Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States: Past, Present, and Future
Three-Year Project Final Conference LGBTQ+ individuals and their communities have been organizing to assert their rights for over a century, especially in Germany and the United States—two countries that were …
German-Hungarian Relations After Orbán
Speaker: Zsuzsanna Végh, DAAD/AGI Research Fellow; Program Officer, German Marshall Fund of the United States (GMF) Moderator: Jeff Rathke, President, American-German Institute The April 12 parliamentary election in Hungary brought …
Breakfast with Bettina Orlopp, CEO of Commerzbank
At a time when investment activity remains robust in selected sectors—such as artificial intelligence, defense, energy, and infrastructure—companies are simultaneously navigating a more complex environment shaped by tariffs, political uncertainty, …
NATO After Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: Threat Perceptions and Their Consequences
Welcome: Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow and Director of the Society, Culture & Politics Program, AGI Speaker: Jason Davidson, Nonresident Senior Fellow, Transatlantic Security Initiative, Atlantic Council; Professor of Political Science …
Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States: Past, Present, and Future
Year 3: Washington, District of Columbia, United States LGBTQ+ individuals and their communities have been organizing to assert their rights for over a century, especially in Germany and the United …
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Resilience and Resistance in Fragile Democracies
Historical Perspectives from Germany, Hungary, and Poland Organized by the German Historical Institute Washington, DC; Cosponsored by the American Historical Association and the American-German Institute Speakers Michael Brenner, American University Christina …
Assessing the Zeitenwende
On February 27, 2022, three days after the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Chancellor Olaf Scholz outlined major changes to German foreign and security policy, which he termed as a …
Transatlantic Challenges for the Next German Government
Panelists: Thurid Hurstedt, Dean of Graduate Programmes and Professor of Public Administration and Management, Hertie School Eric Langenbacher, Senior Fellow and Director, Society, Culture & Politics Program, AGI Andrea Römmele, …
A Mnemonic Zeitenwende?
German Memory Culture in the 2020s Speakers: Dirk Moses, Professor of Political Science, City College of New York Helmut Walser Smith, Professor, Department of History, Vanderbilt University Andrew I. Port, …
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 …
