Die gemeinsame Wertegrundlage auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks erodiert immer mehr, fürchtet rund die Hälfte der Deutschen und Amerikaner. Besonders skeptisch sehen die Deutschen die zukünftigen Handelsbeziehungen zu den Vereinigten Staaten. Trotz der anhaltenden politischen Spannungen zwischen Washington und Berlin glaubt eine Mehrheit auf beiden Seiten des Atlantiks weiter daran, dass die Vereinigten Staaten und Deutschland gemeinsame Werte teilen. Rund die Hälfte der Deutschen und Amerikaner ist aber überzeugt davon, dass diese gemeinsame Wertebasis zunehmend erodiert. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine Umfrage der Atlantik-Brücke und des American Council on Germany, die das Meinungsforschungsinstitut YouGov im April zeitgleich in den Vereinigten Staaten und in Deutschland durchgeführt hat. Read more
Rund die Hälfte der Deutschen und der Amerikaner sehen die gemeinsame westliche Wertebasis schwinden. Das ist das Ergebnis einer repräsentativen Umfrage des Meinungsforschungsinstituts Yougov im Auftrag der Atlantik-Brücke und des American Council on Germany. Read more
One weekend last June, in an auditorium in the German city of Karlsruhe, the philosopher Peter Sloterdijk celebrated his seventieth birthday by listening to twenty lectures about himself. A cluster of Europe’s leading intellectuals, academics, and artists, along with a smattering of billionaires, were paying tribute to Germany’s most controversial thinker, in the town where he was born and where he recently concluded a two-decade tenure as the rector of the State Academy for Design. There were lectures on Sloterdijk’s thoughts on Europe, democracy, religion, love, war, anger, the family, and space. There were lectures on his commentaries on Shakespeare and Clausewitz, and on his witty diaries, and slides of buildings inspired by his insights. Between sessions, Sloterdijk, who has long, straw-colored hair and a...
Ambassador John B. Emerson was elected as Chairman of the American Council on Germany on January 17, 2018. Q: What first made you become interested in Germany? A: My grandmother was born in the U.S. to German immigrants. German was her first language, and she often spoke it with my dad. I mentioned in my confirmation hearing that I studied German starting in seventh grade because I wanted to know what they were talking about. Actually, it was also because I was interested in science, and my parents and grandmother were clear that German was the language of scientific research. As I got older, I also was fascinated, and troubled, by how such a civilized and educated society could have permitted the rise of National Socialism—and the atrocities that brought about. This, I know, is a question many Germans...
On December 14, the ACG hosted a Hot Topics Call with Jacob Poushter, Senior Researcher from Pew Research Center, on how Germans and Americans view their countries relationship. Listen here
