• Resilience and Adaptation: Media and the Corona Crisis

    Virtual Discussions

    ournalism and the media play an indispensable role in democracies – especially in times of crisis. How can journalists keep the public informed about the world around them in the...

  • A Marathon EU Summit: Compromise and Concessions

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    After  days and nights of negotiations at the longest EU Summit in 20 years, European leaders announced that they had reached agreement regarding a $857 billion pandemic recovery plan. Leaving perhaps her final mark on the European Union, Chancellor Angela Merkel was instrumental in achieving European consensus regarding this new plan.   Join us Thursday, July...

  • Fighting the Pandemic and Balancing Economic, Social, and Health Challenges in Europe and the United States

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    After Germany's first confirmed COVID-19 case was documented near Munich, Bavaria was forced to take up the fight against the pandemic. Confronted with high infection rates and located in close proximity to Austria and northern Italy, Bavaria had to act swiftly to prevent a health care disaster. But, as the chair of the Ministers-President Conference,...