Navigating Crises, Conflict, and Competition: A European Perspective on the Future of Transatlantic Relations, Multilateralism, and the World Order

The ACG and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a Breakfast Briefing with Klaus Welle, Chairman of the Academic Council at the Martens Centre for European Studies (Brussels) and Former Secretary-General of the European Parliament. Klaus Welle served as the Secretary-General of the European Parliament from 2009 to 2022. He is currently the Chairman of the Academic Council at...

Can AI Be Creative?

On November 14, the ACG, DWIH, and HPI will host a discussion and reception with Professor Gerard de Melo, Full Professor at the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital Engineering and Chair for Artificial Intelligence and Intelligent Systems at the University of Potsdam. While creativity is often considered a uniquely human trait, there have recently been...

Democracy vs. Autocracy: Threats to Western Democracies through Autocratic Regimes

The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Thomas Haldenwang, President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)). Thomas Haldenwang currently serves as the President of the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution (Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz (BfV)), a key domestic intelligence agency in Germany with the...

The Shifting Geo-Economic Landscape: A German Perspective

The ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Christian Forwick, Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, and America in the German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Christian Forwick has served as the Deputy Director-General for External Economic Relations, Trade Policy, and America in...

German Politics Against the Backdrop of Open Conflict in the Middle East

The ACG will host a discussion and reception with Stephan Detjen, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and Director of the Berlin Studio. For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station's capital city studio in Berlin. Previously, he worked as Deutschlandfunk's Editor-in-Chief in Cologne and as a legal policy...