The spread of COVID-19 and the ensuing global lock-down as governments try to slow the spread of the corona virus has tested individuals and institutions around the world. Since March of 2020, the ACG has stepped up its digital programming by hosting webinars and video discussions which bring together policy makers and thought leaders from both sides of the Atlantic to discuss some of the key issues shaping transatlantic relations in an unprecedented time. In addition to organizing events on its own, the ACG has also partnered with other organizations such as 1014 and Atlantik-Brücke to launch new series designed to reach beyond the ACG community.
On March 27, the ACG and 1014 hosted a discussion the green energy transition with Cameron Abadi, Deputy Editor at Foreign Policy and Co-Host of FP’s Ones and Tooze podcast, and Dr. Kira Vinke, Head of Center for Climate and Foreign Policy at the German Council on Foreign Relations.
The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics that are making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On March 24, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Vladimir Balzer, award-winning journalist and ACG fellow.
On March 20, the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute held the fourteenth event in the State-to-State series on future of artificial intelligence and technology. The conversation included Senator Lashrecse Aird (D), Senate of Virginia, Nina Eisenhardt (Alliance 90/The Greens), State Parliament of Hesse, Representative Valerie Gaydos (R), Pennsylvania House of Representatives, and Franziska Müller-Rech (FDP), State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia.
The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics that are making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On March 17, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Marc Felix Serrao, Editor-in-Chief in Germany for the Neue Züricher Zeitung.
The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On March 3, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Paul-Anton Krüger, Editor for Der Spiegel.