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Grassroots LGBTQ+ Resistance to Federal Pressures

Over the course of 2025, the Trump administration has implemented policies and executive orders designed to roll back diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives; defund support services for vulnerable groups, including …

Building Resilience

How LGBTQ+ Organizations in Germany and the United States Navigate Right-Wing Backlash Participants in the American-German Institute program “Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States” gathered in Washington, …

It’s the Single Market, Stupid

James Carville, President Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist, famously quipped about the 1992 U.S. election that, “it’s the economy, stupid.” That kind of simple—but not simplistic—communication about political priorities will be …

The American-German relationship is crucial not only to the future of both countries, but also to the world as it strives to foster peace and prosperity.

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Building LGBTQ+ Communities in Germany and the United States (2024-2025)

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AGI provides knowledge, insights, and networks as tools to solve the challenges ahead.

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Publications

(De)Romanticizing Uncertainty at the Transatlantic Science-Policy Interface?

Insights from a U.S.-German Case Study On November 21, 2025, South Carolina became the first U.S. state to sign a Joint Declaration of Intent with Germany, formalizing a new economic …

Beyond the Antichrist and the Kill Switch

The real political economy of U.S. tech statecraft and what it means for Europe One of the many remarkable features of the second Trump presidency has been the highly public …

The Minilateral Turn in Transatlantic Security Cooperation?

How Minilateralism Fits into Trump’s Deal-Making Foreign and Security Policy Only two weeks after the re-election of Donald J. Trump as the forty-seventh president of the United States, the defense …