In this week's At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes writes that convincing people of the direct threat of global warming will hopefully spur personal action, but wonders if it will be enough to prevent the looming global disaster. Dr. Janes also argues that the U.S. and Germany, as two of the world's largest sources of carbon emissions, should take the lead on setting and achieving reduction targets.

To read this essay, please click here.
 

Bruce Stokes, international economics correspondent for the National Journal and a frequent contributor to AICGS, analyzes the upcoming presidential election in France, providing an in-depth look at the electorate's mood, each of the top candidates, and how the election will impact the EU and transatlantic relations. This article originally appeared in the March 17, 2007, National Journal.

To read this article, please click here (PDF).

 

AICGS is pleased to announce that it is now accepting applications for the DAAD/AICGS Fellowship program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD).  The deadline for this round of the program has been extended and is now April 30, 2007.

For more information and application instructions, please click here.

 

The newest issue of Internationale Politik's Global Edition is currently available online, most articles free of charge. The issue's topical focus, "Limits to Growth?" includes contributions on climate change, energy security, the EU and ecology, and nuclear power.  Also of note is an article by German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier on European integration; Internationale Politik is a publication of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).

To access the latest edition, please click here.
 

AICGS is proud to announce a new section of our website focusing on the Institute's current and past fellows and fellowship programs. For more than twenty years, AICGS has hosted over 200 fellows through our many different fellowship programs which support individuals working on cutting-edge areas of economic, policy, or cultural research.

To access this new section of the AICGS website, click here.

 

On March 14, 2007, AICGS, in conjunction with The Atlantic Times, welcomed German Federal Minister of Finance Peer Steinbrück to a dinner and speech in which Minister Steinbrück touched on the German economy and transatlantic relations.  The Atlantic Times ran the following article about the event in the April 2007 issue.

To read this article, please click here (PDF).

To access AICGS's summary of the event, please click here.

 

On May 13-15, 2007, the Dräger Foundation, in cooperation with AICGS, will hold its third annual Transatlantic Market Conference in Washington, D.C., on 'Growth & Security: Energy and Energy Transportation.'  The conference will convene high-ranking speakers from the German, European, and U.S. industry and political spheres to discuss this increasingly prominent global security issue.

For more information about this event, please click here.

AICGS is pleased to introduce its newest DAAD/AICGS Fellow, Mr. Alexander Ritzmann. A former member of the Berlin State Parliament, Mr. Ritzmann will be working on the topic of radicalization of Muslims in Germany and the U.S. and the implications of this for immigration and homeland security policies during his time at AICGS.

For a short biography of Mr. Ritzmann, please click here.
 

On April 4, 2007, AICGS held a workshop titled "U.S. and German Approaches to the Energy Challenge," which focused on issue briefs written by Dr. Wilfrid Kohl and Dr. Friedemann Müller.  Dr. Kohl presented on the U.S. energy market and energy policies, while Dr. Müller focused on three levels of German energy policies: the domestic level, the policies of the European Union, and the global level.  The issue briefs will soon be available on the AICGS web site.