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 March 25, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with ACG Young Leader Alumna Dana Heide, Correspondent for Handelsblatt.
On March 20, the ACG hosted a discussion about the political landscape in Russia with Dr. Sabine Fischer, Senior Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Studies (Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, SWP) in Berlin, and Dr. Angela Stent (1982 Young Leader), Senior Adviser to the Center for Eurasian, Russian, and East European Studies at Georgetown University.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On March 18, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Erika Solomon, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On March 11, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Dr. Anna Sauerbrey, Foreign Editor for the weekly DIE ZEIT and 2018 ACG Kellen Fellow.
On March 6, the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany hosted a State-to-State: German-American State Legislator Dialogue with German and American state legislators with Franziska Baum (FDP), State Parliament of the Free State of Thuringia; and Senator Brian Fernandez (D), Arizona State Senate.