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 October 24, the ACG held a virtual discussion with Dr. Karl-Heinz Kamp, Lecturer at the University “Roma Tre” and Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), about Germany’s nuclear defense policy and deterrence.
On October 23, the ACG hosted a special edition of the regular Kaffeepause with former German Ambassador to Poland Rolf Nikel.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On October 16, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with journalist Alfred Schmit.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On October 9, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Michael Watzke, Bavarian Correspondent for Deutschlandradio.
On October 12, the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General of New York held the second virtual discussion in the series “Dealing with Disinformation” on how actors use disinformation campaigns to influence public opinion, divide societies, and disrupt democratic processes with German diplomat and former journalist Ralf Beste and Melissa Fleming, Under-Secretary-General for Global Communications at the United Nations.