Beyond Spying: How to Save the U.S.-German Alliance
While Washington fumbled the NSA clash with Germany, Berlin too has had a hand in stoking the heated debate over U.S. surveillance programs. Public denunciations and empty promises of retaliation …
Reconciliation Means Having to Say You’re Sorry
Responding to China and South Korea’s budding interest in Germany as a contact point for resolving disputes with Japan, Director of the AGI Society, Culture & Politics Program Dr. Lily …
You Are the Model: What Asia Can Learn from Germany
In the aftermath of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s controversial visit to the Yasukuni Shrine, where war criminals from World War II are also buried, Director of the AGI Society, …
Andrew I. Port Awarded the 2013 DAAD Prize for German and European Studies
Congratulations to Dr. Andrew I. Port of Wayne State University, the recipient of the 2013 DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies for his outstanding academic work …
Virginia M. Rometty Receives the 2013 Global Leadership Award
AGI congratulates Virginia M. Rometty, Chairman, President, and CEO of IBM, on receiving the 2013 Global Leadership Award from the American-German Institute (AGI). Each year, AGI recognizes the achievements of …
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Support Our WorkGermany, not Japan, as Essential Partner of the United States
This recent essay from Harry & Helen Gray Senior Fellow Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman explores the ever-evolving German-American relationship in the context of the U.S.’ proposed “pivot” toward Asia under …
An Exercise in External Reconciliation
With the EU accepting its Peace and Reconciliation Nobel Prize, it is worth a look at an example of the EU using its reconciliation experience, specifically in the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This essay …
Tim Buthe: Recipient of the 2012 DAAD Prize
AGI is delighted to announce that Tim Büthe, Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Duke University and Senior Fellow of the Duke Rethinking Regulation Center at the …
