German Space Exploration and International Cooperation
On September 30, 2016, the Rosetta space mission came to an end. The mission, run by the European Space Agency (ESA), represented one of the most dramatic space achievements in …
Meet the 2016 Harry & Helen Gray/AGI Reconciliation Fellows
AGI is pleased to welcome three Harry & Helen Gray/AGI Reconciliation Fellows this summer. Yeon Jeong Gu, Nina Janz, and Ivo Plšek will conduct their research on the topic of …
A Transatlantic Perspective: Welcoming Cities and the Policy and Practice of Refugee and Immigrant Integration
Issue Brief 54 This Issue Brief is the result of an AGI conference held in cooperation with Welcoming America and the Urban Institute in Washington, DC in May 2016 entitled …
No Place to Stay? Discrimination Patterns in the German and American Rental Housing Markets
Things have changed. While for a long time German politicians have tried to define Germany as a ‘non-immigration country,‘ it is now one of the countries receiving the most migration …
Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation: Sharing Experiences from Young Minorities in the U.S. and Germany
German-American Issues 19 AGI is pleased to present two essays from the inaugural round of the AGI New Transatlantic Exchange Program: Giving Voice to Diversity. This innovative program establishes new …
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A New Kind of Reconciliation in East Asia?
President Obama noted in an interview with the Asahi Shimbun before his visit to Hiroshima that his presence was an example of reconciliation: “I will point out that Prime Minister …
At a Crossroads? German-Polish Reconciliation in Light of the Recent Changes in the Polish Government
June 17, 2016 will mark the 25th anniversary of the German-Polish “Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation,”[1] in which both parties expressed the will to close a painful chapter …
History and Memory in German-Israeli Relations: Varieties of Expression
May and June mark two important anniversaries in Germany’s postwar rebuilding and return to the community of nations: the end of World War II in Europe and the beginning of …
Remembering Japanese Journalist Yoshibumi Wakamiya, An Advocate for Reconciliation in Northeast Asia
Yoshibumi Wakamiya (1948-2016), prize-winning Japanese journalist and author who worked throughout a long and distinguished career to promote reconciliation between Japan and its neighbors, passed away on April 27 in …
German Domestic Relations a Roller Coaster for Migrants
Upon opening the high-level Geneva conference at the end of March, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon stated that the world must “address the biggest refugee crisis of our time.” …
