AICGS: ANALYSES : AICGS Advisor, June 12, 2003

On the occasion of its 20th anniversary, AICGS hosted a reception for its Trustees and select members of industry, government, and academe at the Deutsche Bank in Berlin on June 2, 2003. The keynote speakers were Ambassador Daniel Coats and Staatssekretaer Klaus Scharioth speaking on behalf of Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer. To read Ambassador Coats' speech, please click here. To read Dr. Scharioth's speech (in German), please click here. To read the English translation, please click here.

CURRENT NEWS:

With the passage of Security Council Resolution 1483 opening the way to a cooperative rebuilding of Iraq by the US and the UN, AICGS Senior Fellow in Residence Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman underlines the importance of engaging the EU's nation-building experience for Iraq and points to the example of US-EU cooperation in the Balkans to provide lessons for Iraq. To read her essay, please click here.

Continuing with our analysis of the Franco-German partnership, DGAP analyst Dr. Martin Koopmann examines the necessity of a new start for Franco-German relationship. To access his essay, "Looking for a Raison D'être: Franco-German Relations Need a New Start" please click here.

Recent events have brought the Middle East peace process to the forefront of American and European foreign policy agendas. Former DAAD Fellow Greg Caplan examines the transatlantic approaches to the conflict. To access his Policy Paper, "A Transatlantic Approach to the Middle East Conflict: Do We Have Enough in Common?" please click here.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

On June 18, 2003, AICGS/DAAD Fellow Dr. Eberhard Sandschneider will present the results of his work, entitled "Reinventing Transatlantic Relations" at a lunchtime workshop at AICGS sponsored by the DAAD. To view an invitation to the event, please click here.

PAST EVENTS:

On May 9, 2003, AICGS sponsored a conference on "The United States, Russia and Germany: A New Alignment in a Post-Iraq World." The conference was the culmination of a two-year project on U.S.-German-Russian relations supported by the German Marshall Fund of the United States. For a summary, please click here.

On Wednesday, June 11, AICGS/DAAD Fellow Cornelia Woll presented the results of her research in a workshop entitled, "Transatlantic Relations as a Catalyst to European Integration: The Activism of the European Commission in the Case of International Aviation." Her policy paper is available here.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

AICGS is pleased to introduce its newest DAAD/DaimlerChrysler Fellow Jan-Martin Witte, who will be conducting research on his dissertation while at AICGS. His dissertation project is entitled, "Who Sets Global Standards? Transatlantic conflict and competition in international voluntary product standardization." For his biography, please click here.