NYC: The Impact of AI and Digitalization on Social Cohesion

The ACG, the Hasso Plattner Institute, and the ZEIT-Stiftung will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Gesche Joost, Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts. Dr. Gesche Joost is a Professor of Design Research at the Berlin University of the Arts and has headed the Design Research Lab since 2005. She conducts...

NYC: Transatlantic Trade in Uncertain Times: Unpacking Trade Disputes between Europe, the United States, and China

The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Christian Forwick, Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, America; and Lena Knecht, Policy Officer for Transatlantic Economic Relations in the Directorate-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, America at the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy.  This event is open to ACG members only. Dr. Christian Forwick...

Twenty-Eighth Annual John J. McCloy Awards Dinner

The American Council on Germany’s Twenty-Eighth Annual John J. McCloy Awards Dinner honoring Oliver Bäte, Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE, with the 2021 McCloy Award, and Robert B. Zoellick, Lead U.S. Official for the Two-Plus-Four Negotiations on German Unification and Former President of the World Bank, U.S. Trade Representative, and Deputy Secretary...

A New Government; A New Foreign Policy? What to Expect from Berlin after Angela Merkel

On November 1, the ACG will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Markus Ziener, Helmut Schmidt Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States. With support from 1014. Please Note: Proof of vaccination is required to attend.Dr. Markus Ziener is a Professor of Journalism at the Hochschule für Medien, Kommunikation und Wirtschaft (HMKW),...

Nord Stream 2 and Germany’s Precarious Dependency on Russian Gas

Amid the tensions with Russia over Ukraine, Germany’s energy dependence and Nord Stream 2 have been major topics of discussion – with in Germany, across Europe, and in the United States. The pipeline has been a controversial subject for years, but in the face of Russian aggression against Ukraine it is being used as leverage...