Susanne Thelen, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Susanne Thelen as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow from October to December 2018. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the Institute of Political Science at the …
Jeff Rathke on Maybrit Illner Special: Methode Trump – Gefahr für Europas Demokratie?
AICGS President Jeff Rathke appeared on the Maybrit Illner Special “Methode Trump – Gefahr für Europas Demokratie?” on October 11, 2018.
Frank Bohn, AGSR Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Frank Bohn as an AGI/GMF Fellow with the American-German Situation Room in Washington, DC, in October-November 2018. Frank Bohn, Radboud University Nijmegen, previously worked at …
Niklas Helwig, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Niklas Helwig as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in October and November 2018. Prior to his research stay at the AGI, he was a Transatlantic Post-Doc …
Volker Rein, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Volker Rein as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow in October and November 2018. Dr. Rein is an experienced social scientist specialized on developments in education and …
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After NAFTA: What the USMCA Means for Germany and Europe
October 1 saw the birth of the “United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement” that will replace NAFTA, the 25-year old accord that governed trade among the three North American countries. While the EU …
A Democratic Response to Digital Disinformation: The Role of Civil Society
Numerous factors complicate efforts to combat digital disinformation, not the least of which is the near impossibility of establishing a universal set of standards that could define what is and …
Why were UN diplomats laughing at Trump?
On President Trump’s comments to the UN General Assembly on Germany’s reliance on Russian energy, AGI president Jeff Rathke tells CBS News in this article from September 25, “If you want …
AGI Senior Fellow Peter Rashish Joins T20 for Presentation of Communiqué at Summit in Argentina
Washington, DC, September 25, 2018 – AGI Senior Fellow and Director of the Geoeconomics Program Peter Rashish joined other members of the Think 20 to present its Communiqué to President …
The War with Words – Digital Propaganda as a Multilateral, Multi-Perspective, and Multi-Stakeholder Challenge
Maxwell Aitken, the first Baron of Beaverbrook (1879-1964), was a successful Canadian-British businessman, a newspaper editor, and, even in younger years, an influential grey eminence in British politics. Given his …
The Lehman Lesson
Most people remember where they were when JFK was shot, or the Berlin Wall fell, or the Twin Towers were struck. Wars, assassinations, or natural catastrophes remain unforgettable among those …
The Role of Fertility and Family Leave Policies in Shaping Fertility and Female Labor Supply: A Comparative Perspective
Raising fertility and female employment levels constitute primary concerns for policymakers in the developed world. Childcare subsidies, paid and unpaid parental leave, and direct per-child subsidies, often referred to as …
