army Europe; and 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/endless-war-in-ukraine-and-global-security-2/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230219T090000
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SUMMARY:The Russian-Ukraine War and European Security: Defense and Deterrence 2023
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/he-russian-ukraine-war-and-european-security-defense-and-deterrence-2023/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Munich?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on 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.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5716764734200%2FWN_nUJeoOpCQHKbBRcVidvR7A” css=”.vc_custom_1676473475553{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times\, a position he assumed in 2017. He is based in Brussels. \nMr. Erlanger was previously the Bureau Chief in London from 2013 to 2017; in Paris from 2008 to 2013; in Jerusalem from 2004 to 2008; in Berlin from 2001 to 2002; in Prague from 1999 to 2001; in Moscow from 1994 to 1996; and in Bangkok\, Thailand\, from 1988 to 1991. \nMr. Erlanger has also served as the newspaper’s Editor of cultural news from 2002 to 2004\, as the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Washington from 1996 to 1999\, and as a Moscow Correspondent from 1992 to 1994. He joined The Times in 1987 as a metro reporter. \nBefore coming to The Times\, Mr. Erlanger worked for The Boston Globe for 11 years. At The Globe\, he was a European Correspondent\, based in London from 1983 to 1987\, and the Deputy National and Foreign Editor for three years before that. He also served as Assistant National Editor and Assistant Foreign Editor and reported from Eastern Europe\, Canada\, and revolutionary Iran. \nFrom 1975 to 1983\, Mr. Erlanger was a teaching fellow at Harvard University\, first in the College and then at the Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government. He also was the assistant editor of the Nieman Reports\, the journal of Harvard’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism\, in 1975. \nMr. Erlanger shared the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting for a series about Russia\, and was part of a team awarded the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting for his work on Al Qaeda.  In 2016\, Mr. Erlanger was made a Chevalier of the Légion d’Honneur by the French government for his long career in journalism. He shared and received the American Society of News Editors’ Jesse Laventhol Prize for deadline reporting in 2001 for his work in the former Yugoslavia. He received the German Marshall Fund’s Peter Weitz Prize in 2000 for excellence and originality in reporting and analyzing European and transatlantic affairs and the Robert Livingston Award for International Reporting in 1981 for a series of articles about Eastern Europe. \nMr. Erlanger graduated from the Taft School in Watertown\, Conn.\, and received an A.B. degree\, magna cum laude\, Phi Beta Kappa\, from Harvard College in 1974. He majored in political philosophy in the government department. He also studied Russian as a senior fellow at St. Antony’s College\, Oxford. \nMr. Erlanger has published articles in The Economist\, The Spectator\, The New Statesman\, The New Republic\, The Financial Times\, Foreign Policy\, The National Interest\, the Columbia Journalism Review\, and other publications. He wrote a monograph\, “The Colonial Worker in Boston\, 1775\,” for the Bureau of Labor Statistics in 1975.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-munich-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230221T140000
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SUMMARY:One Year Later: Russia’s War in Ukraine\, Germany’s Policy Pivot\, and Implications for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Chicago Warburg Chapter and the University of Chicago International House will host a discussion and luncheon wth Metin Hakverdi\, Member of the Bundestag (SPD).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgermanys-policy-pivot-on-russias-war-in-ukraine-with-metin-hakverdi-tickets-513436350947″ css=”.vc_custom_1674137872227{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and on the Budget 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. Before 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. \nMr. Hakverdi attended high school in Simi Valley\, California\, in 1985/86 and studied law at the Christian-Albrecht University in Kiel and Indiana University’s Maurer School of Law. He was a distinguished visitor at the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in 2019 and a 2020 John F. Kennedy Memorial Policy Fellow at Harvard’s Center for European Studies (CES). He is a member of the Atlantik-Brücke e.V.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/one-year-later-russias-war-in-ukraine-germanys-policy-pivot-and-implications-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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