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Zsuzsanna Végh, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow

AGI is pleased to welcome Zsuzsanna Végh as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in Spring/Summer 2026. Zsuzsanna Végh is a program officer with the European Resilience program of the German Marshall …

Here Today and Gone Tomorrow

Helga Silberberg and Shanghai’s Life Lesson Under the watchful eye of the policeman, the Meyer family packed their belongings into the wooden container.[1] This intrusion into the Meyer residence was …

AGI Asks: Assessing the First Year of the Merz Government

Friedrich Merz was sworn in as Germany’s chancellor on May 6, 2025. The country faces its biggest challenges in a generation: a sluggish economy, Russia’s ongoing aggression in Ukraine, a …

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The Transatlantic Relationship and the Future Global Trading System

Today’s challenges to the global trading system are exacerbating a dynamic that is at least a decade old. Since the failure of the Doha Round of multilateral trade negotiations to …

Where Does the Catholic Church Stand on Migration Policy?

On November 12, 2025, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) released a special message at its annual conference in Baltimore, the first of its kind in the last …

Deterrence by Self-Defense?

Ukraine, Security Guarantees, and Transatlantic Relations Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine in 2014, seized Crimea, and occupied parts of the Donbas region, a major question confronting transatlantic policymakers has been …