Foreign Policy Priorities for the Next German Government

The Boston Warburg Chapter, Northeastern University, and World Boston will host a discussion and luncheon with Metin Hakverdi, Member of the Bundestag (SPD). There is no charge to attend this event. Please note: Proof of vaccination is required to attend.Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag...

Assessing the Domestic and Foreign Policy Priorities of Germany’s New Government

After weeks of negotiations following Germany’s federal election in September, a new government was sworn in on December 8. Following 16 years of conservative leadership under Angela Merkel, Olaf Scholz became Chancellor. Promising a new start, his center-left Social Democrats will govern in a coalition together with the Greens and the business-friendly Free Democrats. The...

The Implications and Consequences of Russia’s War in Ukraine

Each day, the reports from Ukraine are getting worse as the fighting continues and people try to evacuate their homes. Join the American Council on Germany and the Tennessee World Affairs Council for a discussion with Ambassador John Kornblum, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and Dr. Liana Fix, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the...

Ukraine: in Conversation with Consul General Moessinger

Join the American Council on Germany's Chicago Chapter for a discussion and reception with German Consul General Moessinger.   Wolfgang Moessinger is Consul General of the Federal Republic of Germany for the Midwest, based in Chicago. After school and military service he studied German, French, and History at the Albert-Ludwigs-University in Freiburg. He joined the Federal...

Kissinger at 99: Historical Reflections on 20th-Century America’s Most Famous Diplomat

On June 23, the Nashville Warburg Chapter will host a discussion and cocktail hour with Dr. Thomas A. Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History at Vanderbilt University, on “Kissinger at 99: Historical Reflections on 20th-Century America’s Most Famous Diplomat”Thomas A. Schwartz, who was an ACG Young Leader in 1989, is a Distinguished Professor of History at...