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 no-confidence vote in France has plunged the country into political chaos. On December 11, the ACG hosted a virtual discussion with Jacob Ross, Research Fellow at the German Council on Foreign Relations, who explained the French government collapse, Franco-German relations, and what comes next.
The ACG regularly hosts discussions with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On December 9, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with ACG Fellowship alumna Miriam Hollstein, Chief Political Reporter for Stern.
On December 2, the ACG, in partnership with the Goethe Institut, held the final event in the Double Exposure series with Dr. Clara van den Berg, Researcher in the Center for Civil Society Research at Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin, and Dr. Leah Gose, Turpanjian Chair in Civil Society and Social Change Postdoctoral Scholar at USC Dornsife’s Equity Research Institute.
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On November 25, the ACG held a Kaffeepause with Melissa Eddy, New York Times Correspondent based in Berlin.
As part of the virtual series Superwahljahr 2024, on November 21, the ACG held a discussion on the state parliament elections in three eastern German states – Brandenburg, Saxony, and Thuringia with Sabine Schicketanz, Editor-in-Chief of the Potsdamer Neueste Nachrichten.