Assistant Secretary of State Dr. Karen Donfried will share her thoughts on the current crisis in Eastern Europe and outline the Biden administration's vision for the U.S.-German relationship. The conversation will focus on how the new German government and the United States in tandem with our NATO allies can ensure peace and prosperity for our transatlantic...
In 2021, two Black victims of the Nazi regime were finally honored with so-called STOLPERSTEINE -- (lit. “stumbling stones or blocks”) – pioneered by German artist Gunter Demnig in Berlin. With concrete cubes bearing the names of persecuted residents in front of their homes, victims are being remembered in Berlin and other German cities. What...
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. Join us on Monday, February 28 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause on the developments in Ukraine and Germany's response former NPR international correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who now hosts the podcast “Common Ground.”Soraya Sarhaddi...
Earlier this week, President Vladimir V. Putin recognized two Russia-backed separatist territories in Ukraine – the so-called Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics – and ordered the Russian military into those regions to carry out “peacekeeping functions.” After months of amassing troops along the border with Ukraine, in the early hours of Thursday, February 24, Russia...
This past weekend marked a major shift in Germany’s foreign and defense policy. On Saturday, the German government announced it would send arms to Ukraine. Then on Sunday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined a new blueprint for German foreign policy at a special session of the Bundestag. In a significant shift, he committed to delivering weapons to...