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.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On May 8, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with journalist Alfred Schmit.
On May 1, the ACG hosted a virtual discussion about Moscow’s efforts to bring Die Linke and the AfD together with Washington Post reporter Catherine Belton.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. on April 24, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Henrike Roßbach, Deputy Head and Correspondent for the Parliamentary Office for the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On April 17, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Karina Mößbauer, Chief Reporter in the Politics Department/ Parliament Office for BILD
On April 5, the American Council on Germany and 1014 for a virtual discussion with globalization experts Thorsten Benner, Co-Founder and Director of the Global Public Policy Institute (GPPi), and Dr. Shannon O’Neil, Vice President, Deputy Director of Studies, and Nelson and David Rockefeller Senior Fellow for Latin America Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations.