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 7, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Berlin Correspondent for Die Zeit, Petra Pinzler (2010 Kellen Fellow).
On November 1, the ACG held a virtual discussion on the multitude of challenges facing Europe today with Dr. Jana Puglierin, Senior Policy Fellow at the European Council on Foreign Relations and head of its Berlin office.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On October 24 hosted a Kaffeepause with radio journalist and podcast host Dr. Esme Nicholson.
Transatlantic Trends is a project co-led by the German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) and the Bertelsmann Foundation (North America), Inc., with the generous support of the BBVA Foundation, the Jean Monnet Centre Montréal, the Luso-American Development Foundation (FLAD), the Konrad-Adenauer-Foundation Türkiye, and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in France.
The ACG and the Tennessee World Affairs Council continued their series of virtual events titled “In Focus: Russia’s War in Ukraine” with a discussion on October 10 that included security experts Dr. Liana Fix, CFR Fellow for Europe, and Lieutenant General (ret.) Ben Hodges, former Commanding General of the United States Army Europe, about the war in Ukraine.