Global Responsibility
The first conference of “A German-American Dialogue of the Next Generation: Global Responsibility, Joint Engagement” engages young Americans and Germans in discussions of current issues of concern for the transatlantic …
Refugees, Terrorism, and a Failing Security Architecture: Germany’s Domestic Security after the Elections
There is little doubt that the security situation in Germany has changed dramatically since 2013, provoked, most notably by a precipitous influx of refugees in 2015. Yet, tangled in a …
Roundtable Luncheon with Martin Zielke
AGI welcomed Martin Zielke, a top executive of the German banking industry, for a discussion on “The State of the European (Banking) Union.” Mr. Zielke addressed the impact of the September …
Roundtable Luncheon with Professor Dieter Kempf
The American-German Institute and the Representative for German Industry and Trade hosted a small, private luncheon on Wednesday, April 6th with Professor Dieter Kempf, the new President of the Federation …
Roundtable Discussion with Andreas Kluth
Andreas Kluth, Editor-in-Chief of Handelsblatt Global, provided a Berlin insider’s view of the key transatlantic and European economic issues at stake in the German elections – from a Franco-German meeting …
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Support Our WorkReconciliation in East Asia
Reconciliation processes in Asia face a number of challenges at the official level. However, at the level of civil society some progress is being made. The seminar will look at …
Brexit Dynamics
AGI is pleased to welcome Professor Paul Welfens, Chair in Macroeconomics and Jean Monnet Chair at the University of Wuppertal and president of the EIIW European Institute for International Economic …
Documenting German and Japanese War Crimes prior to 1945
Dan Plesch’s new book, Human Rights after Hitler: The Lost History of Prosecuting Axis War Crimes, sheds light on the existence of a little-known agency founded amid the atrocities of …
Transatlantic Dynamics in Ongoing Postcolonial Negotiations
The genocide of the Herero and Nama, committed between 1904 and 1908 under German colonial rule in today’s Namibia, is considered the first genocide of the 20th century. Over the …
Immigration, Integration, and a New Transatlantic Generation
German-American Minority Youth Exchange Immigration and integration challenges are at the forefront of policy discussions in the U.S. and Germany. How can our societies adapt to newcomers and what services …
Elections
In anticipation of the German elections on September 24, AGI hosted a group of experts from the NRW School of Governance at the University of Duisburg-Essen to discuss the issues …
Anti-Gentrification Housing Struggles in Los Angeles and Berlin
Communities around the world are mobilizing urban social movements against rising inequality and economic hardship in order to transform local neighborhoods, urban planning practices, and city policies. Minority and immigrant …
