Opposing Islamization: The PEGIDA Movement in Germany
Founding and Background Since October 20, 2014, Patriotic Europeans Against the Islamization of the Occident (PEGIDA, Patriotische Europäer Gegen die Islamisierung des Abendlandes) has organized weekly Monday demonstrations or evening …
Brand Receives UJA Federation’s Gustave L. Levy Award
Speaking at the UJA-Federation of New York’s recent Wall Street dinner, AGI Board of Trustees Chairman and CEO of North America at Deutsche Bank Jacques Brand shared his story of growing up …
What Kind of QE?
Many Europe observers already seem to have written off yet another year. To be sure, headlines have not been kind to the old continent, and in particular the euro zone, …
The Germany-Bubble: A Last Hurrah for a Great Economy
The newest book by Olaf Gersemann, Business editor of Die Welt and Welt am Sonntag, is bound to both offend and encourage. In assessing the strengths and weaknesses of Germany’s …
(Re-)Building Coalitions
Reforming the EU is hardly possible without coalitions of “builders” – member states willing and able to engage in sustainable coalition building at the EU level. Since 2008, the EU …
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Support Our WorkRenewing Resolutions: The 2015 Agenda in Germany
At the dawn of 2015, Germany could look back and clearly identify its inheritances from 2014. As always, there were many surprises and challenges in the past year and their …
Remembering MdB. Andreas Schockenhoff
Andreas Schockenhoff passed away recently, and AGI mourns a great loss. As a member of the Bundestag, Andreas was a frequent participant in our programs and a deeply committed transatlantic …
Détente without Illusions
The debate in Germany about policy toward Russia is generating a critical mass of competing perspectives and prescriptions. It may be one of the more important foreign-policy arguments at a …
2014 DAAD Prize in German and European Studies to be awarded to Dr. Stephen J. Silvia, American University
For Immediate Release December 15, 2014 Contact: Nicolas Iaquinto American-German Institute n…@aicgs.org 2014 DAAD Prize in German and European Studies to be awarded to Dr. Stephen J. Silvia, American University. …
Michael Diekmann to Receive the 2014 Global Leadership Award
For Immediate Release December 15, 2014 Contact: Nicolas Iaquinto American-German Institute n…@aicgs.org Michael Diekmann to Receive the 2014 Global Leadership Award from the American-German Institute Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the …
The Russian Challenge: Beyond the Double Track
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s speech in Brisbane following the G20 meeting made headlines for two main reasons: for publicly confronting Putin in the toughest manner to date, and for signaling the …
Building the Transatlantic Relationship
This speech was delivered as the Columbus Day Lecture 2014 at the Center for International Security and Governance, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, where Ambassador James D. Bindenagel is the Henry Kissinger …
