Renewing Resolutions: The 2015 Agenda in Germany
At the dawn of 2015, Germany could look back and clearly identify its inheritances from 2014. As always, there were many surprises and challenges in the past year and their …
Remembering MdB. Andreas Schockenhoff
Andreas Schockenhoff passed away recently, and AGI mourns a great loss. As a member of the Bundestag, Andreas was a frequent participant in our programs and a deeply committed transatlantic …
Détente without Illusions
The debate in Germany about policy toward Russia is generating a critical mass of competing perspectives and prescriptions. It may be one of the more important foreign-policy arguments at a …
2014 DAAD Prize in German and European Studies to be awarded to Dr. Stephen J. Silvia, American University
For Immediate Release December 15, 2014 Contact: Nicolas Iaquinto American-German Institute n…@aicgs.org 2014 DAAD Prize in German and European Studies to be awarded to Dr. Stephen J. Silvia, American University. …
Michael Diekmann to Receive the 2014 Global Leadership Award
For Immediate Release December 15, 2014 Contact: Nicolas Iaquinto American-German Institute n…@aicgs.org Michael Diekmann to Receive the 2014 Global Leadership Award from the American-German Institute Michael Diekmann, Chairman of the …
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The Russian Challenge: Beyond the Double Track
Chancellor Angela Merkel’s speech in Brisbane following the G20 meeting made headlines for two main reasons: for publicly confronting Putin in the toughest manner to date, and for signaling the …
Building the Transatlantic Relationship
This speech was delivered as the Columbus Day Lecture 2014 at the Center for International Security and Governance, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn, where Ambassador James D. Bindenagel is the Henry Kissinger …
Getting Over the NSA
The loss of trust as a result of the NSA disclosures continues to undermine German-American relations. Leaders on both sides are contending with many other international challenges, but risk further …
Time to Face Reality on Ukraine
The international environment that produced the First World War exactly one hundred years ago was a struggle for “places in the sun” as countries competed for colonial lands. The settlement …
An Update on the ECB
The European Central Bank (ECB) is getting much closer to what many analysts believe is the inevitable launch of a much broader-based program of asset purchases, also involving sovereign bonds. …
NATO/EU Cooperation with Russia on Military Airlift
Germany and its NATO and EU partners continue to rely on Russian heavy airlift to support their expeditionary military and humanitarian relief operations in Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Africa, …
Elements of Apprenticeship in Europe
AGI conducted a European study tour from October 5-15, 2014 that examined the role of apprenticeship in workforce development in Germany, France, Hungary, and the United Kingdom. Our goal was …
