Ufuk Topkara, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow
AGI is pleased to welcome Ufuk Topkara as a DAAD/AGI Research Fellow from October to December 2018. He has been active in promoting inter-religious dialogue since 2005 as an expert on …
AGI Launches Project on Integration in Germany as part of the “Year of German-American Friendship”
Washington, DC, October 3, 2018 – The American-German Institute (AGI) at Johns Hopkins University announced today that it has received a grant from the German Federal Foreign Office to support …
Encouraging Civil Society in the Transatlantic Space
Society, Culture & Politics Recommendations The recommendations presented here build on discussions held in 2017-2018 as part of the AGI project “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation: Global Responsibility, …
Yesterday’s Hiding Places are Tomorrow’s Stages: Reconciliation, community building, and transatlantic relations
Civil society in Germany and the United States largely enjoys freedom to act and to shape society. In so doing, people of both countries belong to the just 2 percent …
The Resurgence of Anti-Semitism: German vs. American Responses
Anti-Semitism in Germany Germany has a rocky history with anti-Semitism—to say the least. After WWII, reconciliation with Jewish populations became a large part of Germany’s foreign and domestic policy, and …
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Setting Foreign Policy Priorities in an Era of Political Polarization
As part of the 2018 Munich Security Conference, AGI was pleased to cohost a breakfast program with the American Council on Germany. The theme of the discussion was “Setting Foreign Policy …
Does Pyeongchang Lead to Pyeonghwa?
For the first time in history, the world will witness a match in which North and South Korean athletes compete together against Japan. As symbolic as it may be, the …
To Be or Not to Be a Woman…in Germany or the U.S.?
Since accusations of sexual assault and harassment by prominent Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein have surfaced, different segments of society, both in the U.S. and Germany, have had to grapple with …
Harnessing the Power of Civil Society
In 2012, the short documentary “Kony 2012” by the NGO Invisible Children created a social media blitz and massive public support for intervention against the warlord Joseph Kony in Uganda. …
