AICGS: ANALYSES : The AICGS Advisor

In this week's At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes discusses Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the U.S. and compares the Catholic populations in Germany and the U.S., two congregations in search of a modern religious life.
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In the newest AICGS Podcast, Dietmar Nietan, Special Adviser to the Chairman of the Socialist Group in the European Parliament, and Niels Annen, Member of the Bundestag (SPD), discuss the SPD's outlook prior to the 2009 elections, focusing on their party leadership, the role of Die Linke, and potential challengers to Chancellor Merkel.
Additionally, MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit of the Green Party talks about Leitkultur, identity, and integration in Europe with Dr. Jackson Janes at an event hosted by the Goethe Institute and Heinrich-Böll Stiftung.
To access the AICGS Podcast with Dietmar Nietan and Niels Annen, please click here.
To access the AICGS Podcast with Daniel Cohn-Bendit, please click here.

AICGS Senior Fellow in Residence Dr. Tim Stuchtey writes about the state of economics education in Germany and how a majority of Germans do not understand the market economy. Dr. Stuchtey concludes that knowing the basics of a market economy should be a requirement for everybody in Germany, and most certainly for today's students.The German version originally appeared in the April 15, 2008, edition of Financial Times Deutschland.
To read this essay in German, please click here.
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Since the end of the Cold War, the necessity of NATO's existence has been questioned. What role can it play in the post-Cold War world? In his essay, "Indispensible NATO," Dr. Karl Kaiser, Director of the Program on Transatlantic Relations at Harvard's Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, argues that NATO is well suited for the challenges of the twenty-first century. This essay originally appeared in German in the March 2008 edition of Internationale Politik as a response to an essay by Dr. Peter van Ham.
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Germany's resistance to Georgia and Ukraine's NATO membership bids might be rooted in strong ties with Russia, writes Ulrich Speck, a former DAAD/AICGS Fellow and director of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's central newsroom. Speck argues that Georgia and Ukraine are paying the price for a moderate split in transatlantic ideology, likely caused by Germany's relations with Russia. This essay originally appeared in the online version of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty on April 3, 2008.
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Michael Werz, Transatlantic Fellow at The German Marshall Fund of the United States and Visiting Scholar at the Institute for the International Study of Migration at Georgetown University, looks at the 2008 U.S. presidential election and argues that while the diversity of the candidates is quite important, more important is the growing influence of Latino voters. This essay originally appeared in the April 2008 edition of Kommune.
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Upcoming Events

Please join us on April 22, 2008, for a discussion and debate between two leading specialists on China and China-Europe relations, Professor Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider of the German Council on Foreign Relations and Professor David Shambaugh of The George Washington University. This discussion will explore the basis of U.S.-EU convergences and divergences in policies toward China. Please note: seating is limited for this event and will be reserved on a first-come, first-served basis.
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On April 28, 2008, AICGS will host a workshop on "Globalization, Trade, and Environment: German-American Cooperation or Confrontation?" which is undertaken with the generous support of The German Marshall Fund of the United States and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin). This workshop, which will be held in Berlin, will focus on the German and American perspectives on current economic issues, such as globalization, trade, emerging markets, and the environment.
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On May 6, 2008, AICGS and the Friedrich Naumann Stiftung will hold a discussion that will seek to provide an American audience with the perceptions of the process and the candidates in Germany. Three leading German journalists will discuss what their countrymen think about Clinton, McCain, and Obama, how they see the campaigns and the selection process, and what Germans expect from the new president.
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Please join us for a reception with German artist Ms. Corinna Heumann here at the Institute on Wednesday, May 7, 2008, at 5:30pm. Ms. Heumann's work is currently being shown at the Institute and we cordially invite you to join us in welcoming the artist for this event. Professor Doug Lang, Corcoran School of Art, will be introducing her work and a reception will follow.
To RSVP, please email Jennifer Windell at jwindell@aicgs.org.

Announcements

We would like to announce that AICGS Senior Fellow Jeffrey Peck was recently appointed dean of Baruch College's Weissman School of Arts and Sciences. In addition to the dean position, Peck will hold an appointment as full professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Comparative Literature.
For more information about this announcement, please click here.

On April 9, 2008, AICGS hosted a discussion with DAAD/AICGS Fellow Dr. Asiye Kaya on "Migration and Changing Cultures of Belonging: The Case of Alevis from Turkey in the United States and Germany." Dr. Kaya examined the immigration policies of both the U.S. and Germany as well as the politics of the country of origin toward its minority groups.
For a summary of this event, please click here.

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