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 November 21, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Malte Lehming, Opinion Writer for Der Tagesspiegel
On November 16 the ACG and 1014, as part of their virtual series Democracies under Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order, held a discussion with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future, and Alexander Müller, Founder and Managing Director of TMG – Think Tank for Sustainability in Berlin, about global food insecurity, its causes including the war in Ukraine, and some of the challenges and opportunities that exist to alleviate the crisis.
On November 15, as part of their virtual series Democracies under Pressure: Challenges for the Global Liberal Order, the ACG and 1014 held a discussion with Dr. John Glenn, Senior Director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies, and Sarah Pagung, an Associate Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP), about authoritarian influence through interference in elections ranging from disputing results to manipulating or pre-determining election outcomes.
On November 14, the ACG and the Tennessee World Affairs Council held a discussion with Putin biographers and Russia experts, Katja Gloger, and Andrew S. Weiss (ACG Young Leader), the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, about the war in Ukraine.
On November 14 the ACG held its weekly Kaffeepause with journalist Miriam Hollstein, (2008 ACG McCloy Fellow) Chief Reporter for T-Online in Berlin.