On February 7, Olaf Scholz made his transatlantic flight trip as Chancellor to meet with President Joe Biden. Scholz’s trip comes as tensions are flaring between Russia and the West over Ukraine and the Olympics in China get underway. To reflect on this meeting and more, on February 9, the ACG hosted a discussion with Ines Pohl, the Washington Bureau Chief for Deutsche Welle.
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 7, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with opinion writer for Der Tagesspiegel Malte Lehming, who discussed what to expect from Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s trip to Washington and other breaking news from Berlin.
On February 1, the ACG and the Tennessee World Affairs Council hosted a discussion on Germany’s response to the growing Russian military presence on the Ukraine border with Ambassador John Kornblum, former U.S. Ambassador to Germany, and Dr. Liana Fix, Resident Fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States.
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 January 31, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Melissa Eddy, Berlin Correspondent for the New York Times. Among other topics, she discussed Germany’s response to growing tensions with Russia.
Last week a group of German parliamentarians visited Kyiv (and Warsaw) to have a look at the situation on the ground. Bundestag member Metin Hakverdi (SPD) was part of the delegation. On January 28, the American Council on Germany and the New York Office of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung hosted a discussion with Mr. Hakverdi about the trip and about Germany’s position on the Ukraine crisis.