Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

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, November 13 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Berlin Correspondent for Die Zeit, Petra Pinzler (2010 Kellen Fellow). Petra Pinzler is a journalist with the German weekly DIE ZEIT based in the Berlin office. She writes on the EU and foreign policy...

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...

Kaffeepause: What’s Abuzz in Berlin?

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, November 20 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Anja Wehler-Schöck, Head of International Politics for Der Tagesspiegel. Anja Wehler-Schöck has been Head of International Politics at der Tagesspiegel since August 2022. Prior to that, she worked as...

Germany’s Foreign Policy Outlook in Times of Crisis and Conflict

On November 21, the Denver Warburg Chapter of the ACG and the Denver Council on Foreign Relations will host a roundtable discussion with Ralf Beste, Director-General for Culture and Society at the German Federal Foreign Office, on“Germany’s Foreign Policy Outlook in Times of Crisis and Conflict.” Ralf Beste is a German diplomat and former journalist. He currently serves...