The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us for the 100th Kaffeepause – and last of the year – on Monday, December 18, at 9:00 am ET with ACG Young Leader alumnus Matthias Deiß, Deputy Director of ARD’s television studio in Berlin.Matthias Deiß is the...
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. Join us on Monday, January 8, at 9:00 am ET for the first Kaffeepause of the year with Matthew Karnitschnig, Chief Europe Correspondent for Politico.Matthew Karnitschnig is POLITICO’s chief Europe correspondent, based in Berlin. He joined the...
On January 13, 2024, Taiwan’s voters will go to the polls to elect a successor to President Tsai Ing-wen, who is term-limited. Who will succeed her as three parties jockey for support? Some analysts believe the election will be a referendum on relations with China, but others think domestic issues (like housing and wages) will be...
In February 2021 Russia launched its war of aggression in Ukraine. Just days later the newly-minted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz held his historic Zeitenwende speech. In it, he said that things would not be the same as they were before Russia’s attack, and he outlined some fundamental changes in Germany’s foreign, security, and energy policy. Almost three...
In late November, senior representatives from Germany's Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) gathered for a secret meeting with neo-Nazis and other like-minded individuals to discuss Germany's migration policy and who should count as being German. They developed a plan to expel millions of people from Germany. Critics have compared the meeting to the Wannsee Conference. The story broke...