German and U.S. Relations with Israel amid Escalating Conflict in the Middle East
Welcome: Eric Langenbacher, Teaching Professor and Director of the Senior Honors Program, Government Department, Georgetown University Panelists: Ambassador Christoph Heusgen, Chairman, Munich Security Conference Aaron David Miller, Senior Fellow, Carnegie …
Steadfast, Capable, and Ready: Germany’s Security Renaissance and Transatlantic Defense
An Address by H.E. Boris Pistorius, German Minister of Defense Moderator: Jeff Rathke, President of AGI Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies and the American-German Institute are proud …
Friendshoring: A Zeitenwende for the Global Economy?
This workshop co-hosted by AGI and the VDMA (European Machinery and Equipment Manufacturers Association) examined the idea of friendshoring that has been at the center the Biden administration’s trade and …
Welcome Dinner and Discussion with Ambassador Michaelis
German Ambassador to the United States Andreas Michaelis has taken up his duties on August 1, representing one of the United States’ closest allies in Washington, DC. Ambassador Michaelis served …
Roundtable with Heather Hurlburt, USTR Chief of Staff
Moderators: Jeff Rathke, President at AGI Peter Rashish, Vice President; Director of the Geoeconomics Program at AGI As the idea of globalization experiences increasing contention, avenues for advancing shared transatlantic …
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Social Divisions and Questions of Identity in Germany and the United States
Consequences for Politics and Society An Exchange Outside of the Metropolitan Areas A Three-Year AGI Project – Final Conference In recent years, open communication and compromise have been neglected in …
Canceled: Germany’s Defense Policy in Times of Growing Challenges
A Conversation with Minister of Defense Boris Pistorius The Russian invasion of Ukraine is one of the greatest political and security challenges confronting the United States and its allies in …
Assessing the 2021 Bundestag Election
In conjunction with the BMW Center for German and European Studies and generously funded by the DAAD, AGI conducted a one-day conference devoted to assessing the results and impact of …
Living (up to our) Constitutions?
President of the German Federal Constitutional Court Stephan Harbarth, in conversation with Dr. Catherine Lotrionte, will discuss current dynamics of constitutional law and the similarities and differences between the German …
Germany’s Defense and Security Priorities under a post-Merkel Government
Presented by IISS-Americas and AGI The rise or resurgence of revisionist, repressive and authoritarian powers threatens the Western, US-led international order upon which Germany’s post-war security and prosperity were founded. …
AGI-KAS Transatlantic Trade Week
With the advent of the Biden administration, both the tone and the substance of transatlantic economic relations are already improving. Although a number of bilateral irritants remain, there is now …
Competition and Compromise: The Biden Administration’s Emerging China Policy and the Prospect for Transatlantic Cooperation
After four years of tumultuous U.S. foreign policy under the Trump administration, the Biden presidency is aiming to bring a more strategic and disciplined approach, especially with regard to China. …
Post Wall, Post Square: How Bush, Gorbachev, Kohl, and Deng Shaped the World after 1989
This event has been postponed in response to the growing challenges of the COVID-19 crisis.
