New Sustaining Members
AICGS is pleased to welcome its newest Sustaining Members, WKWilburn P.C. and
Heraeus Incorporated.
The AICGS Sustaining Membership Program is designed to provide special recognition and privileges to corporate and individual donors who pledge $5,000 or more for general support, for sponsorship of research programs, and/or program-related events and publications.
For more information about the Sustaining Members program, please click here.
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AICGS Podcasts
Podcasts are a portable version of AICGS's traditional insights and analyses, featuring interviews with scholars, presentations from guest speakers, and occasional audio versions of AICGS written commentaries.
Dr. Werner Weidenfeld talks about Europe's expectations of the new U.S. president.
Dr. Norbert Walter discusses transatlantic economic relations with Dr. Jack Janes and Dr. Tim Stuchtey.
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The Russian Challenge
In this week's At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes discusses the growing friendship between German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier and newly-elected Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and how German-Russian (and EU-Russian) relations can impact the transatlantic relationship. To read this essay, please click here.
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The Newest AICGS Podcasts
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Here's How America Looks to the World
AICGS Trustee Dr. Josef Joffe, publisher/editor of Die Zeit, writes that U.S. border policies in the age of terrorism have led to a decline in tourism, immigration of international scholars, and overall perceptions of the U.S. Dr. Joffe argues that the U.S. must address these issues before a greater crisis of American character takes hold. This article originally appeared in the April 21, 2008, edition of The Washington Post. To read this article, please click here.
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Perceptions and Realities of Globalization
Jacob F. Kirkegaard of the Peterson Institute for International Economics writes about how public views of globalization, especially in light of current economic conditions, are threatening further progress in global integration. This essay results from a workshop on "The European Theatre: German-American- Russian-EU Relations" held on February 25 with the generous support of The German Marshall Fund of the United States.
To read this essay, please click here (PDF).
For a summary of this event, please click here.
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Redeployment Reconsidered: Rumsfeld, Gates, and the U.S. Presence in Germany
As the Pentagon has reconsidered its global basing strategy over the past few years, the importance of Germany as a host nation has become increasingly clear. Former DAAD/AICGS Fellow Amy Holmes looks at Germany's role in the U.S. basing structure and writes that keeping U.S. bases in Germany benefits everyone, Germans included. To read this essay, please click here (PDF).
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New FACET Commentaries
AICGS would like to announce that the most recent round of commentaries from Forum for Atlantic Climate and Energy Talks (FACET) have been published. This round of essays focus on transatlantic climate and energy policy, economics, and technology, featuring essays by Bill Becker, Axel Berg, Andreas Goldthau, and Arne Jungjohann. To read Bill Becker's essay, please click here (PDF).To read Axel Berg's essay, please click here (PDF).To read Andreas Goldthau's essay, please click here (PDF).To read Arne Jungjohann's essay, please click here (PDF).
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Globalization, Trade, and Environment
On April 28, 2008, AICGS hosted a workshop on "Globalization, Trade, and Environment: German-American Cooperation or Confrontation?" in Berlin, Germany. Sponsored by The German Marshall Fund of the United States, the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and the AICGS Business and Economics and Foreign and Domestic Policy Programs, this workshop focused on the German and American perspectives of globalization, trade, emerging markets, and environmental concerns..
For a summary of this event, please click here.
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The German Media's Perspectives on the Candidates
On May 6, 2008, AICGS and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung für die Freiheit hosted a discussion on "The U.S. Presidential Election: The German Media's Perspectives on the Candidates." The discussion focused on German perspectives on and expectations of each of the three remaining U.S. presidential candidates, and featured journalists Rüdiger Lentz of Deutsche Welle, Christoph von Marschall of Der Tagesspiegel, and Gabor Steingart of Der Spiegel. For a summary of this event, please click here.
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DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Opportunities
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