In advance of the upcoming White House "Major Economies Meeting on Energy Security and Climate Change" conference in September, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes focuses on enlarging the framework for international cooperation in the realm of energy security in a speech given on May 16, 2007, as part of the Third Transatlantic Market Conference; the full report of the Conference is available below.

 

To read a transcript of this speech, please click here (PDF).

To access the entire report, please click here (PDF).

 

For the past week, Chancellor Angela Merkel has traveled to China and Japan seeking to strengthen German relations with the two major Asian nations. AICGS has compiled a page of links regarding the press coverage of the Chancellor's trip and the text of a speech given at the Chinese Academy for Social Sciences on August 28.

To read the transcript of the speech in German, please click here (PDF).

To access the page of links, please click here.
 

 

On September 12, 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. Please note the new date for this event.

 

 

 

AICGS would like to announce that the Robert Bosch Foundation Fellowship Program is now accepting applications. The Program provides young American professionals (ages 23-34) with two high-level work placements in the federal government and private sector in Germany. Candidates are competitively chosen from the fields of business administration, economics, journalism, law, political science and public policy. Applications must be received no later than October 15, 2007, for the program beginning in September 2008.

 

 

The Association for the Study of German Politics agreed at its May 2007 meeting to merge with the U.S. German Politics Association in order to form a new International Association for the Study of German Politics. This new association will be unique in bringing together scholars from Europe and North America into a common collaborative academic network.

For more information about the new Association, 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.

 

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.