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SUMMARY:Building European Sovereignty in Times of Geopolitical Turmoil
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In recent years\, Europe has faced major foreign policy challenges – including the 2008 global financial crisis\, the migration crisis of 2015\, the COVID-19 pandemic\, and now the war in Ukraine. At the same time\, Europe has had to grapple with issues such as China’s global ambitions and the rise of populism. \nIn a European context\, foreign policy is shaped at the national level\, but it is coordinated to some degree within the frameworks of the European Union\, NATO\, and to a certain degree\, other multilateral frameworks such as the G7 and the United Nations. How has the war in Ukraine impacted European foreign policy\, and what are the prospects for the future development of European foreign and security policy against the backdrop of this conflict? How do countries manage to balance national interests and policies with coordinated multilateral efforts? Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion about European sovereignty with Dr. Jana Puglierin\, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and head of its Berlin office.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here ” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4316668874259%2FWN_2nTCoN0wTmCjWHltC1rdmA” css=”.vc_custom_1666887465127{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Jana Puglierin is a Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) and has been Head of its Berlin office since January 2020. Her work focuses on German and European foreign\, security\, and defense policy\, as well as Germany’s role in Europe and transatlantic relations. She also directs ECFR’s Re:shape Global Europe project\, which seeks to develop new strategies for Europeans to understand and engage with the changing international order. \nShe headed the Alfred von Oppenheim Centre for European Policy Studies at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) from December 2015 to December 2019 and was a research fellow with its Berlin Future Forum from September 2013 to November 2015. Before joining DGAP\, she worked as an adviser for a member of the Bundestag on disarmament\, arms control\, and non-proliferation\, as well as German and European foreign and security policy. Between 2003 and 2010\, she was a researcher and lecturer to the chair of political science and contemporary history as well as in the program for North American studies at the University of Bonn. In the summer of 2010\, she held a lectureship at the Chemnitz University of Technology. \nAfter her Abitur in Siegen in 1997\, she spent a year in Paris – where she completed the Cours de civilization française de la Sorbonne. She then studied political science\, public law\, and sociology at the University of Bonn from 1998 to 2003\, as well as at Venice International University for a semester in 2002. In studying for her doctorate at the University of Bonn\, she focused on the life and thought of political scientist John Herz and conducted research in the United States. \nDr. Puglierin was an associate at Stiftung Neue Verantwortung in Berlin from October 2010 to October 2011. In November 2017\, she was a visiting fellow at the American-German Situation Room\, a joint initiative of the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies and the German Marshall Fund. She was part of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation’s Working Group of Young Foreign Policy Experts between 2007 and 2016.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/building-european-sovereignty-in-times-of-geopolitical-turmoil/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221102T080000
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SUMMARY:Fake News\, Cybersecurity\, and Election Manipulation
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 2\, the ACG and the Hasso Plattner Insitute will host a breakfast briefing with Professor Dr. Christoph Meinel\, Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute and Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at Potsdam University. \nProfessor Dr. Christoph Meinel is Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering (HPI) as well as the Founding Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at the University of Potsdam. He is the Chair of Internet Technologies and Systems and teaches courses on IT Systems Engineering on HPI’s MOOC platform openHPI\, and at the HPI School of Design Thinking. His research currently focuses on security engineering\, knowledge engineering\, and Web 3.0–Semantic\, Social\, Service Web. He is also scientifically active in Design Thinking research. Dr. Meinel is the author or coauthor of more than 25 books\, anthologies\, and numerous conference proceedings. He has had more than 550 (peer-reviewed) papers published in scientific journals and at international conferences and holds a number of international patents. He is a member of the National Academy of Science and Engineering (acatech)\, Director of the HPI-Stanford Design Thinking Research Program\, Honorary Professor at the TU Beijing and Dalian University of Technology\, Visiting Professor at Shanghai University\, Concurrent Professor at the University of Nanjing\, and a member of numerous scientific committees and Supervisory Boards.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/fake-news-cybersecurity-and-election-manipulation/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T073000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221104T090000
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SUMMARY:Navigating Troubled Water:  The Transatlantic Partnership in the Face of Multiple Crises
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 4\, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Sigmar Gabriel\, former Foreign Minister\, former Vice Chancellor\, and Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke. \nSigmar Gabriel has been Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. since June 2019. He was the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017\, which made him the party’s longest-serving leader since Willy Brandt. Before leaving politics in 2018\, he held three respective positions at the level of Federal Minister: In addition to serving as Vice-Chancellor of Germany (2013-2018)\, Sigmar Gabriel was Minister for Foreign Affairs (2017-2018)\, Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy (2013-2017)\, and Minister for the Environment\, Nature Conservation\, and Nuclear Safety (2005-2009). \nIn 2005\, he was first elected to the Bundestag representing Salzgitter-Wolfenbüttel in Lower Saxony – and remained a member of Parliament until 2018. Earlier in his career\, he served as Minister-President of Lower Saxony from 1999 to 2003. In the 1990s\, he was Chairman of the Environmental Committee in Lower Saxony’s Parliament and a member of the SPD Executive Committee. In the 1980s\, Sigmar Gabriel\, who is certified as a high school teacher\, assumed various responsibilities in adult education and was elected to Lower Saxony’s Parliament. He has been active in politics since 1976\, when he joined a socialist youth organization.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/avigating-troubled-water-the-transatlantic-partnership-in-the-face-of-multiple-crises/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221107T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, November 7\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Berlin Correspondent for Die Zeit\, Petra Pinzler (2010 Kellen Fellow).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F9016674056557%2FWN_o5hOxuB2QqeBUFR-PhERmA” css=”.vc_custom_1667405692294{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Petra Pinzler is a journalist with the German weekly DIE ZEIT based in the Berlin office. She writes on the EU and foreign policy as well as economic affairs and development. She has been with DIE ZEIT since 1994\, first as an economics editor based in Hamburg\, then from 1998 – 2002 as a US correspondent based in Washington D. C. In 2001\, she was a Bucerius Fellow at the de Gunzburg Center for European Studies at Harvard University. From 2002 – 2007\, she was the paper’s European Correspondent based in Brussels. \nShe studied economics and politics at the University of Cologne and journalism at the Cologne Journalism School. Ms. Pinzler has won a number of awards for her work including the Robert Bosch Foundation Journalism Prize in 1999\, the Karl Klasen Prize in 2003\, and the Journalism Prize for Development Policy in 2006. In 2010\, she was awarded a Kellen Fellowship from the American Council on Germany.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-51/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221108T110000
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SUMMARY:Watching China from Berlin: Does Germany’s Zeitenwende Extend to Relations with China?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is in Beijing today. He is the first European leader to visit China since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – and his trip with a dozen German CEOs has sparked some controversy. This visit comes on the heels of Scholz’s decision to push through the approval of Chinese shipping giant COSCO’s bid for a stake in a Hamburg port terminal over the objections of cabinet members\, Germany’s intelligence services\, and international partners. And\, it comes in the run-up to the release of a new national security strategy and a China strategy\, both of which are slated to be released before the end of the year (or in January). \nJoin us for a virtual discussion with Noah Barkin\, Senior Visiting Fellow at the German Marshall Fund and Managing Editor at Rhodium Group\, about Germany’s evolving position on China.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5216675836694%2FWN_ElvOk8qJQdKxIweLrjLLjw” css=”.vc_custom_1667583737543{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Noah Barkin is a Visiting Senior Fellow in the Asia Program at the German Marshall Fund based in Berlin. He specializes in Europe’s relationship with China and the implications of China’s rise in the transatlantic relationship. He is also the managing editor in the China practice at Rhodium Group. Prior to joining GMF\, he had a 25-year career as a journalist in Berlin\, Paris\, London\, and New York. His work has appeared on Reuters\, where he served as a bureau chief\, regional news editor\, and roving Europe correspondent. In 2019\, he was a visiting fellow at the Mercator Institute for China Studies (MERICS) in Berlin and the American Institute for Contemporary German Studies in Washington (AICGS). He is also a host on KCRW\, an NPR-affiliated radio station in Berlin\, and the author of a book on the euro. A native Californian\, Noah has a bachelor’s degree in political science and French from UC Berkeley and a master’s in international affairs from Columbia University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/watching-china-from-berlin-does-germanys-zeitenwende-extend-to-relations-with-china/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, November 14\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with journalist Miriam Hollstein\, (2008 ACG McCloy Fellow) Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5316680076774%2FWN_7Ob1mN0hRKuyKwFtds-RRQ” css=”.vc_custom_1668007705512{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Miriam Hollstein serves as the Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin. Prior to this position\, she served as the Chief Political Reporter for FUNKE Zentralredaktion from November 2020 to December 2021. She wrote for the Berliner Zeitung while still a student and worked as an editor for Internationale Politik. She worked as a foreign reporter for the Welt am Sonntag\, and from 2006-2014 was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015-2020 she worked for the Bild am Sonntag\, first as domestic policy and then from 2018 as chief reporter of politics. Her reporting brought her into regular contact with the office of the German Chancellor. Since March 2020 she works as a freelance writer and moderator. \nIn 2009 she published the first graphic biography of Angela Merkel\, entitled “Miss Tschörmanie\,” together with illustrator Heiko Sakurai. She appears regularly on the German news program “Phoenix\,” where she speaks on political and societal issues. She regularly travels internationally for reporting assignments. In addition\, she was a 2005 Marshall Memorial Fellow\, a 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow\, and was recognized in 2015 by the DEFA Stiftung (German Film Corporation Foundation) for her contribution to the preservation of German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-52/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T100000
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SUMMARY:What Makes Putin Tick? Putin and Russia’s War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It is being reported that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not travel to Bali next week to participate in the G20 Summit. This was confirmed overnight by Moscow’s embassy in Indonesia. At the same time\, we are seeing reports that the Kremlin is withdrawing its troops from Kherson\, the only regional capital it managed to capture since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began in February. The retreat from Kherson is one of the most serious blows to Russia in Putin’s war. Just a month ago\, he declared that Kherson and three other regions in Ukraine are part of the Russian nation at an event in Moscow’s Red Square. \nJoin the ACG for a discussion with Putin biographers and Russia experts Katja Gloger and Andrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader) about the war in Ukraine. \nThis discussion is part of the series In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine\, organized by the ACG and the Tennessee World Affairs Council\, which provides continued updates on and insights into the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine that has rocked the world order.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2216680905939%2FWN_tGdAgjf_SU2AqY8XccyQAQ” css=”.vc_custom_1668090648265{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Journalist and author Katja Gloger studied Eastern European History and Political Science in Hamburg and Moscow and has an MBA from Purdue University\, Indiana. She started her career as a news reporter for the German Television ARD. As Moscow Bureau Chief for Stern magazine\, she witnessed the fall of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. She also worked as Foreign Editor for Stern magazine – with a focus on Russia\, international affairs\, and security policy. She also served as Stern’s Senior Political Correspondent in Washington\, DC\, from 2004 until the end of 2008. Since 2009\, she has served on the magazine’s editorial board. \nMs. Gloger won the prestigious German Henri Nannen Award for Best Documentary Reporting in 2010. She is a Board member of the German section of Reporters Without Borders\, a human rights organization defending the freedom of the press\, and a member of the Atlantik-Brücke. She has published several books on Russia\, including Putin’s World: The New Russia\, Ukraine\, and the West. \nAndrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader) is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace\, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia. His graphic novel biography of Vladimir Putin\, Accidental Czar: the Life and Lies of Vladimir Putin\, will be published by First Second/Macmillan in November 2022. \nPrior to joining Carnegie\, he was director of the RAND Corporation’s Center for Russia and Eurasia and executive director of the RAND Business Leaders Forum. Mr. Weiss’s career has spanned both the public and private sectors. He previously served as director for Russian\, Ukrainian\, and Eurasian Affairs on the National Security Council staff\, as a member of the State Department’s Policy Planning Staff\, and as a policy assistant in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy during the administrations of Presidents Bill Clinton and George H. W. Bush. \nBefore joining RAND\, Mr. Weiss was a vice president and investment strategist at American International Group\, Inc. subsidiary companies\, where he worked primarily on global commodities\, energy\, and foreign exchange markets.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/what-makes-putin-tick-putin-and-russias-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221114T140000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Zeitenwende: A New Chapter for Transatlantic Relations”
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 14\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon 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\, now in his fourth legislative term. He represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his home electoral district\, Heilbronn in Baden-Württemberg. Mr. Link 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. \nMr. 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 also a Vice-Chair of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly\, where he collaborates closely with the U.S. Helsinki Commission. As a member of Heilbronn’s city council\, he has remained politically active at the local level. In 2020\, he was the Head OSCE observer at the U.S. general elections. From 2012 to 2013\, he was Minister of State at the Federal Foreign 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-a-new-chapter-for-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T083000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T103000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s G7 Presidency in a Period of Crisis
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 15\, the ACG and the German Consulate General will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Florian Toncar\, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \n  \nDr. Florian Toncar has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance since December 2021. Since 2017\, he has also been Parliamentary Secretary of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag. In 2009\, he became a member of the National Executive Committee of the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and Chair of the FDP’s Expert Committee for Home Affairs and Law in Baden-Württemberg\, positions he continues to hold. From 2009 to 2013\, he was Chair of the Financial Markets Advisory Committee\, and he served as Deputy Leader of the FDP Parliamentary Group in the Bundestag from 2011 to 2013. \nDr. Toncar studied law in Regensburg\, Cambridge\, and Heidelberg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-g7-presidency-in-a-period-of-crisis/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221115T120000
DTSTAMP:20260405T160020
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SUMMARY:Global Trends in Authoritarian Interference in Elections
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Democratic backsliding has become a defining trend in global politics over the past two decades. This has caused authoritarianism and authoritarian regimes to gain more traction around the world. One of the many mechanisms for “antidemocratic” leaders is interference in elections\, be it in their own countries or in other countries. \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 experts Dr. John Glenn and Sarah Pagung for a discussion about authoritarian influence through interference in elections ranging from resenting results to manipulating or pre-determine election outcomes.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7416679217274%2FWN_HNE0PiknRLCNVrSMwP0iNw” css=”.vc_custom_1667921865202{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. John K. Glenn is Senior Director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies\, where he oversees and develops the Forum’s cross-cutting analytic and research activity in areas including transnational kleptocracy\, the integrity of the information space\, emerging technology\, and modern authoritarian influence. \nDr. Glenn has over 20 years of international experience in the nonprofit\, foundation\, and academic sectors\, having previously served as policy director at the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition\, director of foreign policy at the German Marshall Fund of the United States\, and executive director of the Council for European Studies. \nHe serves as adjunct faculty at the Elliott School for International Relations at George Washington University where he teaches graduate seminars on transatlantic relations\, having previously taught at the Walsh School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University.  He is also an HFX Fellow on the Agenda Working Group for the Halifax International Security Forum. \nHe holds a B.A. from Oberlin College and Ph.D. and A.M. from Harvard University and was a postdoctoral fellow at the European University Institute in Florence and Institute for Human Sciences in Vienna.  He is the author of numerous articles\, reports\, and books on international affairs and democratic development\, including Framing Democracy (Stanford University Press) and The Power and Limits of NGOs (Columbia University Press\, co-edited with Sarah Mendelson). \nSarah Pagung has been an Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) since February 2019. Her research focuses on Russian foreign and information policies and on Moldova. Until December 2018\, Ms. Pagung worked as a Program Officer for the Robert Bosch Center for Central and Eastern Europe\, Russia\, and Central Asia\, where she managed the discussion group on Russia and the Eastern Partnership as well as the joint project “A New Western Ostpolitik” with Johns Hopkins University. From 2013 to 2015\, she worked in the project team of the Carl Friedrich Goerdeler Kolleg. \nMs. Pagung is currently working on a doctorate on the impact of Russian propaganda and information policy on Germany at the Freie Universität Berlin\, where she studied political science. She is also an adjunct lecturer there and serves as a seminar facilitator for various formats relating to European foreign policy and Eastern Europe. From 2012 to 2013\, she worked in youth and adult education in Saint Petersburg on behalf of the European Voluntary Service’s German-Russian exchange program.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/global-trends-in-authoritarian-interference-in-elections/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T100000
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SUMMARY:Food Security and the Economic Implications of the War in Ukraine
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The war in Ukraine has implications that reach far beyond its borders. The conflict has exacerbated critical issues in many parts of the world – like food insecurity. During the war\, we have seen food prices increase as Ukraine (one of the world’s “bread baskets”) has come under attack. Grain prices have vacillated as shipping lanes through the Black Sea have opened and closed. \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 experts Ambassador Ertharin Cousin and Alexander Müller for a discussion about global food insecurity and how it has been made worse through the war in Ukraine.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2916680186564%2FWN_RJhtfYJ9TBGkLkuvfgE7HA” css=”.vc_custom_1668018685157{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Ambassador Ertharin Cousin currently serves as the CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future\, a nutrition impact investment fund; a Distinguished Fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs; a Bosch Academy\, Robert Weizsäcker Fellow; and as a Visiting Scholar at the Stanford University\, Center on Food Security and Environment. \nFrom 2012 until 2017\, she led the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). As Executive Director\, Ambassador Cousin guided the 14\,000-member WFP team feeding more than 80 million people each year; while she identified and championed longer-term\, more sustainable solutions for global food insecurity and hunger. \nIn 2009\, Ambassador Cousin was nominated and confirmed as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome. Prior to her global hunger work\, she helped lead the U.S. domestic fight to end hunger including service as the Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of America’s Second Harvest -now Feeding America. She is currently a member of the Bayer AG Supervisory Board\, the Mondelez International Board of Directors\, the Royal DSM Sustainability Board\, and a Trustee of the African agriculture thinktank Academia2063. \nShe is a graduate of the University of Illinois at Chicago\, the University of Georgia Law School\, and the University of Chicago Executive Management Program-Finance for Non-Financial Executives. She has been listed numerous times on the Forbes 100 Most Powerful Women List\, as the Fortune Most Powerful Woman in Food and Drink\, on Time’s 100 Most Influential People list\, and as one of the 500 Most Powerful People on the Planet by Foreign Policy magazine. \nAlexander Müller is the Founder and Managing Director of TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability in Berlin and Study Leader of “The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity for Agriculture and Food (TEEBAgriFood)” hosted by UN Environment. He is a Member of the German Council for Sustainability. \nPreviously he served as Assistant-Director General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) from 2006 to 2013\, as a member of the UN Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change (AGECC)\, and as chair of the United Nations System Standing Committee on Nutrition (UNSCN). In Germany\, he served as State Secretary in the Federal Ministry for Consumer Protection\, Food\, and Agriculture\, from 2001 to 2005\, and as State Secretary in the Ministry of Youth\, Family Affairs\, and Health in the state of Hesse\, among others. \nMr. Müller received a diploma in sociology from Philipps University in Marburg.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/food-security-and-the-economic-implications-of-the-war-in-ukraine/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221116T120000
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SUMMARY:Recalibrating German Foreign Policy After the Zeitenwende
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 16\, the ACG and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will host a discussion and luncheon with Lars Klingbeil\, Party Leader of the  Social Democratic Party of Germany. \nLars Klingbeil is a German politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 2021. Mr. Klingbeil first joined the SPD in 1996\, and in 2009\, he was elected to represent the Rotenburg I – Heidekreis district in the German Bundestag. Since 2017\, he has been a directly elected representative. From 2017 to 2021\, Mr. Klingbeil was Secretary General of the SPD\, and from 2009 to 2017\, he was digital policy spokesman for the SPD Parliamentary Group and a member of the Defense Committee. He is a founding member of D64 – Center for Digital Progress and a member of AWO\, a national workers’ welfare association\, and IG BCE\, a trade union for the mining\, chemistry\, and energy industries. Mr. Klingbeil was born in Soltau in 1978 and grew up in Munster in the Lüneburg Heath.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/recalibrating-german-foreign-policy-after-the-zeitenwende/
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221117T200000
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SUMMARY:Midterm Assessment of the Transatlantic Relations
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 17\, the ACG and the Freunde des ACG will host a discussion and reception with Timothy E. Liston\, US-Generalkonsul in München\, and Stefan Kornelius\, Ressortleiter Politik\, Süddeutsche Zeitung. \nTimothy E. Liston ist seit Ende Juli 2021 US-Generalkonsul in München und seit 2002 als Beamter des Auswärtigen Dienstes tätig. Er absolvierte zuletzt ein Jahr am National War College\, wo er einen Master of Science in National Security Strategy erwarb. Zuvor war er von 2016 bis 2020 stellvertretender Leiter des US-Konsulats in Ho-Chi-Minh-Stadt. Von 2013-2016 arbeitete er bei der Ständigen Vertretung der USA bei internationalen Organisationen in Wien\, wo er als stellvertretender Botschaftsrat für Angelegenheiten der Internationalen Atomenergiebehörde für die friedliche Nutzung der Kernenergie zuständig war und die JCPOA-Verhandlungen unterstützte. Zudem war Tim E. Liston in Washington in der Militärpolitik-Abteilung des Außenministeriums tätig und dort für Südostasien zuständig. Außerdem war er in der US-Botschaft in Hanoi\, in welcher er sich auf das Südchinesische Meer\, die vietnamesische Innenpolitik und politisch-militärische Fragen konzentrierte. Er war Handelsoffizier und Konsul für Politik & Militär bei den Botschaften in Berlin bzw. Vilnius. Vor seinem Eintritt in den Auswärtigen Dienst arbeitete er bei der RAND Corporation und war Stipendiat des Robert-Bosch-Instituts und Teilnehmer des Praktikumsprogramms des Deutschen Bundestags. Neben seinem Abschluss am National War College hat Tim E. Liston einen Master der School of International and Public Affairs der Columbia University und einen Bachelor der University of Wisconsin in Internationale Beziehungen und Germanistik. Er spricht Deutsch\, Vietnamesisch und Litauisch. \nStefan Kornelius leitet seit 2021 das Politik-Ressort der Süddeutschen Zeitung. Von 2000 an war er für die Außenpolitik verantwortlich. Zuvor arbeitete er als stellvertretender Leiter des Berliner Büros und berichtete während der Clinton- Präsidentschaft als Korrespondent aus Washington. Von 1991 bis 1996 war Herr Kornelius als Korrespondent im Bonner Bundesbüro der SZ für die Berichterstattung über Verteidigung und sicherheitspolitische Themen sowie über die CDU zuständig. Er absolvierte die Henri-Nannen-Journalistenschule und studierte an der Universität Bonn und der London School of Economics. Er ist Mitbegründer der Zeitschrift Medium Magazin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/midterm-assessment-of-the-transatlantic-relations/
CATEGORIES:Germany Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221121T090000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.\nJoin us on Monday\, November 21\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming\, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][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-53/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T100000
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SUMMARY:Kaffeepause: What's Abuzz in Berlin?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse.  Join us on Monday\, November 28\, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Anja Wehler-Schoeck\, International Editor\, Tagesspiegel.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F2916692236269%2FWN_Jnr-oQSMQPO4ClJCvXB9eg” css=”.vc_custom_1669223656117{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Anja Wehler-Schoeck is the International Editor at the German newspaper Tagesspiegel. Prior to that\, she served as Editor-in-Chief of IPG Journal\, a debate forum for international and European policy. Previously\, she worked as Political Counselor at the German Embassy in Washington\, DC\, and headed the Amman office of the German Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung as Country Director for Jordan and Iraq.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-54/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T120000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221128T133000
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SUMMARY:Thoughts and Hopes:  The Transatlantic Partnership in Turbulent Times
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On November 28\, the Los Angeles Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Ambassador John B. Emerson\, former U.S. Ambassador to Berlin\, Vice Chairman at Capital Group International\, and Chairman of the American Council on Germany. \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\, from 1987 to 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_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fdiscussion-and-luncheon-with-amb-emerson-in-la-tickets-464700480647″ css=”.vc_custom_1668014929547{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/thoughts-and-hopes-the-transatlantic-partnership-in-turbulent-times/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221130T120000
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SUMMARY:Food for Thought: How States Can Contribute to Achieving a Sustainable Agricultural Future
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]While global challenges are addressed by national governments\, increasingly subnational actors such as states\, communities\, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlocks. This trend has also characterized transatlantic relations and the German-American partnership. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue draws on this notion\, focusing on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common transatlantic challenges. \nAgriculture is of crucial importance for the economy\, society\, the environment\, and the future of the planet. An environmentally\, economically\, and socially sustainable agriculture can contribute to protecting natural resources\, preserving biodiversity\, mitigating climate change\, and ensuring global food security. It also plays a significant role in promoting the future prosperity of rural areas and strengthening social cohesion. At the same time\, the sector faces significant challenges due to rising population growth\, declining biodiversity\, new training demands\, and the need to adapt to the impacts of climate change. Russia’s war against Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic have added stress to supply chains and led to rising investment costs\, price volatility\, and global trade conflicts. How can U.S. states and German Länder address these issues and shape the framework for a more sustainable agricultural future? \nTo discuss these issues\, the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany invite you to the next discussion in our virtual event series State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue with German and American state legislators including Representative Sydney Carlin (D)\, Kansas House of Representatives\, Senator Russ Goodman (R)\, Georgia State Senate\, and Elrid Pasbrig MdL (SPD)\, State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1716692220400%2FWN_z3IjeToSQUSWRXkECN66rg” css=”.vc_custom_1669222070404{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Sydney Carlin has been a member of the Kansas House of Representatives\, representing the 66th district\, since 2003. She is the Ranking Minority Member of both the Kansas House Committee on Agriculture and the House Committee on Agriculture and Natural Resources Budget. Ms. Carlin is a member of a number of community organizations\, including the American Cancer Society\, American Legion\, Fraternal Order of Police\, Habitat for Humanity\, the American Heart Association\, and the Manhattan Arts Center. Prior to being elected to the Kansas House\, she served on the Manhattan City Commission from 1993–97 and as mayor of Manhattan from 1996-97. \nRuss Goodman has been a member of the Georgia State Senate since 2021\, representing the 8th district. He serves as the Secretary for the Senate Committee on Agriculture and Consumer Affairs. Mr. Goodman is a seventh-generation South Georgia farmer and entrepreneur with a passion for agriculture and rural Georgia. He is the co-owner of multiple businesses\, including the Great American Cobbler Company\, his family-operated fruit cobbler company\, and Cogdell Berry Farm\, his family’s farm where he is involved in every facet of the operation. He is also co-owner of EnviroSpec\, a pressure washer supply store\, and manager at Timberline Reforestation which does tree planting throughout the Southeast. \nElrid Pasbrig has been a member of the State Parliament of Saxony-Anhalt since 2021. She is Deputy Chairwoman of the Committee for Agriculture\, Food\, and Forestry and spokesperson for agriculture\, animal welfare\, and petitions for the SPD parliamentary group. Born in 1974 in the Former German Democratic Republic in Zerbst/Anhalt\, Elrid Pasbrig was raised on a farm in a rural area. This upbringing shaped her interest in agriculture at a very young age. Ms. Pasbrig got her Master’s Degree in politics\, sociology\, and English and American Studies after studying in Germany\, Great Britain\, and Norway. She is member of the Social Democrats since 2000 and held different offices from community to state levels since then. Before the election\, she worked at the Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences and at the Ministry of Economy and Science in Saxony-Anhalt.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/food-for-thought-how-states-can-contribute-to-achieving-a-sustainable-agricultural-future/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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