Constructive Power and Reconciliation: The Importance of German Societal Organizations
The Importance of German Societal Actors The Euro-zone crisis has focused international attention on Germany’s power, depicting the Federal Republic either as selfless savior (constructive power) or as dictatorial demon …
Don’t Mention the Four
“Football is not a matter of life or death,” claimed Bill Shankly, a former manager of Liverpool, one of England’s most well-known football clubs. “It’s much more important than that!” …
The Many Sides of Muslim Integration: A German-American Comparison
German-American Issues 13 While analyses on the integration of immigrants and especially Muslim immigrants have multiplied in recent years, debates in the U.S. and Germany differ on these issues. Even …
Religious Tolerance and Islam: A Comparative Analysis
Issue Brief 36 By most measures the United States today is a religiously tolerant country, despite its past history of discrimination against many minority faith communities, writes Mark Rozell, Professor …
Transatlantic Counterterrorism Policy: Cultural, Economic, and Financial Aspects
Issue Brief 34 The fight against terrorism has been on the forefront of the U.S. and German agendas and shapes the relationship between both countries. While differences in counterterrorism policy …
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Support Our WorkSimilarities in Difference: The Challenge of Muslim Integration in Germany and the United States
Issue Brief 33 In Issue Brief 33, “Similarities in Difference: The Challenge of Muslim Integration in Germany and the United States,” Mounir Azzaoui examines the status of Muslim integration in …
Religious Literacy and Religious Education in Europe and the United States
Issue Brief 27 Finding a balance between secular education and teaching the lessons found in religion is quite difficult, as experienced by public school systems in both Germany and the …
Global Governance and the Role of NGOs in International Peace and Security
Policy Report 33 Global governance and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are becoming increasingly more important as the world grows more connected, less state-based, and more multinational. Issues that once fell under …
Religion and Public Policy: A German-American Comparison
German-American Issues 9 AGI is pleased to present German-American Issues 9, “Religion and Public Policy: A German-American Comparison.” The essays presented in this publication examine the issues of faith-based initiatives, …
Sixty Years After the Founding of the Jewish State: Are German-Israeli Relations Still “Special”?
German-American Issues 8 In the sixty years since Israel’s founding, German-Israeli relations have been nothing if not complex. On the occasion of Israel’s sixtieth anniversary, the essays in German-American Issues …
Stem Cell Politics in Germany and the United States
Issue Brief 24 It has become fashionable to contrast a religious United States with a secular Europe. As with most broad generalizations, this one contains some truth. Levels of religious …
Lost in Translation: The Impact of Culture on the Media in the United States and Germany
Issue Brief 18 The role of the media as an influencer in domestic politics is also crossing over into foreign policy as well. This holds true for the German-American relationship… …
