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 March 2, the ACG hosted a discussion with Klaus-Dieter Frankenberger, former Foreign Editor of the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, about Scholz’s speech and what it means for Germany and Europe more broadly.
On March 1, the ACG hosted a conversation with Dr. Claudia Major, Head of the International Security Research Division at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP) in Berlin, about the unfolding conflict between Ukraine and Russia and the response of the NATO.
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Berlin. On February 28 the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause on the developments in Ukraine and Germany’s response with former NPR international correspondent Soraya Sarhaddi Nelson, who now hosts the podcast “Common Ground.”
Each week, the ACG hosts a discussion with a journalist on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse in Germany. On February 22, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause on the Munich Security Conference and more with the Political Editor of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, Stefan Kornelius.
On February 17, the ACG hosted a discussion comparing the U.S. Supreme Court with the German Federal Constitutional Court with Caroline Fredrickson, Senior Fellow at the Brennan Center for Justice and a Visiting Professor at Georgetown Law School, and Russell Miller, Head of the Max Planck Law Network and J.B. Stombock Professor of Law at Washington and Lee University.