On August 23, the ACG will host a discussion and reception with Dr. Jens Brandenburg, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Education and Research and Member of the German Bundestag (FDP). For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Dr. Jens Brandenburg (2019 ACG Young Leader) has been Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister...
On August 25, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Thomas Hitschler, Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense and Member of the German Bundestag (SPD). For more information, please email events@acgusa.org. Thomas Hitschler has been Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Minister of Defense since December 2021. He has been...
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, September 11 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Steven Erlanger, Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times.Steven Erlanger is the Chief Diplomatic Correspondent in Europe for The New York Times, a position he...
While global challenges are addressed by national governments, increasingly subnational actors such as states, communities, and cities have needed to step up to take action when traditional nation-states have been unable to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlocks. This trend has also characterized transatlantic relations and the German-American partnership. The German-American State Legislator...
On the evening of September 13, the ACG will host the inaugural Dr. Richard M. Hunt Memorial Lecture with Dr. Josef Joffe, Professor of International Politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Dr. Josef Joffe teaches international politics at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Previously he taught at Stanford...