As the U.S. looks for partners in the Middle East, the question arises of how to deal with Syria. Jon Alterman, director of the Middle East program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and an AICGS Policy Report author, argues that cooperation with Syria is important for the region, and that the U.S. should 'manage' its relations with Syria very delicately. This article originally appeared in the July 27 edition of The Washington Post. Mr. Alterman wrote an AICGS Policy Report on the subject of U.S.-EU cooperation in the Middle East in 2003, a subject that is still relevant today.

 

 

To access Policy Report #10, please click here (PDF).
 

Frequent contributor Bruce Stokes of The National Journal writes about President Bush's lame duck status and how it is effecting global perception of the U.S. as well as U.S. foreign policy. Using figures from the recent Pew Global Attitudes Project poll, Stokes underlines the challenge that the Bush administration is facing as it approaches the conclusion of its term. This article originally appeared in the July 28, 2007, National Journal.

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

 

Click here to listen to Mr. Stokes's AICGS Podcast with Dr. Jack Janes about the Pew Poll.
 

 

On August 20, 2007, AICGS will host a presentation of a unique and innovative method of political participation and mass communication developed at the Free University of Berlin and the University of Applied Science Brandenburg. "Straight2thecandidates.com" is a grass-roots project run in cooperation with students and scholars from various universities in Germany and the United States. At this event, the idea behind the website and its possible impact upon the election will be examined, as well as the role of new web-based media outlets in politics.

 

For more information on this event, please click here.

 

On July 26, 2007, AICGS hosted an event with former DAAD/AICGS Fellow Alexander Ritzmann, Senior Fellow at the European Foundation for Democracy, titled "The Myths About Terrorists." At this event, Mr. Ritzmann discussed and criticized some of the most common misperceptions governments - as well as the public - hold with regard to terrorism, concluding that the solution to terrorism must come from the Middle East itself.

For a summary of this event, please click here.

 

 

AICGS is pleased to welcome its newest DAAD/AICGS Fellow, Mr. Christian Eckert. During his stay at AICGS, Mr. Eckert will analyze the prospects and limits of the current conservative coalition in American politics with regard to social policy, using the White House's 2005 push for Social Security reform as a case study.

 

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

 

AICGS is now accepting nominations for the 2007 DAAD Prize for Distinguished Scholarship in German and European Studies. This year's prize will be awarded in the field of the Humanities; the winner will be awarded at the Institute's annual Global Leadership Award Dinner on November 15, 2007.

For nomination instructions and more information, please click here.

 

Please welcome the newest member of the AICGS team, Mr. Andrew Oblitas, who joins as AICGS's Development Coordinator.

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

AICGS is seeking an Associate Director to serve as deputy to the Executive Director with management and oversight responsibilities for the Institute's general operation and staff and in particular for the AICGS Research Program.

AICGS is now accepting applications for the Spring 2008 session of the DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Program. The program is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each.

For application instructions and more information, please click here.

 

AICGS is pleased to announce its thirteenth annual Global Leadership Award Dinner, honoring Dr. Josef Ackermann, Chairman of the Managing Board and the Group Executive Committee of Deutsche Bank AG, on November 15, 2007, in New York City. Please join us for this special evening in honor of Dr. Ackermann.

For more information about the dinner, please click here.