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SUMMARY:European Trade Policy: Charting a New Course?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Laura von Daniels\, Senior Fellow of the Research Division “The Americas” at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP). \nDr. Laura von Daniels is a Senior Research Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin. From 2019 to 2025\, she led the institute’s Americas Research Division. Dr. von Daniels’ 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. Her work has been featured in The Washington Post\, Handelsblatt Global\, Der Tagesspiegel\, and the Council on Foreign Relations Council of Councils global perspectives\, among other publications. \nDr. von Daniels holds a PhD in Political Science from the Free University Berlin and has held research fellowships at Columbia University\, Harvard University\, and at Princeton University where she was a DAAD PhD Fellow. In addition\, she has held teaching positions at Central European University in Budapest and the University of the Federal Armed Forces Hamburg. In 2024\, she was a short-term visiting Fellow at the Brookings Institution’s Center on the United States and Europe. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_column_text]This event is only open to ACG members. Interested in becoming a member? Email Jennie Piotrzkowski at jpiot@acgusa.org[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/european-trade-policy-charting-a-new-course/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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SUMMARY:Boston: Polarization and Populism: Challenges for Liberal Democracies
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter and the Goethe Institut will host a discussion and reception with Dr. jur. Peter M. Huber of LMU Munich; Dr. David Art of Tufts University; and Dr. Hannes Kerber of Boston College.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fpolarization-and-populism-challenges-for-liberal-democracies-tickets-2003088998115%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1793205552242{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nDr. David Art is a Professor of Political Science at Tufts University. His field is comparative politics\, with a regional focus on Europe. Professor Art’s research interests include extremist political parties and movements\, the politics of history and memory\, and comparative historical analysis in the social sciences. He is the author of Inside the Radical Right: The Development of Anti-Immigrant Parties in Western Europe (Cambridge University Press\, 2011) and The Politics of the Nazi Past in Germany and Austria (Cambridge University Press\, 2006). His articles have appeared in Comparative Politics\, German Politics and Society\, Party Politics\, and West European Politics. Professor Art is Co-Convenor of the European Consortium for Political Research’s (ECPR) Standing Group on Extremism and Democracy. During the 2008-2009 academic year he was a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellow at the European University Institute. \nDr. Peter M. Huber has chairs at the Universities of Augsburg (1991/92)\, Jena (1992/2001)\, Bayreuth (2001/02) and at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich since 2002. From 1995 to 1998 he was a member of the Commission of the Bundestag »Overcoming the consequences of the SED dictatorship in the process of German unity« and served as judge at the Thuringian Higher Administrative Court from 1996 to 2002: From 1998 to 2008 he was Chairman of the German Law Faculties´ Association and from 2002 to 2009 member of the Commission for the Control of Media Concentration (KEK)\, since 2008 its chairman. He also was a member of the Joint Commission for the Modernization of the Federal Order of ›Bundestag‹ and ›Bundesrat‹ and served as an expert in several Parliamentary Commissions. From 2007 to 2009 he also was a member of the State Court of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen. From 2009 to 2010\, Dr. Huber was Minister of the Interior of the Free State of Thuringia and was elected by the Bundestag as a Justice of the Federal Constitutional Court\, where he was responsible for international and European law\, federal-state disputes and municipal law. His term expired in January 2023. \nDr. Hannes Kerber (moderator) is Assistant Professor of Political Philosophy at Boston College\, where his research and teaching focus on 17th- and 18th-century political thought. Before joining Boston College in 2024\, he served as Academic Program Director at the Carl Friedrich von Siemens Stiftung in Munich and lectured in philosophy and religious studies at the University of Munich. He was a postdoctoral fellow at Harvard University in 2022–2023 and a visiting professor at the Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio Emilia in 2024. In 2025–2026 he is a Faculty Affiliate of the Clough Center for the Study of Constitutional Government. \nHis first book\, Die Aufklärung der Aufklärung: Lessing und die Herausforderung des Christentums (Wallstein Verlag\, second edition\, 2025)\, received the inaugural Chodowiecki Prize from the Interdisciplinary Centre for European Enlightenment Studies in Halle-Wittenberg. His edited volumes include Leo Strauss on Plato’s “Euthyphro”: The 1948 Notebook\, with Lectures and Critical Writings (2023)\, Die Praktiken der Provokation: Lessings Schreib- und Streitstrategien (2024)\, Leo Strauss: La dottrina essoterica (2025)\, Lessing’s Legacy (2026). He is co-editor of the book series Politische Philosophie / Political Philosophy (Klostermann Verlag) and The Leo Strauss Papers (Pennsylvania State University Press). \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/boston-polarization-and-populism-challenges-for-liberal-democracies/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:Seattle: Germany After the Election: Implications for Europe and the World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Seattle Warburg Chapter\, the Goethe Institut\, and the Seattle World Affairs Council will host a discussion and reception with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio\, and Heidi Obermeyer\, Senior Strategist for Responsible AI at Google. \nThe cost to attend this event is $15.00 for ACG/WAC Members and \n$25 for Non-Members of either organization. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fnam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.world-affairs.org%252Fevent%252Fgermany-after-the-election-implications-for-europe-and-the-world%252F%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cevents%2540acgusa.org%257Cba5548e46ae34478985a08df31236f47%257C35bfd14f9afb46e9ba850fda6f7b3478%257C0%257C0%257C639283700439152033%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DD5G1olNvheyvey9XRbf5SXfDvSXy%252F3D3dXsoQbh4dSw%253D%26reserved%3D0″ css=”.vc_custom_1793205839675{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nVladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States. \nHeidi Obermeyer (Moderator) is a Senior Strategist for Responsible AI at Google where she helps develop and scale governance of Google’s AI products. Previously\, she worked in geopolitical consulting with a focus on the tech industry and supply chains at Expeditors International in Seattle. She has also worked on technology public policy at trade associations in Washington\, DC. She was a 2017/2018 German Chancellor Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations in Berlin where her research focused on the impact of geopolitical issues on small and medium-sized businesses. She has participated in the Manfred Woerner Seminar with the German Army\, the Taiwan-US Policy Program with CSIS\, and the German-American Dialogue with the American-German Institute at Johns Hopkins University. She holds a MA in political science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a BA in international relations\, Germanic studies\, and anthropology from the University of Colorado at Boulder. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/seattle-germany-after-the-election-implications-for-europe-and-the-world/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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SUMMARY:Los Angeles: Germany’s Political Landscape: Left\, Right\, and Everything in Between
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Los Angeles Warburg Chapter  and the Goethe-Institut will host discussion and luncheon with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator\, Deutschlandradio. \nThe cost to attend this event is $25.00\nOnsite parking is $45 and it is $25 at Walt Disney Concert Hall across the street (5 min walk).  \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fgermanys-political-landscape-left-right-and-everything-in-between-tickets-2003475767954%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26keep_tld%3Dtrue” css=”.vc_custom_1792683509615{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \n\n Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States. \n\n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/los-angeles-germanys-political-landscape-left-right-and-everything-in-between/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T120000
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SUMMARY:Phoenix: America Votes: What the Midterms Mean for Europe
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nThe Phoenix Warburg Chapter\, the Goethe-Institute\, and Arizona State University will host a discussion with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fmelikian.asu.edu%2Fform%2Frsvp-american-votes-what-the-mid” css=”.vc_custom_1792684089470{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/phoenix-america-votes-what-the-midterms-mean-for-europe/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261109T180000
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SUMMARY:Nashville: Berlin Freedom Bell Celebration
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] \nIn celebration of the 250th anniversary of American independence\, Vanderbilt University welcomes a replica of Berlin’s historic Freedom Bell as part of its 2026 tour across the United States. \nHeld on November 9—the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall—this event takes place on a date that has come to symbolize freedom\, change\, and the overcoming of division. \nJoin us for a special evening featuring Vanderbilt University Chancellor Daniel Diermeier and former U.S. Ambassador to Germany Robert M. Kimmitt in conversation examining the future of the transatlantic relationship\, the enduring ties between the United States and Germany\, and the role of democratic institutions\, universities\, and civil society in strengthening cooperation across the Atlantic.  The conversation will be moderated by Ines Pohl\, Washington Bureau Chief for Deutsche Welle (DW). \nThe original Freedom Bell was created in 1950 as a powerful symbol of freedom and transatlantic solidarity in the aftermath of the Berlin Blockade. Inspired by Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell and supported by more than 16 million Americans who signed a declaration of freedom\, the bell arrived in West Berlin in October 1950. Since then\, it has rung daily from the tower of Schöneberg Town Hall as a lasting reminder of the shared democratic values connecting the United States and Germany. \nThe Axel Springer Freedom Foundation commissioned a replica of the Freedom Bell to bring it to communities across the United States in 2026. At Vanderbilt\, visitors will have the opportunity to experience the bell alongside a special exhibition exploring its remarkable history\, the Berlin Airlift\, and the enduring transatlantic partnership. \nThe exhibition also invites visitors to consider the continuing importance of freedom\, democracy\, and a free press\, as well as the responsibility of each generation to defend these principles. \nThis event is part of Dialogue Vanderbilt‘s 250 Conversations on America: Civil Discourse in Action\, a yearlong series celebrating our nation’s 250th anniversary and Vanderbilt’s enduring commitment to open dialogue. \nPresented by Dialogue Vanderbilt in partnership with the American Council on Germany\, the Axel Springer Freedom Foundation\, Deutsche Welle (DW) and The Future of Free Speech. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fweb.cvent.com%2Fevent%2F8e84514d-2f43-47f1-a4a4-b0bb19138f64%2Fregister” css=”.vc_custom_1793721303704{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nDr. Daniel Diermeier internationally renowned political scientist and management scholar\, Daniel Diermeier is the ninth chancellor of Vanderbilt University where he is University Distinguished Professor in the Owen Graduate School of Management and Political Science in the College of Arts & Science. Since stepping into the role in 2020\, the university has risen in stature\, topped the $1 billion mark in research funding\, invested over $100M in bringing leading faculty to Vanderbilt and successfully launched a $3.2B capital campaign. During the COVID-19 pandemic Vanderbilt was one of a very small number of leading universities to safely and successfully bring students back to campus. Under Diermeier’s leadership Vanderbilt has been recognized as a leader on free speech\, institutional neutrality and civil discourse. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Guggenheim Foundation. He has published six books and more than 100 research articles in academic journals. Prior to Vanderbilt\, Diermeier served as the provost of the University of Chicago\, where he was previously the dean of the Harris School of Public Policy. Before that\, he was a chaired professor at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and an Assistant Professor at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. A first-generation college graduate\, Diermeier earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester. He also holds master’s degrees in political science from the University of Rochester and the University of Munich\, and he earned a master’s degree in philosophy. \nAmbassador Robert M. Kimmitt was named Chairman Emeritus of the American Council on Germany on January 17\, 2018. Until that date\, he served as Chairman of the Council\, having first been elected to the position at the ACG’s Annual Meeting of the Board on March 31\, 2011. He is Senior International Counsel at WilmerHale LLP. Both in government and the private sector\, Ambassador Kimmitt has held a wide variety of senior positions at the intersection of international business\, finance\, and public policy. From 2005 to 2009\, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Treasury\, where he had significant responsibility for the Department’s international agenda\, including cross-border investment\, in his leadership role on the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). \nHe was American Ambassador to Germany from 1991 to 1993\, for which he was awarded Germany’s Bundesverdienstkreuz; Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs from 1989 to 1991; and General Counsel to the U.S. Treasury from 1985 to 1987. He served at the White House as National Security Council Executive Secretary and General Counsel from 1983 to 1985\, with the rank of Deputy Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs. In addition to his government service\, Ambassador Kimmitt served as Executive Vice President for Global Public Policy at Time Warner\, Inc.\, from 2001 to 2005. Prior to that\, he was Vice Chairman and President of Commerce One\, a software company headquartered in the San Francisco Bay area. Earlier\, he was a partner at Wilmer\, Cutler & Pickering (1997-2000)\, a managing director of Lehman Brothers (1993-1997)\, and a partner in the law firm of Sidley & Austin (1987-1989). Ambassador Kimmitt graduated with distinction from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1969. \nHe served in combat with the 173rd Airborne Brigade in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971 and earned three Bronze Star Medals\, the Purple Heart\, the Air Medal\, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. He retired as a Major General in the Army Reserve. He received his law degree from Georgetown University in 1977\, where he was Editor in Chief of Law & Policy in International Business. From 1977 to 1978\, he served as a law clerk to Judge Edward A. Tamm of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit. In May 2009\, he was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree by Marymount University\, and in May 2010\, he received the Distinguished Graduate Award from West Point. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the American Academy of Diplomacy. \nInes Pohl (moderator) has been Deutsche Welle (DW)’s Washington bureau chief since July 2020. She was previously DW’s editor in chief from 2017 to 2020. During her three-year tenure\, she focused on expanding DW’s social media presence and exclusive journalistic offerings in all 32 broadcast languages. As a journalist\, she is particularly interested in issues of democratic legitimacy and social transitions. She is passionate about human rights and the role of democratic structures in developing countries. She makes a strong case for using social networks to connect journalists and users. \nPohl spent 2005 at Harvard University as a Nieman Fellow\, exploring immigration\, religion\, and leadership. She is a member of the board of trustees of Reporters Without Borders and the advisory board of Youth Against AIDS. From 2009 to 2015\, Pohl was editor in chief of the daily newspaper taz. During this time\, she launched a weekend edition and revised www.taz.de\, now one of the most widely used German news sites. \n  \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nashville-berlin-freedom-bell-celebration/
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SUMMARY:Phoenix: MAGA and the AfD: Elections and Political Power
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Phoenix Warburg Chapter and Goethe Institut will host a discussion with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio. \nThe cost to attend this event is $15.00\nFinger food and a no-host bar will be available. \n[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fmaga-and-the-afd-elections-and-political-power-tickets-2003716923256%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator%26keep_tld%3Dtrue” css=”.vc_custom_1792684274968{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/phoenix-maga-and-the-afd-elections-and-political-power/
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SUMMARY:Salt Lake City: The Rise of the AfD: Germany's New Political Reality
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Salt Lake City Warburg Chapter and the Goethe Institut will host a discussion and reception with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio. \nThe cost to attend this event is $15.00[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fthe-rise-of-the-afd-germanys-new-political-reality-tickets-2003913508247%3Faff%3Doddtdtcreator” css=”.vc_custom_1793203330927{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/salt-lake-city-the-rise-of-the-afd-germanys-new-political-reality-2/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261113T090000
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SUMMARY:St. Louis: The Rise of the AfD: Germany's New Political Reality
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The St. Louis Warburg Chapter and the Goethe Institut will host a breakfast discussion with Vladimir Balzer\, Award Winning Journalist and Moderator at Deutschlandradio. \nThere is no cost to attend this event. Parking is available in Millbrook Garage.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fnam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.eventbrite.com%252Fe%252Fthe-rise-of-the-afd-germanys-new-political-reality-tickets-2003915103017%253Faff%253Doddtdtcreator%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cevents%2540acgusa.org%257C67f2fef2ed6a4eb24e8508df3509c2e2%257C35bfd14f9afb46e9ba850fda6f7b3478%257C0%257C0%257C639287988181875333%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DQPYsCMV56qVv8uA5o5TebasDnolc2P6MTyeWSsrKUak%253D%26reserved%3D0″ css=”.vc_custom_1793202806247{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Vladimir Balzer is an award-winning radio journalist and moderator at Deutschlandradio. He grew up in Leipzig and studied in Dublin\, Venice\, and Leipzig. He began his career as a presenter\, reporter\, and editor at Deutschlandradio and MDR. Mr. Balzer hosts\, among other programs\, the daily program “Fazit – Kultur vom Tage” on Deutschlandfunk Kultur. In 2022\, he was selected to be a Kellen Fellow by the American Council on Germany. In 2023\, he started as a correspondent at Deutschlandradio’s main studio in Berlin. He is known as a commentator for German Television\, such as ZDF. He also regularly reports for his broadcaster from the United States.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/st-louis-the-rise-of-the-afd-germanys-new-political-reality/
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SUMMARY:Virtual: Meet a Bundestag Member: German Politics Today
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany (ACG)\, the American Association of Teachers of German (AATG)\, and the German Studies Association (GSA) have launched a new virtual series\, Meet a Bundestag Member: German Politics Today. The series offers students of German language and culture the chance to engage directly with members of the German Bundestag on timely political issues while practicing their German language skills. \nThe fourth session will take place on November 16 at 11:00 AM ET and will feature Jürgen Hardt (CDU)\, who will join ACG President Dr. Steven E. Sokol for a 60-minute moderated discussion — held in German — incorporating questions posed by the audience. \nFollowing each event\, the conversations will also be released as podcasts\, making them easily accessible for members\, students\, and educators to use in the classroom.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.aatg.org%2Fevents%2Fmeet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today—juergen-hardt” css=”.vc_custom_1793204772876{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Jürgen Hardt is a German politician and member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU)\, serving as the foreign policy spokesperson of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the German Bundestag and chairing its Foreign Affairs Working Group. \nMr. Hardt began his political career within the CDU after studying economics and serving as Chairman of the Association of CDU Students from 1987 to 1989. Following nearly a decade working for the party\, he moved into the private sector in the media industry while remaining active in local politics in Wuppertal. He served on the Wuppertal City Council from 2004 until his election to the German Bundestag in 2009. \nFrom 2014 to 2018\, Mr. Hardt served as the German Government’s Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation under Chancellor Angela Merkel\, where he worked to strengthen relations between Germany\, the United States\, and Canada. In the Bundestag\, he continues to focus on German foreign policy and transatlantic relations. He also serves as an alternate member of the Committee on European Union Affairs and the Defence Committee. \nMr. Hardt previously served four years in the German Navy\, attaining the rank of First Lieutenant.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/virtual-meet-a-bundestag-member-german-politics-today/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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SUMMARY:Columbus: Can Germany and Europe Have It All? Competitiveness\, Energy\, and Climate
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Columbus Warburg Chapter will host a lunch discussion with Sascha Müller-Kraenner\, Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (Environmental Action Germany). \nThere is no charge to attend this event.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fnam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com%2F%3Furl%3Dhttps%253A%252F%252Fwww.eventbrite.com%252Fe%252Fcompetitiveness-energy-and-climate-can-germany-and-europe-have-it-all-tickets-2003735498816%253Faff%253Doddtdtcreator%2526keep_tld%253Dtrue%26data%3D05%257C02%257Cevents%2540acgusa.org%257C094faddc133d44b25d0408df34fb23b1%257C35bfd14f9afb46e9ba850fda6f7b3478%257C0%257C0%257C639287925396159112%257CUnknown%257CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%253D%253D%257C0%257C%257C%257C%26sdata%3DPY%252BzVrepMfhGdVbgjDYlAWhf%252BPqz3AASNCL%252FXCI2q4M%253D%26reserved%3D0″ css=”.vc_custom_1793203112062{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text] \nSascha Müller-Kraenner has served as Executive Director/CEO of Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V.\, DUH (Environmental Action Germany) since January 2015. Environmental Action Germany is an independent non-profit organization which was founded in 1975 and is focused on environmental and consumer protection. It is a leading environment and consumer advocacy organization that works mostly at the German state and national as well as on the European level. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner is also a founding partner and board member to Ecologic Institute\, a non-profit applied environmental policy research institute with offices in Berlin\, Brussels\, and Washington\, DC. Before assuming his current role\, he held various positions with The Nature Conservancy between 2007 and 2014\, and earlier in his career he worked for the Heinrich-Böll Foundation. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner studied Philosophy in Munich and graduated with honors in Biology and Public Law from the University of Bayreuth. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/columbus-can-germany-and-europe-have-it-all-competitiveness-energy-and-climate/
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