Kaffeepause: Special Edition – Germany’s Confidence Vote

Join us on Monday, December 16, for a special edition of the ACG’s regular Kaffeepause. We’ll discuss the results of the German Bundestag’s confidence vote with Cameron Adabi, deputy editor at Foreign Policy, and Rüdiger Lentz, senior political advisor for the firm of Rud Pedersen. We’ll also talk about the first three years of the Ampelkoalition and the outlook for Germany’s...

German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations

The ACG is having a discussion with Till Knorn, German Consul General in New York, on, "German Politics and the Future of German-American Relations.” Till Knorn has been the German Consul General in New York since August 2024. Prior to that he served as the Chief of Protocol in the German Foreign Office (2020 to...

Hot Topics, Cold Realties – Migration

Migration played a pivotal role in the U.S. elections, and it looms prominently in political debates in Germany ahead of elections next month. Join the ACG and 1014 for a discussion with Victoria Rietig, the Head of the Center for Migration at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), and award-winning journalist Molly O’Toole. They will help shed light on...

Kamingespräch mit Frau Dr. Emily Haber

Die American Council on Germany und die Freunde des American Council on Germany veranstalten am 22. Januar 2025 um 18.00 Uhr am CMS ein Kamingespräch mit Dr. Emily Haber, Botschafterin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in den Vereinigten Staaten (ehem.), moderiert von Dr. Steven E. Sokol, Präsident und CEO des American Council on Germany.Lebensläufe: Dr. Emily Haber vertrat...

Democracy in the United States and Germany: Resilient or Fragile?

1014, the ACG, and the Goethe-Institut are hosting a discussion and reception with Dr. Alexander Görlach and Cathryn Clüver Ashbrook. The state of Western democracies has been a central theme in the U.S. election and is also significant in Germany, where the governing coalition has collapsed and securing ruling majorities has become increasingly difficult. With...