On January 31, the ACG will hold the 30th John J. McCloy Awards Dinner honoring Dr. Belén Garijo, Chair of the Executive Board and CEO of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, and Alexander C. Karp, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Palantir Technologies Inc.Â
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, February 5 at 9:00 am ET for a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming, Opinion Writer for Tagesspiegel.Malte Lehming works as a writer for the Tagesspiegel, where he heads the opinion page. From late 2000 to 2005, he...
On February 5, the ACG will host a discussion and reception in Washington, DC with Bundestag Member Metin Hakverdi (SPD). For more information, please emails events@acgusa.org. Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs...
On January 18, the American Council on Germany hosted a wide-ranging discussion about Germany’s Zeitenwende and the evolving geopolitical landscape with Dr. Stefan Fröhlich, Professor of International Politics and Political Economy at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg. He highlighted the historical significance of the Zeitenwende speech by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz – and talked about where the redefinition and implementation of German foreign,...
On February 7, the ACG and the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung's New York Office will host a discussion and reception with Metin Hakverdi, Member of the Bundestag (SPD). Metin Hakverdi joined the Social Democratic Party in 2002 and has been a member of the German Bundestag since 2013. He serves on the Bundestag’s Committee on European Union Affairs and...
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 not been able to make progress due to political polarization and partisan gridlock. The German-American State Legislator Dialogue will take on the challenge of immigration, focusing...
The American Council on Germany and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung will host a roundtable discussion and luncheon with a delegation of Members of the Bundestag from the CDU including Stefan Rouenhoff, Franziska Hoppermann, Maximilian Mörseburg, and Catarina dos Santos-Wintz. For more information, please email events@acgusa.org.
On February 8, the American Council on Germany, Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, the German Center for Research and Innovation New York, and the Hasso Plattner Institut will host a discussion and reception with Professor Ariel D. Stern, Alexander von Humboldt Professor for Digital Health, Economics, and Policy at the Hasso Plattner Institute,...
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, February 12 at 12:00 pm ET for a Kaffeepause with Stephan Detjen, Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and Director of the Berlin Studio.Stephan Detjen is Chief Correspondent for Deutschlandradio and heads the station’s capital city studio...
As the U.S. election campaign heats up, the future of U.S. support for Ukraine has become a hot-button issue. With a critical legislative bill that includes foreign policy assistance alongside border security and asylum policy measures still under negotiation in Congress, the likelihood of its passage dwindles. This scenario poses significant risks for Ukraine in...
On February 8, some 60 million Pakistanis – out of nearly 129 million registered voters – took to the polls in the country’s general election. The party of Imran Khan, the imprisoned former Prime Minister, won the most seats - but no party won a simple majority. This unexpected result is a rebuke of the country’s...
The ACG and KPMG will host a breakfast briefing in Munich with Simone Menne, President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Germany; Dr. Constanze Stelzenmüller, Director Center on the US and Europe (CUSE) and Fritz Stern Chair at The Brookings Institution; and Ambassador Kurt Volker, Senior International Advisor and Advisory Board Member at BGR...
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 Tuesday, February 20 at 9:00 am ET for a special edition of the Kaffeepause following the Munich Security Conference with the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stefan Kornelius.Stefan Kornelius is the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche...
Zum 60. Mal kommen bei der Münchner Sicherheitskonferenz hunderte Entscheidungsträger:innen, Meinungsführer:innen und hochrangige Politiker:innen zusammen. Seit dem Terrorangriff der Hamas am 7. Oktober 2023 eskaliert die Lage in Nahost, die Ukraine kämpft weiter um ihre Freiheit und die Wahlen in den USA könnten sie internationale Sicherheitsarchitektur zusätzlich erschüttern. Was lässt sich daraus für die deutsche Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik ableiten? Und...
On February 22, the ACG and the Pittsburgh Committee on Foreign Relations will host a discussion and reception with David Gill, Consul General of Germany in New York. David Gill has been the German Consul General in New York since August 20217. He grew up in a protestant minister’s family in Herrnhut, Saxony, in former...
On February 26, the ACG will host a discussion and luncheon with Dr. Thomas Gstaedtner, Head of Division in the Banking Supervisory Arm of the European Central Bank. Dr. Thomas Gstaedtner works as a Head of Division in the banking supervisory arm of the European Central Bank. He is responsible for supervising the French banks and...
On February 29, the American Council on Germany and the American Business Forum on Europe will host a breakfast briefing with Oliver Süme, Partner at Fieldfisher and Chair of the Board of the Internet Industry Association, eco. The European Parliament just passed the AI Act, which forms the world's first legal framework for artificial intelligence...
Around the world, the rise of populist movements is contributing to the spread of conspiracy narratives. Social media platforms and messengers provide a fertile ground for conspiracy narratives that mobilize people, reinforce anti-Semitic and anti-pluralist thinking, and also destabilize and divide societies. In a time of fake truth and alternative facts, how much impact do...