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AICGS Advisor - May 16, 2008
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Analysis
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.
In the newest AICGS podcasts, Dr. Werner Weidenfeld of Centrum für angewandte Politikforschung (CAP) in Munich talks about Europe's expectations of the new U.S. president, and Dr. Norbert Walter, Chief Economist of Deutsche Bank Group, discusses how the outcome of the U.S. presidential election is likely to alter transatlantic economic relations. The Podcast with Dr. Weidenfeld is available in German only.
To listen to the Podcast with Dr. Weidenfeld, please click here.
To listen to the Podcast with Dr. Walter, please click here.
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 May 4, 2008, edition of The Washington Post.
To read this article, please click here.
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).
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).
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).
Announcements
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.
AICGS welcomes the new members who have joined the Institute since May 2, 2008:
They join a growing group of individuals, companies and foundations who are deepening their engagement in the German-American partnership through the Institute's expanding membership program.
To learn more about the AICGS membership program and the various levels of membership offered by the Institute, 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 Spring 2009 (January 2009 - June 2009) is August 31, 2008.
For more information and application instructions, please click here.
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.
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.
For past issues of the AICGS Advisor, please check the Advisor Archive.
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