Fake News, Cybersecurity, and Election Manipulation

On November 2, the ACG and the Hasso Plattner Insitute will host a breakfast briefing with Professor Dr. Christoph Meinel, Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute and Dean of the Digital Engineering Faculty at Potsdam University. Professor Dr. Christoph Meinel is Managing and Scientific Director of the Hasso Plattner Institute for Digital...

Navigating Troubled Water: The Transatlantic Partnership in the Face of Multiple Crises

On November 4, the ACG will host a breakfast briefing with Sigmar Gabriel, former Foreign Minister, former Vice Chancellor, and Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke. Sigmar Gabriel has been Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke e.V. since June 2019. He was the Leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD) from 2009 to 2017, which made him the party’s...

Germany’s Zeitenwende: A New Chapter for Transatlantic Relations”

On November 14, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon 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, now in his fourth legislative term. He represents the Free Democratic Party (FDP) and his...

Germany’s G7 Presidency in a Period of Crisis

On November 15, the ACG and the German Consulate General will host a breakfast briefing with Dr. Florian Toncar, Parliamentary State Secretary in the Federal Ministry of Finance and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP).   Dr. Florian Toncar has been Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Finance since December 2021. Since 2017,...

Recalibrating German Foreign Policy After the Zeitenwende

On November 16, the ACG and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung will host a discussion and luncheon with Lars Klingbeil, Party Leader of the  Social Democratic Party of Germany. Lars Klingbeil is a German politician and leader of the Social Democratic Party of Germany since 2021. Mr. Klingbeil first joined the SPD in 1996, and in 2009, he...