Blog: AICGS Notizen
AICGS Notizen, the Institute’s featured blog, tracks current events in the transatlantic community. It seeks to provide quick hitting commentaries and analysis from a wide array of policy experts on how these events may shape the decisions made in both Europe and the United States.
The Future of Transatlantic Cooperation
In this recent interview with Deutsche Welle, AICGS President Jack Janes provides his insight into what can be expected from President Obama’s second term in office with regard to transatlantic relations. Specifically, as the dynamics between nations continue to shift the foreign policy decisions on both sides of the Atlantic, what German… Read more >
AICGS President Jack Janes in The Economist
With elections in Lower Saxony approaching on January 20th, Germany’s political parties will be looking towards the results as a gauge for what could be expected when all Germans take to the polls in national elections later this year. One party that is going to keep a very close eye on the… Read more >
Transatlantic Brinksmanship
In this latest commentary originally published by the Peterson Institute for International Economics, PIIE Senior Fellow and frequent AICGS contributor Jacob Kirkegaard examines the role of brinksmanship among politicians in both Europe and the United States, including an analysis on the effects of the adoption of such a policy. “Why Europeans and Americans… Read more >
The Potential Impact of German Elections
As Germany enters a national election year, the decisions made by voters when they reach the polls in November could have major effects not only for Germany, but for Europe as a whole. The difference between a Angela Merkel or Peer Steinbrück led Germany could very well later the course of decisions… Read more >
Financing German Health Care
Former DAAD/AICGS fellow Dr. Dirk Göpffarth of the German Federal Insurance Office in Bonn, Germany and Klaus-Dirk Henke of the Technische Universität Berlin, Germany, recently published a report entitled “The German Central Health Fund—Recent developments in health care financing in Germany” in the journal Health Policy. The report outlines the changes made by a 2009 reform to Germany’s… Read more >
An Exercise in External Reconciliation
With the EU accepting its Peace and Reconciliation Nobel Prize, it is worth a look at an example of the EU using its reconciliation experience, specifically in the Arab-Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This essay by Dr. Lily Gardner Feldman, Senior Fellow and Director of the Society, Culture & Politics Program, entitled From Internal Reconciliation to External Reconciliation? … Read more >
Merkel’s Political Strategy
In this recent commentary originally published by Süddeutsche Zeitung, Prof. Dr. Karl-Rudolf Korte compares the election strategies of President Obama as he sought a second term and Chancellor Merkel as she fights for a third term next September. Specifically, Prof. Dr. Korte explains how both incumbents use(d) the approach of relying on… Read more >
The State of the West
These remarks given by Richard W. Fisher at the recent “State of the West” Symposium at Stanford University take a look at the economic situation of the Western United States, specifically addressing the downturn in economic viability currently taking place in the U.S. state of California. By comparing some of the policies… Read more >
The Real Value of the EU for Britain is Geopolitical
In this recent analysis originally published by the European Council on Foreign Relations, Ulrich Speck examines British membership in the European Union. Due to the mounting uncertainty surrounding the common currency, which has also called the continent’s economic future into question, many in Britain are calling for an end to UK membership… Read more >
Resolving relations with Kosovo is a key obstacle to Serbia joining the EU
An excerpt from the original publication with the London School of Economics: “Serbia was awarded EU candidacy status at the beginning of this year. Jelena Obradovic-Wochnik and Alexander Wochnik write that while recognition of Kosovo’s independence is not a formal requirement for Serbia’s membership of the EU, the ruling Serbian Renewal Party has… Read more >
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