AICGS Advisor - November 2, 2007

Analysis

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In this week's At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes discusses recent journalistic criticism of Chancellor Merkel and the challenges she faces in the second half of her term with her Grand Coalition partner the SPD.
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Former DAAD/AICGS Fellow Professor Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte of Universität Duisburg-Essen analyzes the recent SPD Parteitag and concludes that the party gave some very clear answers to the questions that persisted prior to the congress. This article is available in German only.
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AICGS Visiting Fellow Dr. Dieter Dettke also writes about the SPD Parteitag, discussing the tactical moves made by Kurt Beck's party, arguing that all of which were done so in anticipation of the 2009 Bundestag elections and fending off Die Linke.
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AICGS is pleased to introduce its newest Working Paper, "The U.S.-German-Russian Triangle: German-Russian Relations and the Impact on the Transatlantic Agenda." In this Working Paper, sponsored by The German Marshall Fund of the United States, several authors analyze how issues such as energy security and missile defense affect transatlantic relations with Russia.
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The newest AICGS podcasts have been released and are now available on our website. In one podcast, Dr. Jack Janes speaks with Dr. Klaus Deutsch of Deutsche Bank Research and Dr. Adam Posen of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about Germany's economic outlook, and in the other, participants in the AICGS conference on NGOs discuss the global role of NGOs and the challenges they face.
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To listen to the podcast on NGOs, please click here.

Dr. Sebastian Dullien, a former DAAD/AICGS Fellow and currently professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Berlin, writes that the current fight over unemployment benefits has made CDU and SPD economic decision-makers think one dimensionally. This article originally appeared in the October 18, 2007, edition of Financial Times Deutschland and is available in German only.
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Announcements

AICGS is pleased to announce that Dr. Stephen Brockmann is the recipient of this year's DAAD  Prize in German and European Studies in the Humanities. Dr. Brockmann will be presented this award at AICGS' 13th annual Global Leadership Award Dinner in New York City in November.
To learn more about Dr. Brockmann and the DAAD Prize, please click here.

On October 1, 2007, AICGS hosted a workshop on "Russia and its Impact on the Transatlantic Dialogue." With Vladimir Putin's announcement to run for prime minister in the upcoming elections, most participants anticipated a long-term consistency of the current Russian foreign policy.
For a summary of this event, please click here.

On Monday October 15, 2007, AICGS hosted Markus Ederer, Head of Policy Planning in the German Federal Foreign Office, for an off-the-record policy discussion on the future of Kosovo. The talk focused on the prospects for a final agreement on the status of Kosovo by December 10, 2007, which represents the deadline for the EU-U.S.-Russia 'Troika' to achieve an agreement between the Kosovo Albanian leadership and Serbia.
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On October 31, 2007, AICGS co-hosted with the Congressional Study Group on Germany (CSGG) a luncheon discussion with Ambassador Thomas Matussek, German Ambassador to the United Nations, who was joined by Congressman Bill Delahunt and Congressman Ted Poe. At the luncheon, Ambassador Matussek addressed Germany's role in the United Nations and upcoming challenges for the UN.
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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.
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