• Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    Virtual Discussions

    The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Berlin on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday, November 3, at 9:00 am for a Kaffeepause with ACG Young Leader Alum Clay Risen, Reporter and Editor at The New York Times, who spent the months of May and October reporting from Berlin.Clay Risen (2004 Young...

  • Rethinking Germany’s Approach to Russia

    Virtual Discussions

    For decades, the official German approach to Russia was defined by dialogue, trade, and the hope that economic interdependence would lead to political stability. In the wake of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, that assumption has been shattered — prompting a fundamental reckoning with the ideas and interests that shaped Germany's Russia policy. In their new...

  • From Law to Literature: A Conversation About Restitution

    Chapter Events

    The Charlotte Warburg Chapter and the World Affairs Council of Charlotte will host a discussion and luncheon with Tamar Shapiro, Author of the Novel Restitution and Urban Development Expert (2009 ACG McCloy Fellow).Tamar Shapiro’s debut novel Restitution tells the story of two American siblings who return to their mother’s East German hometown, from which their...