Since the October 7th Hamas terrorist attack on southern Israel, the Israel-Hamas War and humanitarian crisis in Gaza have dominated headlines around the world. But how has news coverage itself shaped global attitudes towards the conflict, and how can journalism provide the basis for holding shared conversations about a polarizing issue? As part of the Foreign...
In a very short period, the dynamics of the U.S. election have changed dramatically: Beginning with President Joe Biden’s poor debate performance, followed by an assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump, and then the announcement that President Biden was dropping out of the race and endorsing his Vice President Kamala Harris, the past few...
Join The American Council on Germany and The Hasso Plattner Institute in NYC for a discussion with Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann, Professor for Information Systems, Digital Engineering Faculty at the Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam. Prof. Dr. Felix Naumann studied mathematics, economy, and computer sciences at the University of Technology in Berlin and...
The ACG will hold a Breakfast Briefing in Chicago with two members of the German Bundestag, Metin Hakverdi (SPD) and Thomas Silberhorn (CDU/CSU). The event will take place from 8:00am-9:30am (CDT) at The Chicago Club.Metin Hakverdi joined the SPD in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. His reelection in...
A Conversation with the Minister-President of the Free State of Thuringia Bodo Ramelow Next month, state elections will be held in the three eastern German states of Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia. Coming off of the European parliamentary elections in early June, when the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) won most of the votes in all...