Welcoming Places – Few and Far Between?
These days negative and at times dehumanizing rhetoric aimed at migrants—both legal and undocumented and of varying religious and ethnic make-up—are grabbing headlines around the globe. The trend to ignore …
The United States and Europe: The Need for Adaptation
The American-German Institute (AGI) and the German Academy for Security Policy (BAKS) convened a joint workshop on The U.S.-German Relationship: Partnership Under Stress? on June 25-26, 2019, at the German …
Merve Schmitz-Vardar, Visiting Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Merve Schmitz-Vardar as a Visiting Fellow at AGI from August to October 2019. Ms. Schmitz-Vardar is a research and teaching assistant at the Chair of …
The Dehumanization of Immigrants and the Rise of the Extreme Right
The ascendance of the far right has jolted both American and European politics. It has undermined liberal democracy in Hungary and Poland, and threatens it throughout Europe. That ascendance depends …
The Dehumanization of Immigrants and the Rise of the Extreme Right
The ascendance of the far right has jolted both American and European politics. It has undermined liberal democracy in Hungary and Poland, and threatens it throughout Europe. That ascendance depends …
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Between Nationalism and Multilateralism: A Renewed Approach for Transatlantic Economic Engagement
In a new Issue Brief for AGI, Senior Fellow and Director of the Geoeconomics Program Peter Rashish looks at the opposing international economic policies of U.S. nationalism and European Union …
Between Nationalism and Multilateralism: A Renewed Approach for Transatlantic Economic Engagement
Issue Brief 59 The Ancient Greeks invented the concept of the Golden Mean, and the idea that “the truth lies somewhere in the middle” is a well-rooted one. Given the …
Jeff Rathke on NATO Spending Fight
AGI President Jeff Rathke tells The Washington Post, “It is a natural fit for Germany to increase its contribution to NATO common funding as an expression of Germany’s international security …
Jeff Rathke in Foreign Policy on Nord Stream 2
In a recent article in Foreign Policy, AGI President Jeff Rathke writes, “congressional action to halt Nord Stream 2 carries risks of weakening European solidarity against Russia and could help …
Transitional Justice as a Foreign Policy Issue across the Atlantic: Trends and Counter-trends
Transitional justice either describes a socio-political process in transitional societies after conflict or authoritarian rule or a set of measures that should facilitate this process. The process in general and …
Transitional Justice as a Foreign Policy Issue across the Atlantic: Trends and Counter-trends
Transitional justice either describes a socio-political process in transitional societies after conflict or authoritarian rule or a set of measures that should facilitate this process. The process in general and …
U.S. pins hopes on new European leader to rescue trade talks
Peter Rashish, director of the geoeconomics program at the American-German Institute, cautioned against viewing the U.S.-EU trade talks as “a case of French interest in protecting its agriculture and a …
