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SUMMARY:San Diego: German-Russian Relations: How to Cope with Moscow's New Assertiveness
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The San Diego Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and luncheon with Professor Hannes Adomeit.  \nThere is a $30 charge for ACG Members and a $45 charge for nonmembers to attend this event. RSVP here by May 10. \nProfessor Hannes Adomeit was most recently a Bosch Public Policy Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, DC\, writing a paper on German-Russian relations under Merkel and Putin. Until 2014\, he was Professor for Russian and European Studies at the Warsaw campus of the College of Europe. Prior to that\, he was a Research Associate and head of the research section on Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and the Caucasus at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. His academic degrees include\, in Germany\, an M.A. in Political Science from the Freie Universität in Berlin and\, in the United States\, an M.A. degree in International Relations\, a Certificate in Russian Studies\, and a Ph.D. with distinction\, all from Columbia University in New York City. In the past\, he also held teaching and/or research positions at institutions in several countries\, including the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London\, the Royal Military College of Canada\, and the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica\, California. From 1989 to 1997\, he was Professor of International Politics and Director of the Program on Russia and East-Central Europe at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplo­macy in Boston as well as a Fellow at the Harvard Russian Research Center. He has written many arti­cles in academic journals and books\, including Imperial Overstretch: Germany in Soviet Policy from Stalin to Gorbachev: An Analysis Based on New Archival Evidence\, Memoirs\, and Interviews. He was born in 1942 in Memel\, East Prussia\, now Klaipeda\, Lithuania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/san-diego-german-russian-relations-how-to-cope-with-moscows-new-assertiveness/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170509T180000
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SUMMARY:Phoenix: Western-Russian Relations: How to Cope with Moscow's New Assertiveness
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Phoenix Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and dinner with Professor Hannes Adomeit. \nThere is a $25 charge to attend this event. RSVP here by May 4. \nProfessor Hannes Adomeit was most recently a Bosch Public Policy Fellow at the Transatlantic Academy in Washington\, DC\, writing a paper on German-Russian relations under Merkel and Putin. Until 2014\, he was Professor for Russian and European Studies at the Warsaw campus of the College of Europe. Prior to that\, he was a Research Associate and head of the research section on Russia\, Eastern Europe\, and the Caucasus at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs in Berlin. His academic degrees include\, in Germany\, an M.A. in Political Science from the Freie Universität in Berlin and\, in the United States\, an M.A. degree in International Relations\, a Certificate in Russian Studies\, and a Ph.D. with distinction\, all from Columbia University in New York City. In the past\, he also held teaching and/or research positions at institutions in se­veral countries\, including the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London\, the Royal Military College of Canada\, and the Rand Corporation in Santa Monica\, California. From 1989 to 1997\, he was Professor of International Politics and Director of the Program on Russia and East-Central Europe at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplo­macy in Boston as well as a Fellow at the Harvard Russian Research Center. He has written many arti­cles in academic journals and books\, including Imperial Overstretch: Germany in Soviet Policy from Stalin to Gorbachev: An Analysis Based on New Archival Evidence\, Memoirs\, and Interviews. He was born in 1942 in Memel\, East Prussia\, now Klaipeda\, Lithuania.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/phoenix-western-russian-relations-how-to-cope-with-moscows-new-assertiveness/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
ORGANIZER;CN="American Council on Germany":MAILTO:events@acgusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T113000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170406T130000
DTSTAMP:20260427T025949
CREATED:20170323T202055Z
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SUMMARY:Indianapolis: The Guns of August: WWI\, German-American Lutherans\, Religion and Immigration Issues Then and Now"
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter\, the Honorary Consul of Germany\, and the Foundation for Lutheran Child Family Services\, Indiana will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Giles Hoyt\, Professor Emeritus of German and Philanthropic Studies and Director Emeritus of the IUPUI Max Kade German-American Research and Resource Center. \nPlease RSVP to Susan Ryan at events@lutheranfamily.org or 317.359.5467 ext. 235. \nThe diverse group of people with a German background faced a strong anti-German nativist wave stirred up by government propaganda against Germany in WWI. We will look at some of the issues then and draw possible parallels to questions facing American society today. Religion and tradition plays a role. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/indianapolis-the-guns-of-august-wwi-german-american-lutherans-religion-and-immigration-issues-then-and-now/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
ORGANIZER;CN="American Council on Germany":MAILTO:events@acgusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170320T133000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170320T150000
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SUMMARY:Boston: Reform of the UN Security Council - The Boulder of Sisyphus?
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Boston Warburg Chapter and Northeastern University’s College of Social Sciences and Humanities and the Center for International Affairs and World Cultures will host a discussion with Dr. Thomas Seidel\, First Secretary of Political Affairs at the Permanent Mission of Germany to the United Nations.  \nThere is no charge to attend this event. Reservations are not required.  Dessert and light refreshments will be served. \n  \nDr. Thomas Seidel is a German career diplomat who has been working in the political section of the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York since 2014. He covers the issues of UN Security Council reform and the selection process of the UN Secretary General as well as the prevention and countering of violent extremism and terrorism. Before going to New York City\, he served as Political Counsellor at the German Embassy in Kabul\, Afghanistan\, for two years. On a prior posting in the Federal Foreign Office in Berlin\, he covered the rapprochement with Cuba and political\, humanitarian\, and development support for Haiti after the devastating earthquake in 2010. Prior to his career in diplomacy\, Dr. Seidel worked as a management consultant in the European automotive and logistics industry for four years. He is an industrial engineer by training and holds a Doctorate from Technical University of Dortmund\, a Master’s Degree (Diplom) from Technical University of Berlin\, and a Bachelor (Vordiplom) from Technical University Kaiserslautern. He also studied at University of Calgary and University of Western Sydney. His Doctorate presents a process model for the design of global production and logistics networks. He recently coauthored an article in the Berlin Policy Journal on the reform of the UN Security Council together with Ambassador Dr. Harald Braun\, Germany’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations in New York.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/boston-reform-of-the-un-security-council-the-boulder-of-sisyphus/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170308T113000
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SUMMARY:Minneapolis: Europe in the Era of Trump
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Minneapolis Warburg Chapter will host two events with Hans Kundnandi\, Senior Transatlantic Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.  \nLuncheon and Discussion\n11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. \nDinner and Discussion\n5:45 – 8:45 p.m. \nHans Kundnani is a Senior Transatlantic Fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States’ Europe program\, based in Berlin. He previously worked as the Research Director of the European Council on Foreign Relations\, where he worked for five years. He is also an Associate Fellow at the Institute for German Studies at Birmingham University. His research focuses on German power within Europe\, German foreign policy\, European integration and dis-integration\, European foreign policy\, and relations between Europe and Asia. He is the author of two books\, Utopia or Auschwitz. Germany’s 1968 Generation and the Holocaust (2009) and The Paradox of German Power (2014). His articles and papers have been published in journals such as Foreign Affairs\, The Washington Quarterly\, and Internationale Politik and newspapers such as the Financial Times\, Le Monde\, and Die Zeit. Mr. Kundnani studied German and Philosophy at Oxford University and Journalism at Columbia University in New York\, where he was a Fulbright Scholar. \n[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/minneapolis-europe-in-the-era-of-trump/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170302T210000
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SUMMARY:Indianapolis: Germany as an Immigration Country:  Labor Migration and the Refugee Influx
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Indianapolis Warburg Chapter and Butler University will host a discussion with Dr. Cornelia Schu\, Managing Director and Director of the Research Unit at the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration (SVR). \nThere is no charge to attend this event. Reservations are not required. \nDr. Cornelia Schu serves as the Expert Council of German Foundations on Integration and Migration’s (SVR’s) Managing Director as well as the Director of its Research Unit. Before joining the SVR\, Dr. Schu led Stiftung Mercator’s thematic cluster on integration\, where she gained extensive expertise in integration policy. She also worked as Personal Assistant to the Secretary General and the Chairman of the German Council of Science and Humanities. Dr. Schu holds a Ph.D. in German Studies from the University of Bonn.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/indianapolis-germany-as-an-immigration-country-labor-migration-and-the-refugee-influx/
CATEGORIES:Chapter Events
ORGANIZER;CN="American Council on Germany":MAILTO:events@acgusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170209T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170209T200000
DTSTAMP:20260427T025949
CREATED:20170117T180847Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T214937Z
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SUMMARY:NYC: The Euro Area: The Current Economic Situation and the Ongoing Need for Institutional Reforms
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Johannes Beermann\, Member of the Executive Board\, Deutsche Bundesbank. \nDr. Johannes Beermann has been a Member of the Executive Board of the German Bundesbank\, responsible for human resources\, administration and premises\, and the procurement center\, since January 2015. Prior to that\, from September 2009 to November 2014\, he was Minister of State and Chief of the State Chancellery of the Free State of Saxony. From June 2008 to September 2009\, he was Chief of the State Chancellery and Minister of State for Federal and European Affairs of Saxony. He served as Secretary of State for Federal and European Affairs at the Hessian State Chancellery and Commissioner (Bevollmächtigter) of the State of Hesse to the Federation from 1999 to 2003 and as State Councillor to the Senator of Finance of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen from 1995 to 1999. Before that\, he held miscellaneous functions in the public sector. He holds a Ph.D. in Law from the University of Münster and has spent time as an associate partner of a law firm and a practicing lawyer when not in the public sector\, especially between 2003 and 2008. \nPlease note Dr. Beermann’s address will be off the record.\nRSVP (acceptances only) to the American Council on Germany at 212-826-3636 or events@acgusa.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/nyc-the-euro-area-the-current-economic-situation-and-the-ongoing-need-for-institutional-reforms/
LOCATION:Dentons US LLP
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
ORGANIZER;CN="American Council on Germany":MAILTO:events@acgusa.org
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170112T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170112T200000
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SUMMARY:NYC: Is TTIP Dead? The Future of Transatlantic Trade
DESCRIPTION:[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The American Council on Germany and Cultural Vistas will host a Political Salon with Simon Book\, Journalist with WirtschaftsWoche. \nYou must register via Eventbrite. \nSimon Book is a German journalist with WirtschaftsWoche in Berlin. He was previously a reporter for Handelsblatt and for Financial Times Deutschland. He holds a bachelor of arts in Media and Communication from the University of Passau and a master of arts in Journalism from the Deutsche Journalistenschule München. Mr. Book has received fellowships from the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington\, DC. He has also received several awards\, including the Hugo Junkers Award for outstanding Aviation Journalism\, the Journalism Prize of the Volks- und Raiffeisen Banking Group\, the Heinrich-Heine-Journalism-Prize\, the Belarus in Focus-Award\, and the Ludwig Erhard Award for Business Journalism. In 2016\, he was selected by the American Council on Germany as an Anna-Maria and Stephen M. Kellen Fellow to conduct research on transatlantic trade.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]
URL:https://www.acgusa.org/event/is-ttip-dead-the-future-of-transatlantic-trade/
LOCATION:Cultural Vistas\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:NYC Events
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