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SUMMARY:Financial Stability in an Unstable World:  A Central Banker’s Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany will host a discussion and luncheon with Professor Dr. Joachim Wuermeling\, Member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Professor Dr. Joachim Wuermeling has been a member of the Executive Board of the Deutsche Bundesbank since 2016. He is responsible for banking and financial supervision\, risk control\, and information technology. Prior to taking on his current position\, Professor Dr. Wuermeling\, who has a Ph.D. in Law\, held a variety of executive-level posts in the financial and insurance industries as well as in politics. From 2011 until his departure for the Bundesbank\, Professor Dr. Wuermeling was Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Association of Sparda-Banken in Frankfurt am Main. Prior to that\, he was a member of the Executive Board of the German Insurance Association (Gesamtverband der Deutschen Versicherungswirtschaft) for about three years. From 2005 to 2008\, Professor Dr. Wuermeling was State Secretary for European Affairs at the Federal Ministry for Economics and Technology\, where he was also responsible for coordinating European policy matters. From 1999 to 2005\, he was a member of the European Parliament (CSU). Professor Dr. Wuermeling also is a lecturer on European politics at the University of Potsdam.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/financial-stability-in-an-unstable-world-a-central-bankers-perspective/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220428T110000
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SUMMARY:Russia’s Renewed Offensive in Ukraine: Where Do We Go from Here?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Russian troops have withdrawn from Kyiv\, but Moscow has launched a renewed offensive in eastern Ukraine with the aim of securing control over Ukraine’s Donbas region. Russia increased air and missile strikes against several targets across Ukraine in the run-up to the renewed offensive – particularly around the line of contact in the east and southeast. Intense fighting is likely to continue throughout this region. Heavy fighting also continues in the strategic port city of Mariupol\, and the city will likely fall in the coming days. \nAgainst this backdrop\, President Zelenskyy continues to plead for more military aid. Join us for a virtual discussion about the ongoing war in Ukraine and the western response on Thursday\, April 28\, at 11:00 am ET with Lieutenant General Ben Hodges\, Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis and former Commanding General\, United States Army Europe\, and Dr. Claudia Major\, Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7016504730980%2FWN_cGNApChCQKudDuTfDfzWyg” css=”.vc_custom_1650473140013{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Lieutenant General Ben Hodges holds the Pershing Chair in Strategic Studies at the Center for European Policy Analysis which he joined in 2018. From 2014 to 2017\, General Hodges served as Commanding General\, United States Army Europe before his retirement from the Army in early 2018. General Hodges has also served in a variety of Joint and Army Staff positions including Tactics Instructor; Chief of Plans\, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea; Aide-de-Camp to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe; Chief of Staff\, XVIII Airborne Corps; Director of the Pakistan Afghanistan Coordination Cell on the Joint Staff; Chief of Legislative Liaison for the United States Army; and Commander\, NATO Allied Land Command (İzmir\, Turkey).\n​\nAfter his first assignment as an Infantry Lieutenant in Garlstedt\, Germany\, he commanded Infantry units at the Company\, Battalion\, and Brigade levels in the 101st Airborne Division\, including Command of the First Brigade Combat Team “Bastogne” of the 101st Airborne Division in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2003-2004). His other operational assignments include Chief of Operations for Multi-National Corps-Iraq in Operation IRAQI FREEDOM (2005-2006) and Director of Operations\, Regional Command South in Kandahar\, Afghanistan (2009-2010). \nDr. Claudia Major is Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. Her research\, advisory work\, publications\, and media contributions focus on security and defense policy in Europe and in a transatlantic context (NATO\, EU\, Germany\, UK\, France). Recent publications deal with Germany’s security and defense policy\, NATO’s strategic adaptation and future development\, developments in EU defense\, strategic autonomy\, and Franco-German relations in defense. Previously she held positions at the Center for Security Studies at the ETH Zurich\, the German Council on Foreign Relations\, the EU Institute for Security Studies (Paris)\, the German Foreign Office\, and Sciences Po Paris. She is a member of various boards\, including the Advisory Board for Civilian Crisis Prevention at the Federal Foreign Office. She holds a diploma from Sciences Po Paris and the Free University Berlin and a Ph.D. from the University of Birmingham\, UK.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/russias-renewed-offensive-in-ukraine-where-do-we-go-from-here/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220502T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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. \nJoin us on Monday\, May 2 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause on the latest developments in Berlin including Germany’s renewed commitment to sending weapons to Ukraine with Matthew Karnitschnig\, Chief European Correspondent for Politico.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4516510663179%2FWN_WyA0ZNUgRe-sp8XSj7XEuQ” css=”.vc_custom_1651066380923{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 Business Week\, Reuters\, and Bloomberg. \nThe son of an Austrian father and 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-42/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:New Faces in the Bundestag: What’s on the Agenda
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 2\, The American Council on Germany and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will host a discussion and luncheon with Isabel Cademartori\, Member of the German Bundestag (SPD). \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org. \n\nIsabel Cademartori was elected to the German Parliament in 2021\, where she represents the City of Mannheim. Ms. Cademartori is the only member of parliament with Hispanic heritage\, and she serves on the Committee on Housing\, Urban Development\, Building\, and Local Government\, as well as the Committee on Transport. She is also a deputy member of the Committee on Health. Ms. Cademartori has also been a member of the Mannheim City Council since 2019. \nPrior to her rise in electoral politics\, she studied Business and Economics Education at the University of Mannheim\, earning her master’s degree in 2014. Born in Brandenburg to a German mother and a Chilean father who immigrated to East Germany as a political refugee\, Ms. Cademartori’s biography is one of the more unusual among her colleagues in the Bundestag. Her grandfather\, Jose Cademartori\, was the Minister of Economics in Salvador Allende’s government and was forced to flee Chile after Pinochet’s military putsch. She studied abroad in Chile and South Africa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/new-faces-in-the-bundestag-whats-on-the-agenda/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220505T110000
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SUMMARY:Priorities for Germany's G7 Presidency
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Germany has an ambitious agenda for its G7 Presidency in 2022 – and faces unexpected challenges. When Germany assumed the Presidency on January 1st\, it sought to achieve “progress towards an equitable world” through a focus on sustainability\, economic stability\, public health\, and investment in a better future. And\, it recognized the importance of a multilateral approach to addressing common global challenges. In late February\, however\, Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine put the global economic and security order at risk. \nHow will Germany take the lead in developing global solutions in the face of open conflict in Europe? Join the American Council on Germany and the German Embassy in Washington\, DC for the first of several events on Germany’s G7 Presidency. On Thursday\, May 5\, Dr. Jörg Kukies\, State Secretary for Economic\, Finance\, and European Affairs – and one of Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s closes advisors – will provide an overview of the G7 Presidency prior to the G7 Leaders’ Summit in late June.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9816511544282%2FWN_lP5kxI84Sgmb7Zz09JPpiw” css=”.vc_custom_1651154463476{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jörg Kukies is the State Secretary for Economic\, Finance\, and European Affairs\, and G7/G20 Sherpa in the German Federal Chancellery. Previously\, he served as State Secretary for financial market policy and European policy at the Federal Ministry of Finance from April 2018. Before that\, he was co-chief executive officer of Goldman Sachs AG and managing director of the Frankfurt branch of Goldman Sachs International from 2014 to 2018. He has previously held positions in the product development team of Goldman Sachs International in London\, in the equities division for Germany and Austria in Frankfurt\, and as head of equity derivatives for Europe\, the Middle East\, and Africa at Goldman Sachs International from 2011 to 2014. \nDr. Kukies studied economics at Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris. He has a master’s in public administration from the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University\, and a Ph.D. in finance from the University of Chicago\, Graduate School of Business.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/priorities-for-germanys-g7-presidency/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220506T110000
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SUMMARY:The Cyber and Tech Dimension of Russia’s War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]When Russia launched a full-on invasion of Ukraine in late February\, many expected Moscow to undertake heavy cyber and information attacks as well as kinetic military action. More than two months into the war\, Kyiv has not only managed to keep the country online – despite a number of hacking attempts by Russia – but it has gone on the offensive. \nCyber attacks\, targeted disinformation campaigns\, and the threat of massive disruption as tools for modern warfare are nothing new. As a matter of fact\, over the past decade\, Russia has engaged in cyberattacks as a means to disrupt the global economy and to keep western countries off-balance. The cyber dimension of the “hot war” in Ukraine is an important reminder of the need to defend cyberspace. Join us for a virtual discussion with Berlin-based cybersecurity experts Tyson Barker and Heli Tiirmaa-Klaar on Friday\, May 6\, 2022\, at 11 am ET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3116515846035%2FWN_2cP_XmQ5Qqav3LW8WN_gkA” css=”.vc_custom_1651584649324{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Tyson Barker joined DGAP in October 2020 as head of its Technology and Global Affairs Program. He previously worked at Aspen Germany where\, as deputy executive director and fellow\, he was responsible for the institute’s digital and transatlantic programs. Prior to that\, Mr. Barker served in numerous positions including as senior advisor in the Bureau for European and Eurasian Affairs at the U.S. State Department and director for transatlantic relations at the Bertelsmann Foundation. He has written for numerous publications on both sides of the Atlantic including Foreign Affairs\, Foreign Policy\, Politico\, The Atlantic\, The National Interest\, and Der Spiegel. \nMr. Barker was a Fulbright scholar in Austria and a Truman National Security Project Fellow. He was a recipient of the Taiwan Cultural Exchange Fellowship and received a grant from the Starr Foundation to conduct research on Sino-European relations. Mr. Barker holds a bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a master’s degree from the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). In addition to his native English\, he speaks fluent German and Spanish. \nHeli Tiirmaa-Klaar has been the Director of the Digital Society Institute at the European School of Management and Technology in Berlin since January 2022. From 2018 to 2021\, she served as Ambassador for Cyber Diplomacy and Director General for the Cyber Diplomacy Department at the Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs\, where she led the efforts to promote international law and cyber norms during the Estonian tenure at the United Nations Security Council. From 2012 to 2018\, she was working as a Head of Cyber Policy Coordination at the European External Action Service where she coordinated EU external relations on cyber issues and co-led preparations of European Cyber Security Strategies since 2012. She set up EU strategic level cyber dialogues with the US\, India\, Brazil\, Japan\, South Korea\, China as well as other international organizations. She also kicked off EU global cyber capacity building programs and steered the development of the EU Cyber Diplomacy Toolbox to bolster European response to malicious cyber activities. In 2011\, she was assigned to the NATO International Staff to prepare the NATO Cyber Defense Policy. \nShe has been working on cyber and tech policies since 2007 when she led the development of the first whole-of-government Estonian Cyber Security Strategy. From 2008 to 2010\, she coordinated the implementation of the strategy\, managed the National Cyber Security Council\, and led the establishment of national cyber resilience structures as well as public-private partnerships. She has held various managerial and academic positions at the Estonian Ministry of Defense and the Tallinn University since 1995. She was a Fulbright Scholar at George Washington University and has published in several academic journals throughout her career.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-cyber-and-tech-dimension-of-russias-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220510T180000
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SUMMARY:Annual Meeting of the Members
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Annual Meeting of the Members \nDiscussion and Reception\nwith special guest speaker \nAmbassador Antje Leendertse\nPermanent Representative of Germany\nto the United Nations \nTuesday\, May 10\, 2022\n6:00 p.m. Speech and Reception[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/annual-meeting-of-the-members/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220512T120000
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SUMMARY:War and Conflict from a Female Perspective
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The war in Ukraine is displacing millions of people. Many women and children are leaving the country. But\, there are also women who have stayed behind and been on the frontline of the war in Ukraine – as fighters and as medics. They are tenacious in defending their homes and their country from Russian attacks. Who stays? Who leaves? And\, what motivates the women who stay to fight? \nThe role of women fighting against Russian forces is not unique. In the Congo\, they push back against warlords. In Afghanistan\, they counter the Taliban. In conflict zones around the world\, who are the women who fight back? And\, who are the women who don’t? Journalist Cosima Gill and war reporter Julia Leeb are co-hosts of a German-language podcast on the female perspective on war and conflict called “Women in War.” Join us for a virtual discussion with them on Thursday\, May 12 at 11 am ET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5616521216585%2FWN_qWfWtv7OR4OwjmK7fLX2Qg” css=”.vc_custom_1652121689697{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cosima Gill is a television journalist\, reporter\, and social media expert. Since 2018\, she has contributed to ARD’s program “Kontraste” and she has been an on-air reporter for the current affairs news program “Aktuelle Stunde” since 2017. \nPrior to this\, she was a reporter and journalist for n-tv and RTL where she also reported from many European countries. In 2014 and 2016\, she lived and reported from India for several months – for ARD and Deutsche Welle\, respectively. \nMs. Gill began her career as a journalist working as a free-lancer in Bonn before going to university in Geneva where she studied international relations. She also holds a Master’s Degree from King’s College in London\, where she focused on security studies and south Asia. \nJulia Leeb is a photojournalist and filmmaker. The emphasis of her work is on regions in political upheaval. She has done long-term projects in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)\, Egypt\, Syria\, Libya\, Afghanistan\, and Sudan. Her report on women living under the rule of a warlord in the jungle of the DRC was nominated for the Peter Scholl-Latour award. \nMs. Leeb studied International Relations and Diplomacy in Madrid. After graduation\, she worked for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Italy in Rome. In order to deepen her knowledge of the Middle East\, she moved to Egypt to study Arabic and conduct at the Institute for Peace Studies. \nMs. Leeb returned to Germany where she graduated from the media academy BAF in Munich. Since then she has worked as a war reporter focusing on the revolutions and wars in the Arab world. Later she extended her geographical reach and published the book “North Korea: Anonymous Country“ which was featured on National Public Radio\, The Wall Street Journal\, and other renowned international publications. In Germany\, the book was nominated for the national Photo Book Award.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/war-and-conflict-from-a-female-perspective/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220513T130000
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SUMMARY:The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine: A Crisis Or An Opportunity For German Foreign Policy?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Germany has made a dramatic shift in its foreign\, defense\, and energy policy as a direct result of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. After decades of Ostpolitik (a foreign policy of détente toward the Soviet Union and then Russia) and Wandel durch Handel (or “change through trade”)\, we have seen a major pivot in German policy toward Russia. But\, is it here to stay? And\, to what degree to Germany’s stance toward Moscow help Putin launch the current conflict? \nJoin us for a hybrid event with senior German diplomat Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger\, who served as the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from 2008 until 2022 and is now President of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference Foundation.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3516523566599%2FWN_qQthtrZOQsStVbVZrkKb6g” css=”.vc_custom_1652356696682{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Wolfgang Ischinger was the Chairman of the Munich Security Conference (MSC) from 2008 until 2022 and is now President of the Foundation Council of the Munich Security Conference Foundation. Additionally\, he teaches at the Hertie School in Berlin as Senior Professor for Security Policy and Diplomatic Practice. He advises the private sector\, governments\, and international organizations on strategic issues. \nAmbassador Ischinger began his career in 1973 in the cabinet of the UN Secretary-General in New York. In 1975\, he joined the Federal Republic of Germany’s Foreign Service. In 1993\, he was named Director of Policy Planning\, and in 1995 Political Director. In this role\, he led the German delegations during the Bosnian Peace negotiations in Dayton/Ohio in 1995\, the negotiations on the NATO-Russia Founding Act in 1996/1997\, and during the Kosovo crisis in 1998/99. In October 1998\, he was appointed State Secretary (Deputy Foreign Minister) of the German Federal Foreign Office. From 2001 to 2006\, he served as German Ambassador in Washington\, DC\, and\, from 2006 to 2008\, in London. In 2007\, he also represented the EU in the Troika negotiations on the future of Kosovo. \nIn 2014\, Ambassador Ischinger served as the Special Representative of the OSCE Chairman-In-Office in the Ukraine crisis. In 2015\, he chaired the OSCE-mandated “Panel of Eminent Persons on European Security as a Common Project” tasked with providing advice on how to build a more resilient European security architecture. \nAmbassador Ischinger serves as a member of a number of non-profit boards\, including the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP)\, the American Academy Berlin\, and Dialogue Europe Russia (DER) as well as the Atlantik-Brücke\, the Yalta European Strategy Group (YES) as well as the Atlantic Council\, Washington D.C. He is also a member of the Trilateral Commission\, and the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR). He also serves on the Supervisory Board of Hensoldt AG and on the International Advisory Board of Investcorp\, London. \nWolfgang Ischinger studied law at the universities of Bonn and Geneva and obtained his law degree in 1972.  He earned a MA degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy and did postgraduate work at Harvard Law School. He is married to author and journalist Jutta Falke-Ischinger\, and has three children. He is a licensed skiing instructor and loves mountaineering and hunting.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-russian-invasion-of-ukraine-a-crisis-or-an-opportunity-for-german-foreign-policy/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events,Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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\, May 16 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming\, who will discuss the state election in North Rhine Westphalia and other political developments in Germany and Europe.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5716523641600%2FWN_LO6ORJPkRiG-rGteyPD1AQ” css=”.vc_custom_1652364231448{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][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-43/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220518T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155202
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SUMMARY:Power-Politics in the Governing Coalition: Do State Elections Matter?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In March\, the Social Democrats were able to win by a wide margin in state elections in the Saarland\, a small state on the border of France and Luxembourg. Earlier this month\, voters in the northern state of Schleswig-Holstein gave the Christian Democrats an election victory. The Greens also did well – but the Free Democrats and especially the Social Democrats lost ground. This weekend voters in Germany’s most populous state North-Rhine Westphalia will take to the polls. The situation in each state is different – but these elections serve as a referendum on the leadership of Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his Ampelkoalition. The election results at the state level can serve as a stress test for the mood within the coalition – but can the results at the state level change the balance of power within the governing coalition? \nJoin us for a discussion about what the state elections mean for the governing coalition with journalist Paul-Anton Krüger\, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung\, on May 18 at 11 am ET.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2616524575019%2FWN_qyWRkU4rTlGl0Oh0U3t-ug” css=”.vc_custom_1652457535524{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Paul-Anton Krüger has been 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. Prior to that\, he spent four years based in Cairo and served as 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 since 2008\, and as head of the foreign policy department since 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/power-politics-in-the-governing-coalition-do-state-elections-matter/
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SUMMARY:Can the U.S.-EU Trade and Technology Council Succeed?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Nearly 12 months since it was created\, on May 15 and 16 the co-chairs of the U.S.-EU Technology and Trade Council (TTC) are meeting for the second time in Paris\, France. The first meeting took place in Pittsburgh\, PA last September – and the stated objective was to align U.S. and European approaches to key issues like AI and global supply chains\, deepen transatlantic ties\, and encourage the spread of democratic and market-oriented values. While these objectives might still hold\, the world has changed since the first meeting. Russia’s war in Ukraine is likely to dominate the agenda\, but U.S. and European officials will also have to talk about how to develop a common approach China. Despite the current global challenges\, can the TTC serve as a vehicle to revitalize U.S.-EU economic relations in a limited number of strategically important areas? \nJoin us on the heels of the meeting in Paris on May 19 at 10 am ET for a discussion with Dr. Laura von Daniels\, Head of Research Unit “The Americas” at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik)\, about the TTC meeting in Paris.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4716528111186%2FWN_-x5FAD80R_6wJbn0bAJXZQ” css=”.vc_custom_1652811159011{background-color: #1e73be !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Laura von Daniels is the Head of Research Unit “The Americas” at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik). Her areas of expertise include the international financial system\, financial and debt crisis\, and foreign trade policy\, with a focus on U.S. economic policy\, monetary policy\, trade policy\, trade agreements\, Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS)\, financial crisis\, and financial regulation.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/can-the-u-s-eu-trade-and-technology-council-succeed/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220519T140000
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SUMMARY:From the War in Ukraine to the Technology and Trade Council Meeting: A Transatlantic Economic Update
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 19\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton\, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/from-the-war-in-ukraine-to-the-technology-and-trade-council-meeting-a-transatlantic-economic-update/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
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URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-44/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220523T200000
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SUMMARY:War in Ukraine\, Climate Protection\, and Inflation: Managing Multiple Crises Simultaneously
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On May 23\, the ACG will host a dinner roundtable with Bundestag Member Alexander Radwan (CSU) on Monday\, May 23. Mr. Radwan serves on the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee. He will be visiting New York together with Christian Heller\, CEO of Value Balancing Alliance\, and former Bundestag member Christian Ruck\, who now serves as the Facilitator of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Congo.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/war-in-ukraine-climate-protection-and-inflation-managing-multiple-crises-simultaneously/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220524T120000
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SUMMARY:The War in Ukraine: What’s at Stake?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The future of Ukraine as an independent and sovereign country lies in the balance as Ukrainian and Russian forces fight in the south and along the country’s eastern flank. But\, this war is not just about the future of Ukraine. There is much more at stake. What does this conflict mean for European security? Will Putin’s actions set a precedent for conflicts in other parts of the world? \nOn May 24\, we will be joined by Dr. Liana Fix\, Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin\, and Dr. Michael Kimmage\, Professor of History at the Catholic University of America\, to discuss the war in Ukraine.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7716529987787%2FWN_qGJJcyUTS1KlyQ4STp2xNw” css=”.vc_custom_1652998820149{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Liana Fix is Program Director in the International Affairs Department of the Körber Foundation in Berlin. She is a political scientist and historian\, and her work focuses on Russia and Eastern Europe\, European security\, arms control\, and German foreign policy. Dr. Fix has published widely in academia\, think tanks\, and national and international media. She holds a doctorate from the Justus Liebig University Giessen and a master’s degree from the London School of Economics and Political Science. \nDr. Michael Kimmage specializes in the history of the Cold War\, in twentieth-century U.S. diplomatic and intellectual history\, and in U.S.-Russian relations since 1991. From 2014 to 2016\, he served on the Secretary’s Policy Planning Staff at the U.S. Department of State\, where he held the Russia/Ukraine portfolio. His next book\, The Decline of the West: An American Story\, is forthcoming with Basic Books. It is a study of transatlantic relations and U.S.-Russian relations from World War I to the present. Dr. Kimmage has published three books to date: The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling\, Whittaker Chambers and the Lessons of Anti-Communism (Harvard University Press\, 2009); In History’s Grip: Philip Roth’s Newark Trilogy (Stanford University Press\, 2012); and Wolfgang Koeppen’s Journey through America (Berghahn\, 2012)\, a German-language travelogue published in 1959 and translated by Professor Kimmage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-war-in-ukraine-whats-at-stake/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220525T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155202
CREATED:20220519T221842Z
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SUMMARY:Transatlantic Economic Cooperation: The Case of Intel and Magdeburg
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In mid-March Intel announced a €17 billion investment to build two new chip factories in the City of Magdeburg. Intel’s decision is part of a €33 billion initial investment in Europe to create “a next-generation European chip ecosystem” and help tackle the ongoing global shortage of semiconductors. Why was Magdeburg the right location for Intel and what factors led Magdeburg to try to get Intel to build its plant in Magdeburg? What impact will Intel’s decision have on Magdeburg and the surrounding area? How will these factories help address the chip shortage and dependency on Asian suppliers? \nJoin us on May 25 for a conversation with Sandra Yvonne Stieger\, Deputy Mayor for Economy\, Tourism\, and Regional Cooperation for the City of Magdeburg\, and Greg Slater\, Vice President and Senior Director\, Global Regulatory Affairs at Intel Corporation\, about transatlantic economic cooperation on an issue of strategic importance to both countries.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6116529986462%2FWN_xidOf1g_QPa8oHvEo2-DHw” css=”.vc_custom_1652998682942{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sandra Yvonne Stieger was elected in 2020 to the position of Deputy Mayor for Economy\, Tourism\, and Regional Cooperation of Magdeburg\, the state capital of Saxony-Anhalt. Before that\, she served as Managing Director of the municipal company Magdeburg Marketing Kongress and Tourismus GmbH\, responsible for the marketing of Magdeburg\, the city’s tourist attractions and major sights. After completing her studies in economics at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg in 2004 with a Master’s degree in business administration\, she worked at the university\, first as a research assistant\, then as a project manager for a federal research project. \nGreg Slater is Vice President and Senior Director\, Global Regulatory Affairs at Intel Corporation. He has also served as Global Director of IP\, Standards\, and Competition Policy\, Counsel to the President\, Global Director of Trade and Competition Policy\, Group General Counsel for Intel’s Corporate Services Division\, and has managed the legal aspects of Intel’s environmental\, health and safety issues worldwide. He received his Bachelor of Science from Brigham Young University and his J.D. from J. Reuben Clark Law School.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/transatlantic-economic-cooperation-the-case-of-intel-and-magdeburg/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T080000
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SUMMARY:It’s a Matter of Trust: Germany\, Eastern Europe\, and the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]May 27 at 8:00 am ET in New York – “It’s a Matter of Trust: Germany\, Eastern Europe\, and the War in Ukraine” The ACG and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung will hold a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Ellen Ueberschär\, Co-President of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. \nTo have your name added to the waiting list\, please email events@acgusa.org.[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Ellen Ueberschär is Co-President of the Heinrich Böll Foundation\, the German green political foundation headquartered in Berlin with more than 30 offices worldwide. She has been a longstanding member of the Foundation’s Board as well as of the Green Policy Forum. From 2006 to 2017\, she served as Secretary General of the German Lutheran Church Assembly\, a biannual congress that brings together hundreds of thousands of lay members of the Lutheran Church for discussions on faith\, politics\, and culture.\nDr. Ueberschär is the author of multiple books on faith\, politics\, and society. She has long been an outspoken advocate for gender equality and human rights. Born in East Berlin\, Dr. Ueberschär grew up in the former GDR\, where she was refused permission to study medicine by state authorities. She opted instead for theology\, obtaining her Ph.D. from Marburg University in 2002.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/its-a-matter-of-trust-germany-eastern-europe-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220527T120000
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SUMMARY:Russia\, Energy\, and the German Economy
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24th has had a major impact on businesses active in the region – and on the global economy. After an initial trickle\, many western firms are leaving Russia or have done so already. Others have reduced or paused their activities in Russia. The first to leave were major oil companies with technology firms and professional service providers following suit. Chemical company BASF decided almost immediately after the invasion not to expand its business in Russia and Belarus and has since decided to wind down the company’s remaining activities in both countries by the beginning of July 2022. An exemption from this decision is business to support food production since the war appears to be triggering a global food shortage. \nBut\, the issues are not limited to the region. The war in Ukraine has disrupted energy flows and supply chains. BASF recently warned it could be hit by fallout from the Russian invasion of Ukraine as well as measures being introduced in China to curb the spread of Covid-19. Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion with ACG Board member Michael Heinz\, Chairman and CEO of the BASF Corporation and Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE\, about the impact of the current crisis on the Germany economy.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1716533963209%2FWN_LApfWsp3RQm0Uz7wYFvgNQ” css=”.vc_custom_1653396355157{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Michael Heinz is Chairman and CEO of BASF Corporation in North America\, a role he assumed in 2021. Since 2011\, he has been a member of the BASF SE Board of Executive Directors. In this role\, he is responsible for the global business segments\, Agricultural Solutions and Nutrition & Care\, as well as all BASF activities in the North American and South American regions. \nMr. Heinz has been with BASF for almost four decades and during that time\, has spent more than 10 years in various leadership positions in the United States. Earlier in his career\, he oversaw BASF’s activities in Ecuador and Mexico. In 2005\, He was named President of the global Crop Protection division and in 2009 and 2010\, he was responsible for the integration of two major company acquisitions\, Ciba AG and Cognis GmbH. As a Board member\, he served as Industrial Relations Director and Site Director of BASF SE global headquarters in Ludwigshafen\, Germany from 2017-2021. \nBorn in Mannheim\, Germany\, Mr. Heinz studied Business Administration at the College of Applied Sciences in Ludwigshafen\, Germany and graduated there in 1987. In 2000\, he received his Master of Business Administration degree from Duke University\, North Carolina.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/russia-energy-and-the-german-economy/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220603T120000
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SUMMARY:The G7 Summit: What's Next for the Future of Global Health?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Before the war in Ukraine\, global health was one of the main priorities of Germany’s G7 agenda. Join the American Council on Germany and the German Embassy in Washington\, DC for the second in a series on Germany’s G7 Presidency. On Friday\, June 3\, public health experts Dr. Nicole Lurie\, U.S. Director of the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations (CEPI) and former Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HSS)\, and Prof. Dr. Veronika von Messling\, Director-General for Life Sciences in the German Federal Ministry for Education and Research\, will discuss global public health as we try to come to terms with the COVID-19 pandemic.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7816540852094%2FWN_W_7GFkqsR46gvohSwP-EGQ” css=”.vc_custom_1654085241798{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Nicole Lurie is a leading expert in global health and emergency preparedness and response and\, since 2017\, has led CEPI’s emergency response efforts including its global response to COVID-19. She has also served as a Strategic Advisor to the CEO and will continue to do so. Prior to joining CEPI\, Dr. Lurie served an 8-year term as Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR)\, a Presidentially appointed position at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). \nDuring her service with HHS\, Dr. Lurie led national responses to public health emergencies ranging from the 2009 H1N1 influenza pandemic and other infectious disease outbreaks to natural and man-made disasters and was responsible for many innovations in emergency preparedness and response. \nProf. Dr. Veronika von Messling is Director-General for Life Sciences at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. She obtained her veterinary degree and her doctorate degree in veterinary virology from the Veterinary School in Hannover\, Germany. \nAfter postdoctoral training at Mayo Clinic in Rochester\, MN\, she was Assistant Professor at INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier in Laval\, QC\, and then Associate Professor at Duke-NUS Medical School\, Singapore\, before becoming Director of the Veterinary Division at Paul-Ehrlich-Institute\, the German Federal Institute of Vaccines and Biomedicines\, in Langen\, Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-g7-summit-whats-next-for-the-future-of-global-health/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220606T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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. \nJoin us on Monday\, June 6 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with foreign correspondent and author Erik Kirschbaum.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3116545229706%2FWN_fncELsC_Q1-tnsMdHTZBSA” css=”.vc_custom_1654523006837{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Erik Kirschbaum is a foreign correspondent based in Germany. He has worked for Reuters\, the Los Angeles Times\, and other newspapers in Europe since 1989. A native of New York City\, he grew up in Connecticut and studied history and German at the University of Wisconsin. He has covered World Cups and Olympics\, and is the author of Burning Beethoven: The Eradication of German Culture in the United States during World War I\, Rocking the Wall: Bruce Springsteen: The Berlin Concert That Changed the World\, and Swim and Bike and Run: Triathlon — The Sporting Trinity. He is also the executive director of the RIAS Berlin Commission\, a German-American exchange program for broadcast journalists in both countries.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-45/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220607T120000
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SUMMARY:The Folly of “Regime Change”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]“Regime change” is a strategy that was once popular with neoconservatives in trying to address challenges in Afghanistan\, Iraq\, and Libya. In late March\, President Joe Biden caused a stir when he said Vladimir Putin “cannot remain in power” in an impassioned speech in Warsaw. The White House downplayed the remark\, insisting that Biden was not suggesting regime change but that he was expressing his “moral outrage” at Putin’s actions in Europe. But\, the phrase lingers on. \nOn June 7\, the American Council on Germany and 1014 will host a discussion with political scientist Dr. Benjamin Denison\, on what a regime change may mean for Russia and transatlantic relations. This event is part of a series titled Democracies und Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9716545330722%2FWN_P7eQOTD8TzugYYqlRbHhIg” css=”.vc_custom_1654533135183{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Benjamin Denison is currently a Data Scientist specializing in Time Series and Panel Data analysis at Fors Marsh Group. His methodological expertise is in panel data methods\, time series analysis\, conceptualization and measurement\, and mixed-methods research. His substantive expertise is in international relations\, international security\, foreign regime change\, military occupation\, and democratization\, and military occupation. \nDr. Denison is a non-resident fellow with Defense Priorities\, where he focuses on issues related to U.S. foreign policy and international security issues. Previously he was the Assistant Director and Senior Research Associate with the Notre Dame International Security Center at the University of Notre Dame\, a postdoctoral fellow at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University and a U.S. Foreign Policy and International Security Fellow at Dartmouth College’s Dickey Center for International Understanding. \nHe completed his Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Notre Dame in 2018\, where he was a predoctoral fellow with NDISC\, served as a research fellow for the Varieties of Democracy project\, and was a Dissertation Year Fellow with the Kellogg Institute for International Studies.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/the-folly-of-regime-change/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220609T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220609T130000
DTSTAMP:20260403T155202
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SUMMARY:Geopolitical Developments: The Risks and Consequences for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]With Covid-19 and the war in Ukraine\, it is clear that geopolitical developments have the potential to shake up – if not redefine – the existing world order. As we emerge from the pandemic and address Russian aggression questions about the future abound. How should Europe and the United States position themselves to continue to play an important role in the world of tomorrow? How can we protect our democracies? What risks\, opportunities\, and consequences are on the horizon for us? \nJoin the American Council on Germany\, the Freunde des American Council on Germany e.V.\, and Monarch for a hybrid event featuring Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook\, Joel Brenner\, and Paul Taylor.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3816545329480%2FWN_kGUVFCnuQnKyV5bwSeXLUA” css=”.vc_custom_1654532978146{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook is a non-resident fellow with the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi). Her research focuses on the intersection of data and technology with foreign and urban policy. \nPreviously\, she served as director and CEO of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP). For over a decade prior\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook served as the executive director of the Future of Diplomacy Project at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge\, Massachusetts. The research program\, which she co-founded\, examines the challenges to negotiation and statecraft in the 21st century\, including the impact of technology on foreign policy. In addition\, Ms. Clüver Ashbrook directed a Harvard research program on Europe and transatlantic relations from 2018 to 2021. Before that\, she served on the management board of the European Policy Centre (EPC) in Brussels and worked as both a consultant and senior journalist at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in France and China. She began her career as a television journalist at CNN International in Atlanta and London. \nShe holds an undergraduate honors degree in international relations and French civilization from Brown University\, a master’s degree in European studies from the London School of Economics\, and a master’s degree in public administration from the Harvard Kennedy School where she was a Hauser Fellow in Non-Profit Management. \n  \nJoel Brenner is a senior research fellow at MIT’s Center for International Studies\, where his work concerns intelligence studies\, international conflict in the gray zone between war and peace\, and the protection of the electronic networks that control critical infrastruc­ture. \nIn government\, Mr. Brenner was Senior Counsel at the National Security Agency (2009-2010)\, advising Agency leadership on the public-private effort to create better Internet security; the head of US counterintelligence under the Director of National Intelligence (2009-2010); and NSA’s Inspector General (2002-2006)\, responsible for that agency’s top-secret internal audits and investigations. Early in his career\, he was a prosecutor in the Justice Department’s Anti­trust Division. He has extensive trial and arbitration experience in private practice. \nMr. Brenner is a director of Nokia of America Corporation and of Endgame Systems LLC and a member of the Intelligence Community Studies Board. He holds a JD from Harvard Law School\, a Ph.D. from the London School of Economics\, and a BA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is an advisor to the American Bar Association’s Standing Committee on Law and National Secu­rity and the author of America The Vulnerable: Inside the New Threat Matrix of Digital Espionage\, Crime and Warfare\, in paperback as Glass Houses: Privacy\, Secrecy\, and Cyber Insecurity in a Transparent World.\nPaul Taylor has over 30 years of experience leading the delivery of some of the most demanding national security programs in the UK\, operating at the very highest levels of government. As a result\, he is uniquely qualified to understand the evolving threat environment\, as well as having an exceptional track record of driving and delivering change in complex organizations. Mr. Taylor’s contribution to the world of science and technology was recognized by his election as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2013\, where he now chairs the SME Leaders’ program and sits on the Engineering Policy\, Enterprise\, and Audit Committees. He also sits on the Advisory Board of the Imperial College Institute of Security Science and Technology\, and the Advisory Board of the Strathclyde University Security and Resilience Center. \nIn 2020\, Mr. Taylor was appointed as a Non-Executive Director for Morgan Stanley International\, where he sits on the Audit\, Risk\, Nominations\, and Remunerations Committees. He is also a member of the Technology Advisory Board for NatWest Bank. In addition\, he serves as a Non-Executive Director in the Ministry of Defence\, and as a scientific adviser to three small government departments. \nFor six years Mr. Taylor was a Partner in KPMG\, where he was the Head of the UK Financial Services Cyber Security Practice. Before consulting\, he spent over 25 years in the UK public sector working for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and the Ministry of Defense\, on matters of research and development\, defense equipment\, nuclear deterrence\, chemical and biological defense\, information technology \, and information security.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/geopolitical-developments-the-risks-and-consequences-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events,Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Germany’s ‘Zeitenwende’ and a  New Chapter for Transatlantic Relations - Canceled
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]June 10\, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office and Member of the Bundestag (FDP). \nMichael Georg Link is a member of the German Bundestag\, where he represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. He is the Spokesperson on Europe of the FDP Parliamentary Group\, and since March 2022\, he has been the Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office. In addition\, Mr. Link is a member of the party council of the European Liberals (ALDE) and a member of the FDP national executive board in his capacity as party Treasurer. He is a member of Heilbronn City Council and also Chairperson of the FDP association in that city. From January 2012 to December 2013\, he was Minister of State for Europe at the Federal Foreign Office and Federal Government Commissioner for Franco-German Cooperation. In particular\, he was responsible for relations with the United Nations\, the European Union\, the Council of Europe\, the OSCE\, and NATO\, as well as bilateral relations with the United States and Canada. After his military service\, Mr. Link studied Russian and French at the universities of Augsburg\, Lausanne\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-zeitenwende-and-a-new-chapter-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220613T080000
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SUMMARY:Holding Together in Times of Crisis: A New Era for Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and Atlantik-Brücke will hold their joint annual German-American Conference in Berlin. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Monday\, June 13\, 2022  \n8:15 am Registration Opens  \n 9:00 am Welcome by \nSigmar Gabriel\, Chairman\, Atlantik-Brücke; former Federal Foreign Minister and Vice-Chancellor \nAmbassador John Emerson\, Chairman\, American Council on Germany; former U.S.  Ambassador to Germany   \n9:15 am  Setting the Stage Oliver Bäte\, CEO\, Allianz SE   \n9:35 am  Oliver Bäte in conversation with Ambassador John Emerson  \n10:00 am Opening Keynote: “Transatlantic Relations During Uncertain Times”\nFederal Minister Annalena Baerbock\, Federal Foreign Minister\, Federal Foreign Office   \n10:20 am Q&A with Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock  \n11:00 am Coffee Break  \n 11:30 am “How Reliable is the Transatlantic Partnership?”\nMolly Montgomery\, Deputy Assistant Secretary\, Bureau of European and Eurasian  Affairs\, U.S. Department of State \nDr. Norbert Röttgen\, Member of the Bundestag (CDU/CSU) and Member of Committee on Foreign Affairs\nWolfgang Schmidt\, Head of the Federal Chancellery (invited)  \nModerator: Dr. Anna Sauerbrey\, Foreign Politics Coordinator\, Die Zeit   \n12:30 pm Lunch Break  \n1:30 pm “Finding a Common Security and Defense Policy in Times of Crisis”\nDr. Stefanie Babst\, Principal and Global Policy Advisor\, Brooch Associates\, London; former Chief Strategic Policy Analyst\, NATO\nDr. Seth A. Johnston\, Military Officer in Europe\, U.S. Department of Defense; U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel; former NATO Task Force Commander\nDr. Markus Kaim\, Senior Fellow\, German Institute for International and Security  Affairs (SWP)   \nModerator: Tina Hassel\, Berlin Bureau Chief\, ARD German Television (invited)  \n 2:30 pm “Food Security and the Economic Implications of the War in Ukraine”\nAmbassador Ertharin Cousin\, CEO and Managing Director\, Food Systems for the Future; former Executive Director\, United Nations World Food Program \nAlexander Müller\, Managing Director\, TMG Think Tank for Sustainability   \nModerator: Anja Wehler-Schöck\, Journalist (invited)  \n 3:30 pm Coffee Break  \n 4:00 pm “Two Views on Russia and the War in Ukraine”\nDr. Christoph von Marschall\, Diplomatic Correspondent of the Editorial Board\, Der  Tagesspiegel \nDr. John J. Mearsheimer\, R. Wendell Harrison Distinguished Service Professor in the  Political Science Department\, University of Chicago   \nModerator: Katja Gloger\, Author and Journalist   \n5:30 pm Keynote:  Federal Minister Christine Lambrecht\, Federal Minister\, Federal Ministry of Defense   \n5:45 pm Q&A with Federal Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht  \n6:15 pm Closing Remarks\nSigmar Gabriel\, Chairman\, Atlantik-Brücke; former Federal Foreign Minister and  Vice- Chancellor \nAmbassador John Emerson\, Chairman\, American Council on Germany; former U.S.  Ambassador to Germany   \n6:30 pm Reception  \n  \nTuesday\, June 14\, 2022  \n8:00 am Registration Opens   \n8:45 am Welcome Back\nJulia Friedlander\, CEO\, Atlantik-Brücke\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\, President\, American Council on Germany  \n9:00 “The Economic and Social Impact of the Current Crises”\nProf. Dr. h.c. Jutta Allmendinger\, President\, WZB Berlin Social Science Center and Professor of Educational Sociology and Labor Market Research\, Humboldt University in Berlin \nDr. Adam Tooze\, Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History and Director of the European Institute\, Columbia University   \nModerator: Birte Meier\, Investigative Journalist\, ZDF German Television   \n 10:00 “Energy Dependence vs. Independence: Conflict or a False Choice?”\nUlf Heitmüller\, Chairman of the Board\, VNG AG Leipzig \nTracy McKibben\, Founder and CEO\, MAC Energy Advisors LLC \nYuriy Vitrenko\, CEO\, Naftogaz (invited)  \nModerator: America Hernandez\, Energy Policy Correspondent\, POLITICO Europe (invited)  \n11:00 Coffee Break  \n11:15  “Defending Against Cyber Attacks: Trust and Technology”\nChristopher Painter\, President\, The Hague Centre for Strategic Studies \nHeli Tiirmaa-Klaar\, Director of Digital Society Institute\, European School of Management and Technology in Berlin  \nModerator: Johannes Steger\, Director of “Background Cybersecurity”\, Der Tagesspiegel  \n12:15 pm “Revitalizing Transatlantic Trade”\nProf. Dr. Michael Hüther\, Director and Member of the Executive Committee\, German Economic Institute \nDr. John Lipsky\, Senior Fellow at the Foreign Policy Institute\, Johns Hopkins University SAIS; former First Deputy Managing Director\, International Monetary Fund   \nModerator: Dr. Laura von Daniels\, Head of Research Division “The Americas”\, German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)   \n 1:15 pm Wrap up\nJulia Friedlander\, CEO\, Atlantik-Brücke\nDr. Steven E. Sokol\, President\, American Council on Germany  \n  \nagenda subject to change.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/holding-together-in-times-of-crisis-a-new-era-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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SUMMARY:Disruption: The Economic Impact of the Pandemic  and the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG and the Freunde des ACG will host a discussion and luncheon in Berlin with Dr. Adam Tooze\, Director of the European Institute and Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Chair of History at Columbia University; Author of Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World (2018) and Shutdown: How Covid Shook the World’s Economy (2021).[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. 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. Having 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 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. In 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 Sueddeutsche Zeitung.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/disruption-the-economic-impact-of-the-pandemic-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220617T120000
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SUMMARY:Antisemitism in Europe: Challenges and Solutions
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On June 17\, the American Council on Germany will hold a discussion and luncheon with Katharina von Schnurbein\, European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life. \nKatharina von Schnurbein (2009 Young Leader) was appointed the first European Commission Coordinator on Combating Antisemitism in December 2015. Her mandate includes liaising closely with Jewish communities\, Member States\, EU institutions\, and international organizations as well as proposing and implementing policy to address antisemitism\, foster Jewish life\, and ensure Holocaust remembrance. Prior to this\, she worked for five years as an advisor to EU Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso on dialogue with churches\, religions\, and non-confessional organizations. Ms. von Schnurbein started working for the European Commission in 2002 as a press officer for the EU Delegation in Prague. With enlargement in 2004\, she moved to Brussels as the spokesperson for Employment\, Social Affairs\, and Equal Opportunities for the Czech EU Commissioner Vladimir Špidla. Before that\, Ms. von Schnurbein worked for the Chairman of the European Affairs Committee at the German Bundestag in Berlin (2000-2002) as well as for an international crisis management consultancy. She received B’nai B’rith Europe’s Human Rights Prize in 2018 and the Marietta and Friedrich Torberg Medal of the Jewish Community in Vienna in 2021. Ms. von Schnurbein’s educational background includes undergraduate studies in political science and Slavic studies at Charles University in Prague and the University of Bonn\, a Master of Slavic Studies from Oxford University (1997)\, and a Master of European Studies from the Center for European Integration Studies in Bonn (1999). She spent the academic year 2017-2018 as an EU Fellow at the European University Institute in Florence to conduct research on effective measures to combat antisemitism across Europe.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/antisemitism-in-europe-challenges-and-solutions/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220620T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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.\nJoin us on Monday\, June 20 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Stephan Detjen\, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1616554808715%2FWN_ZPlPzQV8QSCoEYbA-58DvA” css=”.vc_custom_1655480907118{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station’s capital city studio in Berlin. Previously\, he worked as Deutschlandfunk’s Editor-in-Chief in Cologne and as a legal policy correspondent in Karlsruhe\, among other positions. Mr. Detjen is a member of the board of the Bundespressekonferenz and was a member of the foundation board for the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade from 2013 to 2018. He studied Law and History in Munich\, Aix-en-Provence\, and Speyer.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-47/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220621T110000
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SUMMARY:Energy Security and the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, we have seen an energy crisis unfold in Europe – and particularly in Germany given its heavy reliance on energy from Russia. The looming threat of Russia suspending gas deliveries to Germany or Germany ending the procurement as part of a sanctions package\, respectively\, could lead to a drastic increase in energy prices and shortage in gas supply. What are the challenges of being energy independent in an interconnected global economy? What does the war in Ukraine mean for energy security in Europe? What are the short-\, mid-\, and long-term consequences? And\, how are governments and citizens reacting? \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 Samantha Gross\, Director of the Energy Security and Climate Initiative at the Brookings Institution\, and Dr. Rainer Quitzow from the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9716554806815%2FWN_2mkdL7FXRFGAhhDZYQdVjw” css=”.vc_custom_1655480714408{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Samantha Gross is a Fellow at the Brookings Institution\, where she also directs the Energy Security and Climate Initiative. Her work is focused on the intersection of energy\, environment\, and policy\, including climate policy and international cooperation\, energy efficiency\, unconventional oil and gas development\, regional and global natural gas trade\, and the energy-water nexus. \nMs. Gross has more than 20 years of experience in energy and environmental affairs. She has been a visiting fellow at the King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center\, where she authored work on clean energy cooperation and on post-Paris climate policy. She was director of the Office of International Climate and Clean Energy at the U.S. Department of Energy. In that role\, she directed U.S. activities under the Clean Energy Ministerial\, including the secretariat and initiatives focusing on clean energy implementation and access and energy efficiency. Prior to her time at the Department of Energy\, Gross was director of integrated research at IHS CERA. She managed the IHS CERA Climate Change and Clean Energy forum and the IHS relationship with the World Economic Forum. She also authored numerous papers on energy and environment topics and was a frequent speaker on these topics. She has also worked at the Government Accountability Office on the Natural Resources and Environment team and as an engineer directing environmental assessment and remediation projects. \nMs. Gross holds a Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering from the University of Illinois\, a Master of Science in environmental engineering from Stanford\, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of California at Berkeley. \nDr. Rainer Quitzow joined the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS) in December 2014. His research focuses on sustainable innovation\, industrial policy\, and governance of the energy transition in Germany and beyond. In particular\, he has focused on the internationalization of emerging renewable energy industries and the changing role of emerging economies in this context. He regularly engages in policy-oriented advisory work for both German and international clients. \nBefore his career as a researcher\, Rainer Quitzow worked in the field of international development with a focus on governance and environmental and trade policy. At the World Bank in Washington\, D.C.\, he conducted governance and policy impact analyses for development programs in Latin America and Africa.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/energy-security-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Germany’s G7 Presidency and the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]At the beginning of the year\, Germany set out to make “progress towards an equitable world” with a focus on sustainability\, economic stability\, public health\, and investment in a better future as part of its G7 Presidency. However\, in late February Russia’s war of aggression in Ukraine put the global economic and security order at risk – and security concerns began to play a much bigger role in the G7 agenda. How is Germany supporting Ukraine through its G7 presidency? How has Germany adapted its G7 priorities in light of the war in Ukraine? How will Germany take the lead in developing global solutions to a host of issues in the face of open conflict in Europe? \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the German Embassy in Washington\, DC for a discussion about the security dimension of Germany’s G7 Presidency. On Wednesday\, June 22 (just days before the G7 Summit in Bavaria)\, Dr. Emily Haber\, German Ambassador to the United States\, will join Ambassador John Emerson\, Chairman of the American Council on Germany and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany\, to discuss these questions.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1016554803253%2FWN_YIMAhKr5RUCjWtn66jGXaA” css=”.vc_custom_1655480361227{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Emily M. Haber has been German Ambassador to the United States since June 2018. Immediately prior to this\, Ambassador Haber\, a career Foreign Service Officer\, was deployed to the Federal Ministry of the Interior\, serving as State Secretary overseeing security and migration at the height of the refugee crisis in Europe. In this capacity\, she worked closely with the U.S. administration on topics ranging from the fight against international terrorism to global cyberattacks and cybersecurity. In 2009\, she was appointed Political Director and\, in 2011\, State Secretary at the Foreign Office\, the first woman to hold either post. Earlier in her career\, she served at the German Embassy in Ankara; in Berlin\, she has served as Deputy Head of the Cabinet and Parliamentary Liaison Division\, as Director of the OSCE Division\, and as Deputy Director-General for the Western Balkans. She has extensive knowledge of the Soviet Union and Russia\, having worked both in the Soviet Union Division at the German Foreign Office and on various occasions at the German Embassy in Moscow\, where she served as Head of the Economic Affairs Section and Head of the Political Affairs Department. \nAmbassador Haber attended schools in New Delhi\, Bonn\, Paris\, Brussels\, Washington\, and Athens. From 1975 to 1980\, she studied history and ethnology in Cologne\, earning her Ph.D. with a dissertation on German foreign policy during the Morocco crisis on the eve of World War I. During her time as State Secretary of the Ministry of the Interior\, Ambassador Haber spoke at the ACG’s American-German Young Leaders Conference. \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 (1987-1993). \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_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-g7-presidency-and-the-war-in-ukraine/
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