Three days after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine last February, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz addressed a special session of the Bundestag on Sunday, February 27. In his Zeitenwende speech, he laid out a set of transformative – and ambitious – measures for Germany’s foreign, security, and energy policies. The speech was perceived as a major turning point for...
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, March 6, at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Paul-Anton Krüger, Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche Zeitung.Paul-Anton Krüger has been the Parliamentary Correspondent in the Berlin Bureau of the Süddeutsche...
Edward Berger’s German-Âlanguage feature film "All Quiet On The Western Front" has proven to be a run-away sensation for Netflix since it was launched on the streaming platform last fall. It ranks fourth on the list of the most popular non-English language films on Netflix and has been in the streamer’s own top 10 in over 91...
On March 1, the German Federal Foreign Office released its framework for a Feminist Foreign Policy. Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock and Economic Cooperation and Development Minister Svenja Schulze gave a joint statement saying that more equal societies suffer less from hunger and poverty and are, therefore, more stable. The new guidelines state that Germany will...
What was once seen as a mutually beneficial bilateral relationship between China and Germany is being put under the microscope as Berlin considers its complex economic relationship with the People’s Republic. Germany’s coalition government is working on a new national security strategy – and also a strategy for relations with China. Berlin’s re-evaluation of its...