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The Latest AICGS Advisor - July 22, 2010
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Merkel as Maestro
In this week's At Issue, Executive Director Dr. Jackson Janes reviews Chancellor Merkel's annual summer press conference from the past week and evaluates the challenges facing her coalition in the months and years ahead.
To read this essay, please click here.
Issue Brief #37: Transatlantic Relations After the Lisbon Treaty
In Issue Brief 37, "Transatlantic Relations After the Lisbon Treaty: Ready for Action, or More Process?" AICGS Research Program/ Publications Coordinator Jessica Riester considers the European Union's Lisbon Treaty with regard to the EU, the U.S., and Germany within the context of a more broadly international role. Ms. Riester discusses the Treaty's key aspects for the EU institutions, foreign policy, and transatlantic relations, touching additionally on EU-NATO relations and the impact of the Lisbon Treaty on Germany and an enlarging EU.
To read this Issue Brief, please click here (PDF).
New AICGS Podcast: Media Coverage and Domestic Politics
How does news reporting differ from country to country? Does domestic politics determine the frames that surround the stories? In a new AICGS Podcast, several journalists discuss these issues and weigh in on the future of the media in the Internet age. Participants include Joseph Fitchett of European Affairs, Stephan Strothe of N24, Sarah Wildman of Politics Daily, and Dr. Jackson Janes and Kirsten Verclas of AICGS.
To access this AICGS Podcast, please click here.
Systemizing Structural Change: How States Can Learn From Each Other
Due to the steel- and dockyard-crisis in the 1970s, both North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and Pennsylvania have undergone a radical structural change from the industrial sector to the service and technology sector, writes former NRW School of Governance Fellow Philipp Offergeld. While NRW has been successful in overcoming many perils of structural change, the transition has proved to be difficult and unemployment rates remain high, Offergeld argues. Since Pennsylvania has undergone a similar structural change, Offergeld examines what these regions can learn from each other - in terms of avoiding mistakes as well as capitalizing on successes.
To read this essay, please click here (PDF).
Regierungskommunikation mit dem "Yes We Can"-Faktor
Former NRW School of Governance Fellow Melanie Diermann writes about the Obama government's communication strategies and suggests some ways for German political leaders to use the most successful of these strategies in their own governance and campaigns. Diermann makes several conclusions about Obama's success in generating a comprehensive communications strategy, using the health care debate as an example and focusing on the use of communications to manage constituent expectations. This essay is available in German only.
To read this essay, please click here (PDF).
Germany: "The New Pussy Cat"?
The Germans, it seems, can do nothing right these days, writes AICGS Non-resident Fellow Dr. John Starrels. Rather than play a leadership role in ameliorating the European financial crisis, its allies score it for its lack of vision and foresight, and media critics have raised charges of Germany being a 'deadbeat.' Dr. Starrels examines the legitimacy of these charges and argues that most are inherently unfair.
To read this essay, please click here.
German-American Issues #13: The Many Sides of Muslim Integration
While analyses on the integration of immigrants and especially Muslim immigrants have multiplied in recent years, debates in the U.S. and Germany differ on these issues. Even though the U.S. and German debates are clearly different, a comparison of Muslim integration in the U.S. and in Europe is still drawn frequently, and many assumptions are made regarding the other side's policies. In German-American Issues 13, "The Many Sides of Muslim Integration: A German-American Comparison," authors Tara Bahrampour, Rauf Ceylan, Ariane Chebel d'Appollonia, Raida Chbib, Lily Gardner Feldman, and Mathias Rohe examine and challenge these assumptions, focusing on a range of major issues surrounding the debate.
To access this publication, please click here (PDF).
Soundboard of Society or Critical Observer: German and American Media Coverage of the Afghanistan Conference
One of the most debated issues in the transatlantic partnership is the NATO mission in Afghanistan. In January 2010, the London Conference on Afghanistan brought together delegations from around the world to discuss the military engagement in Afghanistan as well as the future of the country. In a new Transatlantic Perspectives essay, AICGS Research Associate Kirsten Verclas explores how this conference surrounding one of the most contested issues in the German-American partnership was covered by the German and American media and outlines the reasons behind the coverage.
To read this essay, please click here (PDF).
Announcements
Angela Merkel's Chancellorship: A Breakthrough for
Female Political Leaders?
On June 8, 2010, AICGS hosted a discussion with Dr. Isabelle Kürschner, DAAD/AICGS Fellow, and Dr. Sarah E. Wiliarty, Assistant Professor of Government at Wesleyan University, on "Angela Merkel's Chancellorship: Fortunate Circumstances or a Breakthrough for Female Political Leaders?" which was generously funded by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the AICGS Society, Culture & Politics Program. The speakers discussed women's ascent to political leadership in the U.S. and Germany, focusing primarily on German Chancellor Angela Merkel, her path to office, and her role as the most powerful political leader in the country.
For a summary of this event, please click here.
The End of the Euro?
On June 18, 2010, AICGS hosted a conference on "The End of the Euro? Future Economic Policies for the European Union and Germany." The conference, which was generously supported by a grant from The German Marshall Fund of the United States and by Allianz SE, examined over the course of two panels the implications of the euro-zone crisis as well as social welfare policies and a sustainable economy in the U.S. and Germany.
For a summary of this event, please click here.
AICGS Welcomes New Staff
AICGS is pleased to introduce two new members of the AICGS team, Mr. Benjamin Kreider, Assistant to the Executive Director, and Ms. Cyrelle White, Special Events Coordinator. Both Mr. Kreider and Ms. White joined AICGS in July 2010 and we welcome them to the Institute.
For a short biography of Mr. Kreider, please click here.
For a short biography of Ms. White, please click here.
German Chancellor Fellowship Accepting Applications
On behalf of the American Friends of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, AICGS would like to announce that the German Chancellor Fellowship program is now accepting applications for the 2010-2011 session. The German Chancellor Fellowship provides for a stay of one year in Germany for professional development, study, or research for young professional citizens of the United States; the application deadline is October 15, 2010. Please do not contact AICGS about this fellowship opportunity.
For more information, please click here.
DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Program Now Accepting Applications
AICGS is now accepting applications for the DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Program, sponsored by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). The DAAD/AICGS Fellowship Program is designed to bring scholars and specialists working on Germany, Europe, and/or transatlantic relations to AICGS for research stays of two months each. The application deadline for spring 2011 (January 2011 - June 2011) is August 31, 2010.
For application instructions and more information, please click here.
Fellowship Opportunity: AICGS Visiting Fellows Program
AICGS would like to announce a new fellowship opportunity, the AICGS Visiting Fellows Program. The Visiting Fellows Program is designed to provide scholars and specialists with a base while conducting their research in Washington, D.C. Visiting Fellows should be working on issues related to the AICGS mission, which is to strengthen the German-American relationship in an evolving Europe and changing world. Applications will be accepted year round.
For more information about this program, please click here.
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