On December 13, the American Council on Germany and 1014 hosted a virtual discussion on food security with Ambassador Ertharin Cousin, CEO and Managing Director of Food Systems for the Future and former Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program, and Alexander Müller, Managing Director of TMG Think Tank for Sustainability.
On December 12, the American Council on Germany and the German Consulate General New York hosted a virtual discussion on the spread of disinformation with award-winning New York Times journalist Tiffany Hsu and Correctiv Co-Founder and Publisher David Schraven.
On December 6, the ACG hosted a discussion about the foreign policy, national security, energy policy, and domestic implications of Germany’s budget crisis with Bundestag member Metin Hakverdi (SPD).
The ACG regularly hosts a discussion with a journalist based in Germany on the topics making the headlines and shaping political discourse. On December 4, the ACG hosted a Kaffeepause with Melanie Amann, Co-Editor-in-Chief for Der Spiegel.
November 30, the American Council on Germany and the Aspen Institute Germany hosted a virtual discussion with German and American state legislators including Ellen Demuth (CDU), State Parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate; Representative Jennifer Parenti (D), Colorado General Assembly; Senator Bo Watson (R), Tennessee General Assembly.