‘Real American’ immigrants fight to preserve the best of the U.S.
In 1975, the Communist Pathet Lao emerged victorious in a civil war that lasted over 20 years. More than 300,000 Laotians fled to neighboring Thailand, where they lived in refugee …
GroKo 3.0: Of Options, Obstacles, and Opportunities
Now that the white smoke has billowed from the SPD chimney to bless the GroKo arrangement, leaders in Berlin are ready to get on with the business of governing. There …
NextGen Rising
The White Rose, the German Nazi resistance movement founded by Munich university students in 1942, started to trend on Twitter in February 2018 as Germans marked the 75th anniversary of …
Deutschland 4.0? Germany’s Digital Strategy Over the Next Four Years
On Sunday, the members of Germany’s Social Democratic Party (SPD) voted in favor of the coalition agreement that will see Angela Merkel to remain Chancellor for the next four years. …
Wolfgang Bretschneider, AGSR Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Wolfgang Bretschneider as an AGI/GMF Fellow with the American-German Situation Room in Washington, DC, in February-March 2018. Dr. Wolfgang Bretschneider is an economist at both …
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Support Our WorkFrom 2C to D.C.: College of Idaho grad moves to Washington, D.C., to work in health policy
Read about AGI’s Transatlantic Exchange Program participant Aliza Auces and her experiences as one of the first Latinas from Idaho to work in health policy in Washington, DC. Via the …
From the AGI Bookshelf: Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire
Most Europeans remain flabbergasted that Donald Trump was elected president in 2016. Millions of Americans are equally confused. Trying to overcome the fixation on tweets is not an easy task—let …
A New Responsibility for Internet Platforms: Germany’s New Hate Speech Law
As Germany rang in the new year, a controversial online hate speech law came into full effect. The Netzwerkdurchsetzungsgesetz (NetzDG), or the Network Enforcement Act, requires internet platforms with more than two million …
Define and Deliver: The SPD Party Conference
Four months after Germans went to the polls to set the stage for a new government, they are finally a step closer. The vote at the January 21 SPD party …
From the AGI Bookshelf: Wir können nicht allen helfen
Just before the German elections in September 2017, Boris Palmer, the mayor of Tübingen presented a new book he wrote about the refugee crisis in Germany: Wir können nicht allen helfen: …
For Germany’s Social Democrats, a Chance to be Europe’s Superman
It was 80 years ago this year that DC Comics first published Superman, and with this comic book series launched a franchise of superheroes that shows no sign of losing …
Trusting Each Other
Both sides of the Atlantic are faced with the challenge of digitalization. Digitalization is expected to be highly beneficial by spurring innovation, efficiency, and productivity growth. Yet, it is also …
