• Political Persecution and State-Sanctioned Air Piracy in Belarus: How Should the West Respond?

    On May 23rd Alexander Lukashenko, who has served as the President of Belarus since 1994, ordered the forced landing of a European civilian airliner traveling from Athens to Vilnius in the Belarussian capital, Minsk, due to an alleged security threat in his country’s airspace. The real objective, however, was to detain a Belarusian political journalist, Raman...

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    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 Wednesday, June 2 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with political journalist Corinna Emundts.Corinna Emundts (2004 ACG Kellen Fellow) is a political journalist in Berlin. From 2008 to...

  • Revisiting “The City of Man”: The Future of Multilateral Politics

    From the threat of pandemics to climate change, the rule of law, terrorism, and human rights, the world faces existential problems that nation-states cannot solve alone. But the necessary cooperation in a globalized world presupposes that certain principles and values are shared by all people. Multilateralism is as much a prerequisite as an instrument for...

  • Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

    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, June 7 at 9:00 am ET for a discussion with Sumi Somoskanda, Senior News Anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle).Sumi Somoskanda is currently a senior news anchor at DW News (Deutsche Welle), Germany's...