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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\, March 4 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Journalist Miriam Hollstein\, Chief Reporter for Stern in Berlin and 2008 ACG McCloy Fellow.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F7217091469907%2FWN_Z_-ylBT7T1e1Eo5BulQtlg” css=”.vc_custom_1709147023422{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 Stern in Berlin. Prior to this position\, she served as the Chief Reporter for t-online in Berlin from February 2022 until September 2023 and 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 to 2014\, was a WELT-Gruppe’s domestic policy editor and reporter. From 2015 to 2020\, she worked for the Bild am Sonntag\, first as a 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. She has been in her role at Stern since September 2023. \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 preserving German film heritage.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-88/
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SUMMARY:Systemic Rivalry\, Strategic Competition\, and the International Order: Russia\, China\, and the West
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]In the early 1990s\, many people believed that with the end of the Cold War liberal democracies had triumphed over authoritarian regimes. In the early 2020s – some 30 years later – Russia’s invasion of Ukraine\, concerns over China’s possible invasion of Taiwan\, and growing rivalry between China and the United States are stark reminders that we live in a new era of great-power competition – and that the post-Cold War international order cannot be taken for granted. Today\, the international order is being redefined in light of the systemic rivalry and strategic competition between Russia\, China\, and the West. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Hanns-Seidel-Foundation for a discussion about great-power competition with Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl\, Associate Professor of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg\, and author of “Russia\, China and the Revisionist Assault on the Western Liberal International Order” (2023).[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F1217091299490%2FWN_S_XU7AOZRXOxN9TsrsxsxA” css=”.vc_custom_1709130057874{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Prof. Dr. Gerlinde Groitl serves as Associate Professor of International Politics and Transatlantic Relations at the University of Regensburg\, Germany. Her research focuses on U.S.\, German and European foreign and security policy\, transatlantic relations as well as the great-power competition between Russia\, China and the West in a changing global order. Her publications includes regular articles on these themes as well as monographs on the American Christian Right’s global human rights activism (2007)\, on U.S. civil-military relations in post-Cold War military interventions (2015)\, and her recent book titled “Russia\, China and the Revisionist Assault on the Western Liberal International Order” (2023). \nOver the past few years her research and teaching activities have taken her to Washington\, DC\, London\, Florence\, and Brno. Committed to policy-relevant scholarship and cross-professional exchange\, Prof. Dr. Groitl is an alumna of the German-American Manfred-Woerner-Seminar\, the BMW and Mercator Foundation’s German-Chinese Zukunftsbrücke program\, as well as the “Young Leaders in Security Policy” of the Federal Academy for Security Policy in Berlin.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/systemic-rivalry-strategic-competition-and-the-international-order-russia-china-and-the-west/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240306T120000
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SUMMARY:Navigating Immigration Challenges in the U.S. and Germany
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 not been able to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlock. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue will take on the challenge of immigration\, focusing on the role of state representatives from the United States and Germany in addressing common concerns when it comes to migration. \nImmigration has deeply influenced the development of both the United States and Germany historically and today. Recent crises\, such as the wave of refugees after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border\, have posed multifaceted challenges in providing immediate necessities and integrating migrants in the long term. Challenges to economic integration and social inclusion persist\, including language barriers and recognition of foreign qualifications. Though immigration policy falls under federal jurisdiction\, the role of U.S. states and German Länder in successful integration is crucial. State governments can aid integration by providing accessible resources for housing\, language education\, vocational training\, and cultural programs. Recent public debates between the federal government and the Bundesländer over how to limit the influx of migrants and distribute costs for refugees have dominated the headlines. Many U.S. states have outlined the need for additional support to manage a surge of asylum seekers as some states are subject to a greater influx of migrants than others. In this discussion with state legislators on both sides of the Atlantic\, we examine the impacts of immigration challenges at the state level and how collaborative efforts across different levels of government and stakeholders can best address these hurdles in light of current affairs. \nJoin the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany for our next State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue for a discussion with German and American state legislators including Franziska Baum (FDP)\, State Parliament of the Free State of Thuringia; and Senator Brian Fernandez (D)\, Arizona State Senate.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F5117091301790%2FWN_NB8I2u2fSeSxjRhPqzfotQ” css=”.vc_custom_1709130211319{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Franziska Baum (FDP) was born 1982 in Erfurt/Thuringia and graduated from the Landesschule Pforta in 2000. After studying information and communication management in Berlin\, she worked several years in marketing roles in the public sector in Oranienburg/Brandenburg. From 2008 to 2013\, Ms. Baum lived in London (UK)\, where she worked first for the Diocese of Westminster and later for the European Medicines Agency in financial management. Back in her home state of Thuringia\, she supervised various projects on a part-time\, freelance\, or voluntary basis\, as there was a start-up fair and a mentoring project that focused on connecting founders with experienced entrepreneurs. \nIn 2019\, she accepted the mandate as a member of the parliamentary group of the Liberals (FDP). Her main topics are education\, youth\, sports\, migration\, justice\, and accessibility. Promoting the youth\, a sustainable education system\, sensible digitization concepts\, and modern mobility are particularly close to her heart. She is deputy district chairwoman of the Free Democrats in Erfurt\, a member of the board of the Thuringian Youth Hostel Association\, a member of the board of the Bürgerstifung Erfurt\, and a member of the board of trustees of the school foundation of the Erfurt diocese. \nBrian Fernandez (D) is an Arizona native elected to represent Legislative District 23 in the Arizona State Senate. Legislative District 23 covers most of Arizona’s border with Mexico and is a major international logistics throughway with a robust agricultural industry. Before being elected to the State Senate\, Senator Fernandez served as State Representative\, where he secured millions of dollars for rural infrastructure projects to include: $20 million to expand Jack Rabbit Trail in the West Valley\, and $34 million to build and improve Cesar Chavez Blvd in San Luis AZ. He also funded education voting for the historic 1-billion-dollar education budget and secured over 5 million dollars for rural undergraduate programs. Brian is now serving on the Appropriations\, Finance and Commerce\, and Natural Resources\, Energy\, and Water committee. Senator Fernandez has spent his career creating solutions for co[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/navigating-immigration-challenges-in-the-u-s-and-germany-2/
CATEGORIES:Virtual Discussions
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240318T090000
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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\, March 18 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Erika Solomon\, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F6317103367943%2FWN_EhVsBqQDTKSP65eVt9dYYw” css=”.vc_custom_1710336854710{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Erika Solomon has been a Berlin Correspondent for The New York Times since April 2022. Prior to that\, she served as a correspondent for The Financial Times\, reporting from the Middle East and then Germany. Ms. Solomon spent over a decade reporting from the Middle East – first for Reuters and then the FT – covering the Arab Spring and its aftermath\, from the street protests in Yemen and Bahrain to the conflicts in Syria and Iraq. In 2019\, she moved to Germany where she covered migration in Europe as well as the German federal elections in 2021. \nMs. Solomon earned a degree in History and Literature from Harvard University in 2008. She then moved to Damascus on an Arabic fellowship before pivoting to journalism. She speaks Arabic\, German\, and Spanish. She also once was a competitive horse rider and loves to bake cakes.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-89/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T110000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240320T120000
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SUMMARY:Superwahljahr 2024: What to Watch Following Russia’s Presidential "Election"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]There is a sense of inevitability regarding the outcome of Russia’s looming presidential election: Vladimir Putin is poised to win a fifth term as President\, which will allow him to remain in power until at least 2030. Despite the ongoing war in Ukraine\, he appears to have just as strong a grip on Russia as at any time over the past 24 years. Any opposition figures who could have challenged him have been imprisoned or exiled abroad. Independent media outlets that could show criticism of Putin’s policies have been blocked. Some analysts have argued that the 2024 Russian presidential “election” is more heavily manipulated than any other election in Russia’s post-Soviet history and that the death of Alexei Navalny has intensified the atmosphere of fear in which the vote is taking place. \nAlthough the Kremlin maintains rigid control over the political system and the electoral process in a country of nearly 150 million\, the election is the largest public test of the Russian state’s ability to shape its desired result at home since Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Join the American Council on Germany for a discussion about the political landscape in Russia with Dr. Sabine Fischer\, Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Studies (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik\, SWP) in Berlin\, and Dr. Angela Stent (1982 Young Leader)\, Senior Adviser to the Center for Eurasian\, Russian\, and East European Studies at Georgetown University\, where she is also Professor Emerita of Government and Foreign Service.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F4417104374124%2FWN_MoAavcuwSweu_FCJrOlyWQ” css=”.vc_custom_1710437469194{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dr. Sabine Fischer is a Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Studies (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik\, SWP) in Berlin. Her research focuses on Russian foreign policy and domestic politics\, EU-Russia relations\, EU policy towards Russia/the EU’s eastern neighborhood\, and unresolved conflicts in the region. \nFrom 2019 to 2021\, Dr. Fischer worked in Moscow as a Team Leader of the Public Diplomacy. EU and Russia project. Previously\, Dr. Fischer was the Head of the Eastern Europe and Eurasia Research Division at SWP (2012-2018) and a Senior Research Fellow at the European Union Institute for Security Studies in Paris (2007-2012). At the EUISS she was responsible for research and policy on Russia and Eurasia for the EU institutions. Before that\, she worked at the Freie Universität Berlin\, the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research\, and the Peace Research Institute Frankfurt. She holds a PhD from the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main. \nDr. Angela Stent (1982 ACG Young Leader) is Senior Adviser to the Center for Eurasian\, Russian\, and East European Studies at Georgetown University\, where she is also Professor Emerita of Government and Foreign Service. She is also a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution and co-chairs its Hewett Forum on Post-Soviet Affairs. From 2004 to 2006\, she served as national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the National Intelligence Council. From 1999 to 2001\, she served in the Office of Policy Planning at the U.S. Department of State. \nDr. Stent’s publications include: “From Embargo to Ostpolitik: The Political Economy of West German-Soviet Relations\, 1955-1980” (Cambridge University Press\, 1981); “Russia and Germany Reborn: Unification\, The Soviet Collapse and The New Europe” (Princeton University Press\, 1999); “The Limits of Partnership: US-Russian Relations in the Twenty-First Century” (Princeton University Press\, 2014)\, for which she won the American Academy of Diplomacy’s Douglas Dillon prize for the best book on the practice of American Diplomacy. Her most recent book is “Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and With the Rest” (Twelve Books\, 2019) for which she won the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy’s prize for the best book on U.S-Russian Relations. \nShe was a member of the senior advisory panel for NATO’s Supreme Allied Commander in Europe for Admiral James Stavridis and General Philip Breedlove. She is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a contributing editor to Survival and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Cold War Studies\, World Policy Journal\, Internationale Politik\, and Mirovaia Ekonomika i Mezhdunarodnie Otnosheniie. She has served on the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council for Russia and Central Asia. She was a trustee of the Eurasia Foundation. Dr. Stent received her bachelor’s from Cambridge University\, her Master of Science with distinction from the London School of Economics and Political Science\, and her master’s and doctorate from Harvard University.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/superwahljahr-2024-what-to-watch-following-russias-presidential-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T090000
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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\, March 25 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with ACG Young Leader Alumna Dana Heide\, Correspondent for Handelsblatt.[/vc_column_text][vc_btn title=”Register Here” style=”classic” link=”url:https%3A%2F%2Fus02web.zoom.us%2Fwebinar%2Fregister%2F3317111201989%2FWN_rwxbHWHLQAimq1mkbTsuqg” css=”.vc_custom_1711120268669{background-color: #1e73be !important;background-position: center !important;background-repeat: no-repeat !important;background-size: cover !important;}”][vc_column_text]Dana Heide (2018 ACG Young Leader) has been a Berlin-based correspondent for the Handelsblatt since the summer of 2022 and currently covers the German Foreign Office and international politics\, with a special focus on German-Chinese relations. Ms. Heide served as the paper’s China Correspondent from 2019 to 2022. She joined the Handelsblatt in 2011 and previously reported from Berlin from 2015 to 2019. \nMs. Heide studied Economics in Bremen and attended the Georg von Holtzbrinck School of Journalism. She worked as a freelance correspondent in San Sebastián\, Spain. In 2016\, she was an Arthur F. Burns Fellow at The Wall Street Journal in San Francisco.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/kaffeepause-whats-abuzz-in-berlin-90/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240325T173000
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SUMMARY:U.S.-German Relations in a Multipolar World
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG’s Nashville Warburg Chapter and the Tennessee World Affairs Council will host a discussion and reception with Michael Georg Link\, Coordinator for Transatlantic Cooperation at the German Federal Foreign Ministry and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). \nFor more information\, please email events@acgusa.org \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 the Heilbronn City Council and also the 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/u-s-german-relations-in-a-multipolar-world/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240328T123000
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SUMMARY:Germany’s Energy Policy:  A Mid-Term Report Card and an Outlook for the Remaining 18 Months
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]On March 28\, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Sascha Müller-Kraenner\, Executive Director/CEO of the Deutsche Umwelthilfe e.V. (Environmental Action Germany). \nPlease email events@acgusa.org for more information. \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 founded in 1975 that focuses on environmental and consumer protection. It is a leading environmental and consumer advocacy organization that works mostly at the German state\, national\, and European levels. \nMr. Müller-Kraenner is also a founding partner and board member of Ecologic Institute\, a non-profit applied environmental policy research institute with offices in Berlin\, Brussels\, and Washington\, DC. Between 2007 and 2014\, he held various positions with The Nature Conservancy\, 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.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/germanys-energy-policy-a-mid-term-report-card-and-an-outlook-for-the-remaining-18-months/
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