Germany has made a dramatic shift in its foreign, defense, and energy policy as a direct result of the unprovoked Russian invasion of Ukraine. After decades of Ostpolitik (a foreign policy of détente toward the Soviet Union and then Russia) and Wandel durch Handel (or “change through trade”), we have seen a major pivot in German policy toward Russia....
On May 19, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Daniel S. Hamilton, a nonresident Senior Fellow at the Center on the United States and Europe at the Brookings Institution.
On May 23, the ACG will host a dinner roundtable with Bundestag Member Alexander Radwan (CSU) on Monday, May 23. Mr. Radwan serves on the Bundestag’s Foreign Affairs Committee and the Finance Committee. He will be visiting New York together with Christian Heller, CEO of Value Balancing Alliance, and former Bundestag member Christian Ruck, who...
May 27 at 8:00 am ET in New York – "It’s a Matter of Trust: Germany, Eastern Europe, and the War in Ukraine" The ACG and the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung will hold a Breakfast Briefing with Dr. Ellen Ueberschär, Co-President of the Heinrich-Böll-Foundation. To have your name added to the waiting list, please email events@acgusa.org.Dr. Ellen Ueberschär is Co-President of...
June 10, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Michael Georg Link, Coordinator of Transatlantic Cooperation at the Federal Foreign Office and Member of the Bundestag (FDP). Michael 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...